there are yarns that scream to be knit.
for me, heather prime alpaca was too loud to ignore.
this sport weight fiber is spun
into generous skeins
(600 yds each).
i want to live
surrounded by its soft halo.
i could go on and on and…
but the nutshell version
is: this is my
other favorite
galler yarns fiber.
really, it speaks for itself.
and don’t miss the opportunity to win a skein.
leave a comment here, by midnight of saturday the 8th of december.
‘spun’ taken from 35:25 of exodus.
as to my favorite
galler yarns fiber,
i have two (so far).
i’ve recently
had the pleasure to
use asana bulky for
…well, i…
can’t say quite yet, but this yarn is a great balance of things.
now, i’ve always been a fan of the texture of thick and thin yarns.
sometimes, though, the ‘thick’ bits can be so big as to be hard to manage
and the ‘thin’ bits can be almost lace weight leaving gaps in the knitting.
it was a challenge
for me to figure out,
as much as i
liked the textures,
how exactly to use yarn
like that practically.
but,
oh joy,
galler has found
just the right ‘thick’
and paired it with just the right’ thin’.
its name is asana bulky.
loaded with texture.
none of the headache.
to top it all off,
it’s multi tonal and so soft.
pretty brilliant.
don’t forget, enter to win
a 600 yd skein of galler yarns’
by going back to this post.
seriously, is that even a question?
it’s a luxurious yarn, a free copy of a new pattern and some other little goodies…
of course you should enter.
i’ve just released a new pattern knit up in
galler yarns’ heather prime alpaca.
this stuff is amazingly soft
and there’s enough in
just one skein to
to knit this.
‘this’ being valleys of the sea
a rectangular wrap with wave like edging
along the right and left edges as it’s knit end to end.
really now,
does it get any better
than high altitude alpaca
(‘the cashmere of alpacas’)
that you can contentedly
knit an entire wrap in
out of a single
600 yard
skein?
did i mention that this means
no yarn ends to weave precariously into the lace pattern?
leave a comment to this post saying
which galler yarn you would most like to try and why
on or before saturday, december 8th.
i’ll choose 5 winners by rng.
(one for each skein shown)
winners will be announced on monday, december 10th.
check back this week for posts on my fav galler yarns,
and which one i so very badly want to work with next.
‘valleys of the sea’ taken from 22:16 of 2nd samuel.