Thoroughly co-erced by the fellow members of the crafty forum to join two (yep two) knit-a-longs, I have at least managed to get the yarn for them at a decent price!
The green for the cable sweater in the picture was a purchase from a fellow forum member who was re-locating her stash (to other people's houses!) in order to make room for more!!!! It's Bergere de France Berlaine. 100% wool and apparently unshrinkable!!!! (can be machine washed and tumble dried - not that I have a drier but it's nice to know) - Very useful when you have a dirty dog!!!!
The rose is for Rogue, and is 25% wool, 75% acrylic. OK I wouldn't normally buy acrylic, but it was only £10 from eBay, and again, at least it will wash in the machine!
So that's me set for the foreseeable! Now I just have to find a few hours to do it in!
Love the colour of your Berlaine. That cabled sweater is so nice, I keep looking at it too :)
ReplyDeleteWhat fabulous colours! Looking forward to the KAL for the BdF :)
ReplyDeleteOoohhh, just look at those scrumptious colours! Am mega impressed that you are tackling 2 kals at the same time ... really looking forward to seeing your progress [lol there may still be a short time delay before you see any progress from me:)]!!
ReplyDeleteBoth are going to look great!!!!! and very practical for spot too:-))
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I used machine washable yarn for my rogue because within an hour of wearing it for the first time, it needed to be washed:-O Biscuits and drool are NOT a good look on your jumper;-)
nice wool, excellent colour choices.
ReplyDeleteI do like the Berlaine... I keep going back to this pattern and thinking 'someday...' :)
ReplyDeleteStunning colours... you have a knack for picking them!