Being in Jamaica and doing crochet/knitting isn't easy as I have limited options regarding the types of yarn or thread I have access to here locally. I have been yearning to try some of the different types of yarn that I see online or in my Facebook groups. I have visited so many of the yarn websites and for the most part, they don't ship to my homeland Jamaica. The ones who do, shipping is way too much. I am used to Redheart yarns (even though they don't ship here when I tried their website) as that's what my retailer sells and she still doesn't supply all their yarns.
It was while watching one of Creative Grandma's (Glenda Winkleman) yarn reviews that I learnt about Ice Yarns. I visited their website (www.iceyarns.com) and even though it's not free shipping and you have to buy in bulk it is somewhat affordable and ships right to my door. I made my first order to try it out.
My order came in about 4 weeks (you do have the option of express shipping). It was exactly what I ordered even though, honestly, I didn't know what I ordered.
But! What was kid mohair anyways?
These are fine and they weren't crochet thread, get out of here.
Ok, you have new yarn, soft yarn, what are you going to make, π€ idk! Then the opportunity came ππ... The founder of my favourite Facebook group was looking for test knitters for her pencil skirt and I volunteered.
The baby fine is really easy to work with, it knits well and the finish is great as well.
Now, there was the "kid mohair", what am I going to make with this thin fuzzy yarnπ€π€. I have no clue.....
Two months pass and still had no clue what to make... I tried a suggestion "use it with a thicker yarn together"
A few weeks pass and Petra Breakstone posted in her FB group "Yarnz2go Groupies" for an "All Petra Design KAL (knit along) / CAL (crochet along). I thought this couldn't hurt, secondly, I'll be rewarded with patterns (now who doesn't love free patterns). Which yarns will I use? And it hits me, why not use two skeins of the kid mohair, together π€π€. So I did.....
It was while watching one of Creative Grandma's (Glenda Winkleman) yarn reviews that I learnt about Ice Yarns. I visited their website (www.iceyarns.com) and even though it's not free shipping and you have to buy in bulk it is somewhat affordable and ships right to my door. I made my first order to try it out.
My order came in about 4 weeks (you do have the option of express shipping). It was exactly what I ordered even though, honestly, I didn't know what I ordered.
Baby fine (looks familiar, just thinner than I'm used to)
But! What was kid mohair anyways?
This is ππ
These are fine and they weren't crochet thread, get out of here.
Ok, you have new yarn, soft yarn, what are you going to make, π€ idk! Then the opportunity came ππ... The founder of my favourite Facebook group was looking for test knitters for her pencil skirt and I volunteered.
The baby fine is really easy to work with, it knits well and the finish is great as well.
Now, just look at this beauty. ππ❤
Now, there was the "kid mohair", what am I going to make with this thin fuzzy yarnπ€π€. I have no clue.....
Two months pass and still had no clue what to make... I tried a suggestion "use it with a thicker yarn together"
I came up with this pretty little flower, that was turned into a clip btw.
A few weeks pass and Petra Breakstone posted in her FB group "Yarnz2go Groupies" for an "All Petra Design KAL (knit along) / CAL (crochet along). I thought this couldn't hurt, secondly, I'll be rewarded with patterns (now who doesn't love free patterns). Which yarns will I use? And it hits me, why not use two skeins of the kid mohair, together π€π€. So I did.....
Now, doesn't this look nice?
Even better.
To be continued........