Aren't they gorgeous?
Don't you just love it when there's a scrumptious yarn delivery with everything you ordered. Over at the Attic24 Ravelry group the wonderful Lucy and other group members have been discussing the merits or otherwise of acrylic yarn. Natrual fibre yarns are truly wonderful in both look and feel and absolutely lovely to work with, but the maintenance and more improtantly the cost can make them difficult to justify when we all have other calls on our hard earned cash. Eg the yarn I have been buying from The Natural Dye Studio comes in at £12.50 per 100g skein which makes the cost of my intended afghan £260.00 for yarn alone. And... the Biggan Merino for the monster rainbow ripple has already cost over £300.00 in yarn. This makes crocheting afghans and blankets an expensive hobby to say the least. So we have been discussing the pros and cons of using the cheaper acrylic yarns, especially for more practical blanketsd for camping and caravaning. Over in the US they have the most fabulous acrylics, lovely and soft and 'non-squeaky' Microspun is one of my favourites and of course there is Cascade 220, which I have never used but which I intend to try. But the problem here is that by the time an acrylic yarn has been shipped over one way or another it is no longer cheap! So what do we have here at home in the UK, well we have this...
Isn't it just wonderful... Stylecraft Special DK with a really lovely range or colours that aren't quite as neon as the Robin and the yarn itself is much softer than other acrylics.
Now I just have to get my riple finished so I can get started on using this!!
Love O. xxxx
