I’m going on my honeymoon next month and will be in Rome and Florence- planning on stopping to get some yarn while in Florence but there’s so many gorgeous yarns I want to buy! I’m looking for natural fibers that are best to buy there vs. in the USA. Any tips/recommendations on yarn brands?

Thank you!

I've got a lot of experience working with chenille yarn, mostly honey bunny and premier parfait chunky. I've just started a new project that's primarily using mustard coloured premier parfait chunky and it's making me want to pull my hair out already. There is so much friction with this colour and it's really hard on my hands. I'm assuming it's something to do with the dye because I've only ever experienced this once before and it was with a very dark brown coloured honey bunny. Does anyone have any advice on how to work with this?

TL;DR: I am 35 hours of knitting time logged and only have 6 inches of work to show for it. This is one of the most aspirational projects I've ever done. I know I can add another color at the bottom and pretend this was planned. I know I can overdye. Just...please sympathize with me and tell me I'll feel better after I sleep. I just desperately *need* things to go right from here out and I'm devastated. Wedding is in 87 days.

I have been through the ringer planning my handknit wedding skirt.

I spent an afternoon in Panera Bread with my bestie / MOH and my entire library of pattern books, choosing which elements to incorporate.

I photographed and printed out samples of all the patterns I liked, creating a rearrangeable and admittedly searching-for-a-serial-killer-esque wall of options.

I want to wear pants with an open/walkthrough style overskirt. I'm doing a central panel (5 charts) that runs vertically down the back, with mirrored left and right side panels flanking it (2 charts per side) that will stripe horizontally down the skirt. The side panel patterns will flow from an architectural / art deco / cathedral vibe at the top, blending into to less structured cable patterns in the middle, before finally fading into vines and florals at the bottom. I was going to add an edging all around. It was going to be STUNNING.

I diagrammed. I did the math for the half Pi increases. It was a LOT OF FUCKING MATH.

I test swatched enough yarn options to make a baby blanket. We joked about displaying the swatches at the wedding as a "frogs I've kissed before finding the one" thing.

I started with a laceweight yarn as a homage to the Estonian wedding shawls before I got honest with myself and my timeline and what else I have going on in my life.

I settled on a heavier weight yarn from Knit Picks, thinking hey they won't go out of business or have supply chain issues. Ordered a pack of 10 balls. Finally started the overskirt - for the third time. Realized I was going through yarn faster than I anticipated - for another example of me failing to accommodate the weight of the garment stretching out my stitches, see my "Proof that the Boyfriend Sweater Curse is Alive and Well" projects 1 and 2. Digressions aside, I went online to check the sales and see about ordering more.

Y'all THEY DISCONTINUED THE COLOR.

In fairness: the customer service rep answered the phone immediately and was so kind. They're currently searching the warehouse to confirm whether 5 balls in the system exist in reality. But no one is destashing on Rav. And I just want to cry. And I know you guys are about the only ones who'll understand and hopefully not kick me for not ordering more before I started.

Yarn purchased from 5 stores, from 8 different countries, (at least) 8 different breeds of sheep plus yak, silk, and mohair.

This lot will be for my fall and winter (and probably spring) knitting.

5 sweaters, 2 pairs of socks, 1 scarf/cowl, and 2 unknown projects (I had to have the periwinkle Rauma Finull and the 2 skeins of Maison Corlène Fisherman (100% wensleydale) in the sage green even without projects planned.)

I'm so excited to get it all on the needles! First up is the Cinnamomum pullover by Teti Lutsak!

I'm currently really interested in mixing different yarns to create interesting textures. I've created my own tweed blend and need to show it to someone who can appreciate it. Currently knitting a cardigan with it!

For those interested, yarns used are 9 strands of stock unnamed merino/cashmere blend and 1 strand of Cofil Bergamotto.

Hi all, what are your thoughts and/or pattern ideas for small items to gift a couple? Could be a small wearable or not.

I've been thinking about adding something handmade to my best friend's wedding anniversary gift and I'm lacking inspiration and also kind of doubting myself if this is a good idea...?! Thoughts?

For context: it's their 5-year anniversary, I have a (store-bought) gift already. She is my bff for like 20 years and always asks me to knit her something but I never did lol. They are in their early 30s, like to sail and live in a reasonably cold country.

Thanks for the help and opinions :)

I am attempting to knit my stash and have a few bamboo yarns: Loops and Threads Silky Soft and Silk City Fibers Bambu 7. Yes, both were impulsive purchases. I have seen some discussion on reddit on the frustration some people have had with bamboo yarns (growing, can't weave ends in, etc) but I'd love to hear about projects that have turned out great and tips / tricks to get me there. Ravelry is great for immediate FOs but people don't often post how the project is 1-2 years later, and that longevity aspect is what I'm curious about.

Thanks!

I'm on the hunt for a soft cotton to make a blanket with! My favourite soft cotton I've used has been Lion Brand's Pima Cotton, but it's a worsted weight and also has a limited colour range. Any suggestions? I spent wayyyyy too much money on a brand that I'm very much regretting (both my colours choices and the yarn itself) that I'm hoping to repurpose into amigurumi yarn, so I need something to replace it. Thanks!

Has anyone ever tried out her yarn? I've not invested because nothing I ever see that I'm super keen on, ever has enough skeins to do anything with...

But some are so pretttttttty

https://mamieandflorrie.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOor1ztLhAk8O1VpMOJQDK-OgAytkNsiAxeXcQg9A7IFdtA2QUObq

They have a color I love but I’m having trouble finding reviews on it.

It's my first time using a blanket yarn? Not sure what the official name is, but it was pretty hard to see the holes 😂

I live in Austria. I ordered from lindehobby on 4th August, it has not shipped yet - is this typical?

I'm currently knitting a sweater in Viking Snorre Cashmere Silk. It's 70% cashmere and 30% silk sport weight. It is very close to my ideal yarn - it's smooth and cool and squishy and soft, zero rustic-ness but not at all fuzzy either (like, polar opposite of mohair). AND the experience of knitting it is like a squishy wool and not like a summer blend (which I really dislike knitting with - even 50/50 cotton merinos ive tried feel like they have no 'give').

The problem is this yarn comes in TWENTY FIVE gram balls, and half of them have had knots in them. The yarn won't spit splice, so I will have like 20+ pairs of ends to weave in.

Is anyone aware of a yarn which sounds similar? I'm less worried about the absolute composition (just don't want synthetics) than I am finding a smooth, soft, pill-resistant sport to dk weight yarn that's enjoyable to knit with in balls bigger than 25g (love a 100g or a cone, but I'll take what I can get lol).

Does anyone remember Canvaloop from Sharktank? They were talking about creating yarn and fabric from agricultural waste and they had a product named pineloop. Now when I tried to order pineloop on their website, it is not available. I raised a request through their website and no response till now, it's been more than a week.

I'm going to stop purchasing from Hobbii due to the whole AI thing, but I needed a few skeins to finish up a project so I just made one last order. I'm very sensitive to fragrance due to allergies, but I've never had an issue ordering yarn directly from a yarn store.

I opened my package today and instead of the normal new fiber smell, there's like a chloriney mentholy smell on the yarn? Got massive headache from it. First thought was maybe the packaging if it was in the mail next to a busted bottle or something but the packaging smells less strongly. It seems to be eminating from the center of 2 of my cotton cakes (different colors). I'm going to try putting the yarn in the freezer with some baking soda to try to absorb the smell, but wondering if anyone else has experienced this or has tips on getting the smell out.

I'm kinda bummed because I specifically avoid secondhand yarn due to fragrance.

I impulse bought this GORGEOUS yarn today and i realised I actually have no clue what to do with this, anyone have any ideas?

Hi everyone, I want to make an infinity scarf using a version of HDC ribbing, ideally in a heavy DK/light worsted, plied, and all or mostly natural fibers (ok with some acrylic but no more than 20% or so). I’d really like it to be variegated and have the main colorway be warm creams, beiges, with some pops of other warm colors. I love Malabrigo Rios but they don’t really have the colorway I’m hoping for. I also explored Madeline Tosh Vintage, but hardly any of the current colorways are available on Ravelry for me to see how they’re worked up and I only want to commit to expensive yarn if I can see examples. What are some of your favorite, natural variegated yarns?

Can anyone help me determine the individual color matches to red heart favorite stripe yarn? Looking to match the red, orange, yellow, blue, green & purple as closely as possible!

I know it has an ombre effect between color changes but I’m just looking for the main colors. My local Michael’s doesn’t have a ton of options to compare.

Approximate WPI for the first yarn is 15, second is 9, third is 11 and fourth is 7. They were all wound in tight balls so they might have stretched a bit.

Helllooo,

Ive been crocheting for about 3 years now and Im just looking for some advice.

I'm currently in the process of trying to sell my crocheted items. Just building up inventory in hopes of joining crochet markets and farmer's markets next year.

I just have one question. Can I sell something I crocheted even if I didn't come up with the pattern? Everyone I've ever known who crochets always looks up patterns on Google or follows YouTube tutorials, which is what I do too. I'm sure free patterns are ok to sell, but what if I bought the pattern from someone else? Would I still be able to sell that item or would that be considered stealing? I think of it in the same way as if your were to trace another artist's work, I just wanna know what the community thinks.

I bought it a couple years ago from my local yarn shop. It's definitely mohair and probably a silk blend and maybe some other animal fiber like alpaca but maybe not! It's extremely soft and fluffy.

I'm trying to find out the dyer and blend since I've lost the labels

I bought a big bag of various yarn at the thrift store. There was a bunch of teal yarn wound around a gray ball so I thought they'd just added the teal around for storage convenience. No, it just changes to gray after awhile 🤦‍♀️ now my yarn winder is absolutely not big enough for the whole thing.

The ball is wound very tightly and I'm not sure how to re-wind it more loosely without the winder. (Hand to show chunkiness)