Cascade 128 yarn Review

Today I have dedicated myself to trying to get my 50" x 50" throw 1/2 done...right now I am 1/3 done.  I did have a few rows done (10) when I started this morning and I now have 63 done this is with 150 sts per row.  Soon as this throw is done it will be going into testing.  I was lucky enough to receive yarn support from Cascade yarns! 

I got the Cascade 128 superwash yarn in color number 804.  This Yarn is butter soft and fluffy and wonderful to knit with. This is a bulky yarn so my throw blanket is moving along quickly which is making me very very happy! I think this yarn would make a wonderful scarf, hat set or a nice chunky cowl would be great!  I love the fact that this being superwash means it can take the wear from being a throw blanket and it will still look great!  All in all I have to say this is amazing yarn!

Very productive day today

Today I typed up 3 patterns did 2 charts and I am so happy I got everything done!  I also finished the blanket for my tuffet set and I can now give you a preview of the set.

The picture is of my samples which are the smallest tuffet, smallest throw 34" x 34" and the two pillows.  The pattern for this set will be available in about 15 days or so.  I forgot to take pictures of the yarn I got in the mail yesterday but I will make sure to get the pictures up tomorrow with a review of it!

I was lazy today!

Today for the most part I got nothing done that I planned to get done, instead I have been working on one of my Celtic knot throw blankets.  It is based on the Celtic trinity knot filet crochet pattern that you can see on our second page.  I had a wonderful idea for a woven cable border but that didn't work so now I am going to use seed stitch, and even though I have the chart for the filet crochet I need to rechart it so that it is double the size!  I have been working on the chart since 12pm and it is now 5pm but I am not even close to done since I changed the border once I started working on it.  I will post some pictures tomorrow of the wonderful yarn that came from Cascade tomorrow and do a review of it as well.  Well I am off to work on my chart because I can't knit this till it is charted.

Lion Brand Collection wool Stainless Steel review!

Hi today I wanted to talk about Lion Brand Collection’s Wool Stainless Steel Yarn.  This yarn is 75% wool and 25% stainless steel!  It is very very thin I would say a light lace weight.  The Steel gives it a very very neat shine to it and it also gives it some rigidity that normal wool yarns don’t have.  This yarn is only available on their web site or from their store but you do get 273 yards in the cone.   I was lucky enough to get this yarn as yarn support for a pattern I am developing for submission to a magazine so I can’t really talk about what I am making with it.  I will say I love working with this unique yarn and I wish it was more readily available so everyone could try it!  I would also love to see it in a thicker size say sock weight.  It is amazing to me that someone sat down and said “hey let’s try adding stainless steel to some wool and see how the yarn comes out”  Over all I give this yarn a 10 out of 10 because it is the only brand that has anything like this.  My question to you is:  Have you seen this yarn?  Have you used this yarn?  What did you make? 

If you are interested in this yarn go to: http://lbcollection.lionbrand.com/lbc/lbCollectionStainlessSteelWool.html  You can even order the yarn there!