On Deck

I found a couple of sweater projects in Rebecca 36 that I wanted to make, however, both required quite a bit of yarn. This long jacket with rib pattern needed about 14 skeins of yarns while this blue zip up jacket called for 12. If I were to use the recommended GGH Tara yarn, the long jacket would have cost about $130! Yikes! So, I headed to the trusty Fabric Depot where a 30% off everything sale was happening. I picked up some Lion Brand Wool-Ease for both projects, as well as some Lion Brand Micro Spun for the biker vest in the Twinkle's Big City Knits book. Nineteen skeins of yarn cost only about $50. What a bargain! I have only used the Wool-Ease once before and I don't recall any negatives about it other than the fact that it's mostly an acrylic yarn. A plus is that I can throw it in the washer and dryer. I've cast on for the long jacket with the black yarn and, so far, it's knitting up nicely.

Comments

Adelaide B said…
I use Woolease to knit some of my everyday sweaters because it is wash-n-dry and it doesn't pill as bad as some pure wool. (I buy a lot of stuff from Knit Picks and some it pills like you would not believe.)I've been reading for awhile and just decided to finally say hi. Hi. I always enjoy your projects.
Melissa Lim said…
Thanks for visiting Ada! So far, so good with the Wool-Ease.