Category: review
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Yarn of the Month Club, December 2015
Astute readers may note that I’m doing the December YOTM review but still haven’t done the Beanie Bag full review. That’s because even though it’s January I still haven’t knit up anything with any of my Beanie Bag yarns. How embarrassing. Now, I could blame a busy holiday, but I the answer is much simpler…
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Yarn of the Month Club, November 2015
Not sure what I’d say what November’s theme was, but it certainly resulted in some pretty yarns arriving on my doorstep! The Pattern A drop stitch shawl. Probably won’t make it into my repertoire because there are just so many shawl patterns in the world, but who knows, maybe it’ll be perfect for some specific…
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Yarn Subscription preview, December 2015 (Yarn of the Month and Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags)
Quick peek at my yarn subscriptions for December 2015: On the left is Yarn of the Month Club, on the right is Jimmy Beans’ Beanie Bags. As with last month, Jimmy Beans Beanie Bags really wins on presentation. The bag is cute and just packed with pretty cards and offers and patterns. I think they…
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Yarn of the Month Club, October 2015
It’s Dec 13, which means I’m a little overdue for my October YOTM review. I did the swatches and I’ve had the pictures ready to go for a while, though, so it’s time to write! October 2015’s yarns have a autumn colour scheme: brown and orange. The swatch descriptions this month also included the maker…
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Yarn of the Month Club, September 2015
September was blue for Yarn of the Month. The Pattern This month’s pattern is “UTurn Scarf” which is a fun mitered knitting scarf, good for self-striping yarns. I don’t know if I’ll try it or not! Amitola Grande Louisa Harding Amitola Grande “This single ply yarn is subtle and soft” 4.5 sts on US 10…
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November 2015 yarn subscription preview
There’s a new small yarn subscription service in town! Jimmy Beans Wool has a new subscription service they call “Beanie Bags” which is fairly similar to my existing Yarn of the Month Club subscription. Here’s the yarn portion of both of them for November: I’m excited about my mail, so you get a preview today…
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Yarn of the Month club review, July 2015
The amazing cashmere yarn is enough to make this YOTM sample selection for me, and the other yarn isn’t bad it’s just hard for it to shine in comparison. I do wish this month’s mailing had come with better swatch suggestions, though!
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Yarn of the Month Club review, June 2015
I knit all these samples right away, got them blocking… then had houseguests, bought a house, and generally didn’t write this blog post. But the package for July arrived today, so I guess it’s time! June’s theme seemed to be “Linen” which seems like a decent summer theme. I hadn’t really felt linen until recently,…
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Yarn of the Month Club review, May 2015
Apparently the Yarn of the Month club is *not* a secret society after all: there’s a Yarn of the Month Ravelry group. I am so pleased to know it exists, and mystified as to why I couldn’t find this when I was searching for information before subscribing. May’s Yarn of the Month Club package was…
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Yarn of the Month Club review, April 2015
This is my third yarn of the month club envelope, which is significant because I only paid for 3 months up-front and promised myself I’d make a decision thereafter. Only two samples once again, but I liked them! The samples for April 2015: Pattern: Spring Showers Hood This is a cute little pattern that I’m…
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Yarn of the Month Club review, March 2015
Well, no one’s come after me for spilling the secrets of the Yarn of the Month Club, so I guess it’s time to post another review. This is for March, so I guess I’m not surprised that there’s some green yarn. The two yarns were a green wool/acrylic blend that I didn’t love and a…
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Yarn of the Month Club review, February 2015
This month, I joined a yarn subscription club that No One Talks About on the Internet. So of course, I’m going to talk about it on the internet. I hope I’m not breaking some unspoken rule by telling you about it. Oh heck, who am I kidding? I’ll probably be pleased if I broke some…