Dr. Who Scarf: The yarn is here!

[jan_andrea]

Ooooh, this stuff is *wonderful*! I got the "comfy" yarn, a 75% pima cotton, 25% acrylic blend, and it feels soooo nice to the touch -- very silky. I'm going to enjoy knitting with it, I think. The materials (well, plus a pair of circular needles because they were pretty and bumped me up to free shipping) were $51.63. A lot for a scarf, but since it's for my honey, it's okay :)


Yarn!

Will try to photoblog this as I progress, just for the hell of it.

Comments

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

I am, at this very moment, wearing a lace shawl knit from a $40 skein of silk yarn. The cost per hour of entertainment is pretty low--it took me probably 4 months of knitting time to make the shawl (18 months of real time because I am a non-monogamous knitter)--and I ended up with a lovely piece that is doing a bang-up job of keeping the back of my neck warm in an extremely frigid office.

I totally get budget concerns--I'm currently on a yarn/fiber moratorium--but for me, quality of materials is extremely important. Most of us have things for which we're willing to pay a little bit more--for someone else, that might be certain kinds of clothing or cable television or any one of a million other things. :)

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

Yah, my grandmother is an amazing knitter and creates beautiful scarves and sweaters and such, but she uses (by budget necessity, I assume) cheap acrylic yarn all the time, which really impacts the wearability of the finished garment. She's on a fixed income, so she unfortunately can't afford to spend $$$ on yarn, but otoh, it's sad to see her put so much effort into a piece and then not have it be worn because it just feels yucky :(