My Favourite Yarns

In my last post I mentioned that Colinette’s Fandango was one of my all-time favourite yarns – this started me thinking about some of the others.

 

The photo shows one ball of each of my favourite yarns:

·         Colinette Fandango

·         Sirdar Escape dk

·         Rowan Tapestry 

·         Sirdar Country Style Highlands and Islands

·         Noro Kureyon

Only the last yarn is still readily available – although it is possible to find odd balls/skeins of the others.

Colinette Fandango (100% pure cotton) – you can still buy the odd skein of this from Colinette – but please don’t because I might want to!  It is available in both bright and more muted colours – but produces a lovely firm fabric when knitted in stocking stitch using much smaller needles than those recommended.  I tend to use 4mm needles rather than 7mm.

Sirdar Escape dk (51% wool, 49% acrylic) – I have bought a few balls of this only the other day but it is officially discontinued.  It had 20 shades – which was too many as several were very similar to each other – but it knitted up beautifully being the perfect mix of wool and man-made fibre.

Rowan Tapestry (70% wool, 30% soya bean protein fibre) – this is a strange yarn but I liked the muted colours.  I liked using most of them in the same garment.  There was a grey/black shade which didn’t fit in very well – but it was OK if you used it on its own.  It was easy to knit with and very soft.

Sirdar Country Style Highlands and Islands (45% acrylic, 40% nylon, 15% wool) – this is very old but you can still buy plain Country Style dk yarn but Highlands and Islands was better quality and available in very subtle colours including tweeds.  If I am fortunate I can still find the odd balls in a charity shop.

Noro Kureyon (100% wool) – I have bought several different Noro yarns but this is the best in my opinion.  It is good for felting but if you are careful – it is good for other projects which need bright colours.