On the knitlist, someone asked about Lion Brand Microspun. I made the hubby a hat of it, and it came out quite nice and soft, but did tend to split, so I had to look at what I was doing while knitting. I am pretty excited that I am doing well enough that I can usually not look and not mess things up too much, but for this yarn, ya need to look.
I actually bought a whole bunch of it to make an crocheted afgan (this was in Sept, before I learned to knit) and as I was making the swatch I kinda went “what the hell was she thinking”; she being Lily Chin, who authored this particular pattern. I had borrowed the book from the library and thought it looked really nice. I hated this yarn for crochet, so it went under the bed but I think I will use it for a sweater for myself some time, and will knit it instead. Since then, I have learned of the cult of lily.
In the Lion Brand catalog, there’s a kiddie sweater in red, orange and yellow that I would totally love to have in a grown-up size. Maybe once I finish the Thing I will have the skills to attempt it! I like my Land’s End cardi and will maybe use it as a model.
Can I mention one other thing? Of course I can. I can look out my window and see the Jo-Ann etc. a block across the street. They are open on Sunday, or Wednesday night, or whenever the need for something new stikes me. My nearest LYS is not. It’s a great shop, and I do go there once in a while, but not whenever the mood strikes me like I can with the really close Jo-Anne etc. (Although, there is a Wart-Mall even closer than Jo-Anne, I won’t step foot in there.) So that’s why I sometimes buy the Lion Brand stuff. Plus it’s good for experimenting, without blowing a lot of money. And Velona is too tempting, good thing it’s a trek to go there.