Finished Landscapes

I finished the Caron Cotton Cakes Rose Whisper color off making a colorblock scarf, and then I tried making a solid broomstick lace scarf in the Lion Brand Landscapes.  Wow, seriously.  It’s just as pretty as the Red Heart Unforgettable, it’s fuzzy just like the Unforgettable, but it’s ACTUALLY A 4. The Red Heart often looked like a 4 but if you applied any tension at all to it, it thinned down to a laceweight (1) and didn’t hold a stitch very well.  By that I mean you’d do a double crochet, for example, and while you have tension on it, it’s fine.  But once you move to the next stitch it would ‘relax’ and loosen up.  I am pretty sure that is why my mom had a hole in her coat.  That or the yarn just pulled apart, because that happens too.

But so far, I am loving the Landscapes.  It is holding the broomstick lace pattern very nicely on top of all of that.

Broomstick Lace

My mom asked how much another broomstick lace scarf would cost, and I said 50.  She thought that was crazy high but yeah, it takes forever.  I made one around 10 feet for myself that I sold for 30 but I absolutely won’t be doing that again.  It takes hours and hours to make one at least 60 inches.

So, I like Cotton

I finished yet another poncho in the Caron Cotton Cakes and I must say I like this yarn.  I don’t want to  become a fiber snob or anything but I like working with stuff that doesn’t feel too delicate.

I am using the skein and a half left overs to start another broomstitch lace thing, even if the stitch is so damn tedious!

Mandala Vest Finished!

I enjoy this pattern a lot.  It called for a fingering yarn, and I went with a 3 instead, but it still came out well.  I think next time I will use an actual fingering yarn (a 1 or 2) and double check that the arm holes are smaller but otherwise this worked just fine.  I will definitely make this again.

Some other thoughts, I will likely still use a colorway yarn but probably make the border, either the final 8 DC border in a single color, or just do everything from the arm holes outwards the same color.  It took roughly 1500 yards of Lion Brand Mandala yarn in Spirit which is about 2.5 skeins.

Yarn Reviews

I really wish people were honest when they were reviewing yarn.  Most of them aren’t because they are shilling or whatever. Seriously.  I love ombre, multicolor, and colorway yarns, I really do.  I’ve tried several kinds and this is what I’ve noticed.

Red Heard Unforgettable.  BEAUTIFUL.  Absolutely stunning.  However, super thin to the point of lace weight but marked as a 4, fragile (literally can pull it apart) and super light.  Will never, ever buy it again.

Sweet Roll:  Random color changes like Caron Cakes but variable width sometimes very skinny.  Wouldn’t buy again.

Caron Cakes, Caron Big Cakes, Caron Cotton Cakes, Caron Tea Cakes: I LOVE THEM ALL.  Soft, sturdy, beautiful colors, true to size.  I’d fill my entire room with Caron Cakes if I could.

Red Heart Ombre:  Very very pretty.  True to size.  Sturdy, love it.  Absolutely want more.

Lion Brand Mandala:  Light, true to size, sturdy, beautiful.  I want more!

Caron multicolors: depends on shade, the grey camo was beautiful, the ‘rose garden’ depending on pattern, looks like Fruit Loops.  It’s still soft, sturdy, no variation in the sizes, etc. I really like Caron in general.