Yarn Review – YarnArt Magic (SURF)
Posted: October 28, 2013 Filed under: Crochet, Knitting, Yarn Reviews | Tags: advice, colour mix, crochet, knitting, magic, magix surf, multicolour, review, wool, yarn, yarnart Leave a commentBrand: Magic/Magic SURF
Producer: YarnArt
Country: Turkey
Contents: 100% wool
Thickness: 200m/100g
Colours: mixes
Suggested needle size: 5,5 (I use anything from 3,5 hook to 6mm hook/needles, depending on intended outcome)
The colours. That’s what won my heart. The COLOURS. Have a look at the producer’s website and try telling me you didn’t just drool over the colours. I love all of them, especially 600 (have a pair of socks knit with it), SURF 441 and 446 (waiting their turn to be turned into scarves) and 601 (I’d sooo want to knit a sweater with this one).
The yarn is very, very even, with slight fuzz. Undoes with effort, leaves lots of small threads/threadballs on the undone yarn. Slight scratch, but I can tolerate it even in a winter hat.
No discernible strands, but in places when one colour blends into another you will see the “tail” of one colour twisted with the next one (see producer’s photo for 592 or 602). The gradient change is quite long and single colour also lasts long. In socks it makes for ~5cm per colour + soft colour change.
The colour saturation and combinations give effects very close to DROPS Big Delight (I used a bit of Magic in my Big Delight poncho when I miscounted and run out of the main yarn half a row before end). Can be easily mixed in the same work/substituted.
Needles? Yes. Crochet? Totally. Knitting mill? Perfect, makes lovely hats and scarves, with these colours you will be visible from afar this winter :)
Would I buy more? I already did! Lots and lots, waiting for their time, lying quietly in the box.
Yarn Review – Rozetti Sarayli
Posted: October 24, 2013 Filed under: Crochet, Yarn crafts, Yarn Reviews | Tags: granny square, green, multicolour, purple, review, rozetti, scarf, turkey, yarn, yarn review Leave a commentBrand: Sarayli
Producer: Rozetti
Country: Turkey
Contents: 70% acrylic 30% wool
Thickness: 180m/100g
Colours: mixes
Producer’s page – examples of finished work, too.
I’ve bought two balls of random Sarayli yarn when I was on vacation and the only source of handmade materials was a local village yarnshop. The existence of one was a bit of a surprise, in fact, but I made use of it ;)
The yarn crocheted wonderfully into this granny-square scarf (3 sq per yarn ball, some tiny amount left due to uneven crocheting).
Pros:
+ my favourite thickness
+ nice to touch
+ fabulous colours – have a look at the producer’s page, there’s more! (ok, some are a bit childish/sugary, yes)
+ fuzz enough to make sure the work is stable
+ very stable thickness
+ very affordable
Cons:
– fuzz enough to make undoing a pain
Summary: will ABSOLUTELY buy more. At least one more ball of this colourset, to make the scarf longer.
Yarn Review – DROPS Big Delight
Posted: June 9, 2013 Filed under: Yarn Reviews | Tags: big delight, clothing, drops, multicolor, multicolour, olive, orange, p9ink, red, review, rust, turkey, yarn 1 CommentWell, to pick up after some off-blog-time, here I have for you a new review – DROPS Big Delight yarn.
Brand: DROPS Big Delight
Colour: Many multicolors: Marina, Sunrise, Olive/rust/plum
Content: 100% wool
Thickness: 200m/100g
Country of origin: Turkey
Structure: Very fluffy, single strand yarn, soft. Slightly uneven thickness between colours.
I bought this yarn just because it had such cute colours. First I just choose Sunrise and the Olive mixes and wanted to make a vest, but I went for a poncho. The final outcome looks like this (front, back):
Each side is 4 100-g balls. Which makes the cost of wool itself around 190 Złoty, which is ~50 Euro. Not cheap, but totally worth it.
And it’s so nice. But it has a tiny weeny defect. Smells. Of. Sheep. And I went out and it rained. And it smelled of wet sheep. I have to wash it until it stops.
However, when working, it is almost perfect. Doesn’t come apart, has 90% even thickness (the dark one was slightly thicker than the bright one) and the colours are simply brillant. I found that good, saturated colours make me crochet faster than a monotone or dull dyed yarn :) The back of that poncho was done in 2 days – I started with a 10x10cm square on Thursday afternoon, crocheted it on Friday at meetings and for half of Saturday. Sewing took another hour, just making sure I matched it evenly.
So, pros: great colours, very thick and even, fluffy.
Cons: very distinctive smell of wool, unless washed with proper soap.
Would I buy more: Hell, yes! Especially if DROPS has another discount action (in May it was 35% in all online stores I use!)
