Rowan Brushed Fleece Cardigan

I have finished my latest Rowan Brushed Fleece Cardigan.   I am pleased with the finished result and I did decide to use the buttons that I bought in St Albans.  The cardigan is such an odd colour that it was unlikely that I would find any that were a better match.

 However, I did have a few problems with this cardigan because some of the balls were faulty.   They looked OK from the outside but when I started using them the yarn suddenly became thin and had lost all its fluff.  I had to keep taking rows out when I realised how thin the yarn had become. 

The other problem was knots – I used 9 balls for the cardigan and about 4 of them had at least 3 knots in them.  This is not good either.  Rowan yarn used to be better than this.  However it is not just Rowan – I bought some Sirdar yarn to knit a child’s cardigan and the first ball I looked at had some paper glued to the yarn – so I had to cut a length out before using it.

When I buy cheap yarn and it has faults – I think – well you get what you pay for – but I expect better of the well-known yarn companies.