Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Disappointing

I've started another Multnomah shawl, a free pattern on Ravelry.

It's not the pattern that's disappointing, it's the yarn.

I bought a skein of "Uluru" by Knitting Fever while at a yarn shop in Cannon Beach, Oregon, last September.


I was attracted the lovely earth tones, the yardage (410 yds.), the fiber content (cotton, acrylic, polyester) and the price (around $16, if I remember correctly.)

I'm disappointed to discover the ball of yarn contains many knots. I've encountered four so far, and I'm not even half way through the skein. I just read several reviews of this yarn at Jimmy Bean's Wool website, and no one mentioned the knot problem. In fact, reviewers gave the yarn high ratings. I'm wondering what's up with the skein I bought.

I'll finish the shawl, see if the woven-in loose ends are glaringly obvious, and make a decision from there, I guess.

Meanwhile, if you knit, you might want to avoid Uluru yarns.
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  1. LindaAugust 18, 2015 at 4:49 PM

    My first time to hear of this brand of yarn. I get very annoyed when I find knots in s skein of yarn. You were really into Oregon on this one, buying the yarn in Cannon Beach & using the Multnomah pattern. I wish I was in Cannon Beach today, or anywhere along the coast. Instead I'm home playing Nancy Nurse. Bob got a Pacemaker yesterday. No coast for me this summer.

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  2. Great Grandma LinAugust 19, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    make the knots part of the design?

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