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I chose Ultra Pima over the mercerized, long-staple cotton because of color request and hoped that Pima was a nice as it is in jersey fabrics. It knits up well, no fault with that. The future wearer's mother prefers easy-care materials and having washed a swatch I thought this would work. The sweater is finished and before assembling I washed and dried the pieces in a garment net, cold water, using Perwoll and low temp in my dryer. Unfortunately this yarn is loaded with short fibers and therefore shed quite a bit. Hope the expected pilling during wear will not be terrible, because I would hate to see several months' worth of time go to waste.
By ThereseRA on Feb 18, 2024
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Not for me
In fairness I need to say that this yarn was chosen to knit a girl‘s sweater with emphasis on easy care machine washable. I chose wool because I avoid spending time working with synthetic yarns. The swatch worked up well with indicated needle size I knit tightly, but after machine washing in cold, delicate setting, the swatch had stretched and lost elasticity. I intentionally added a white yarn to the lingerie bag and found that the dark Rios had bled. The yarn may be fine for different purposes and being hand-washed, but easy care it is not.
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Happy Addi User
I bought Addi circular needles when I needed different sizes to add to my collection of age-old Perlinox needles, and find the Addis to be excellent. What I like in particular is the flexibility of the cord that makes using them with the Magic turn in place of double-pointed needles so easy.
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Optimistic
I try to stay away from yarns containing synthetic fibers, so this is one I chose long ago, but haven't yet used. I am planning to knit a shawl in a brioche pattern, using double strands of Holly Hock/Pink Frost and expect it to be just the right weight for Georgia's cooler season. Will report again when I have had time to work with it.
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Very Disappointed
This critique is NOT directed at Jimmy Beans but at Cascade. I chose this yarn based on gauge, natural fibers, color options and positive reviews. My project was a blue and white reversible baby jacket that I could knit on my Passap, all stockinette stitch. Machine knitters know that fingering weight, smooth yarns have to be flawless for stockinette stitch.
My order consisted of Navy & White. Thankfully before winding I noticed white inclusions in the Navy skeins and exchanged them for the lighter Storm Blue hoping for the best. I should have been able to finish my project with 2 skeins each, but needed 3 of each color because of unsightly white silk slubs in the Storm Blue and an abundance of delicate dark blue fibers in one skein of the white yarn, some of which I was able to pull out with tweezers. Tired of using magnifying glass and tweezers I washed one badly affected knitted section, but the blue fibers bleed into the white. In my frustration I first used BIZ and then bleach and of course ruined the piece and threw it away. One white skein also had some off-white streaks which had scattered stitches looking a little dirty, but they were not too horrible.
Too late did I discover that the yarn is now produced in China and I have to believe that the many positive reviews have been for this yarn when still produced somewhere else.
In fairness I need to add that the yarn was pleasant to wind, no knots, but after I became aware of the heavier silk slubs I wound it very slowly and found enough sections that I needed to cut out, again a big negative for machine knitting.
The jacket is now finished, but the joy of making it was destroyed and the costs unnecessarily high. I will be mailing one useless hood section with slubs to Jimmy Beans for their review and hope it will trigger a thorough inspection of this quality if all new shipments were produced in China.
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