Monday, November 27, 2006

Fleece Artist Country Wool hand dyed






Cor/Colour:
Verde, pintado à mão. Todos diferentes, mas um muito mais diferente dos outros. Já não se produz. / Green, handpainted. All slightly different, but one is much more different than the others. Discontinued.
Composição/Composition: 100% lã/ 100% wool
Cada meada/Each skein: 100 g /175 m

Total: 5 meadas/5 skeins =500 g / 875 m

Outra informação na meada/ Other info in the skein:

Tensão/Gauge: "No gauge is stated but it knits up as an aran. " .. sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: ..mm -..mm / US ..-.. / UK ..-..
Cuidados/Care: ....Lavar à mão. / Hand wash.

Origem/From:
Troca por café com a Kate. / Yarn-coffee trade with Kate.

Para fazer/ To knit: O mais azulado para o Lizard Ridge. Os outros não sei ainda. / The more blueish I will use in Lizard Ridge. The others I don't know.

Notas/ Notes: Boa textura, suficientemente macia. Um dos novelos tem cor bem mais azulada que os outros. Duas meadas ainda não enoveladas. As outras foram previamente tricotadas pela Kate e depois desmanchadas, mas mantiveram muito bom aspecto. /Nice texture, soft enough for my skin. One ball has a much bluer colour than the others. Two skeins not balled. The others were previously knitted and frogged by Kate, and the yarn still looks OK after all that handling.

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Friday, November 10, 2006

Misteriosa :) / Unknown


Cor/Colour: ver foto/ see photo
Composição/Composition: Desconhecida, ainda a testar! / Unknown, still testing!

Total: (5 m = 4-5 g) more redsy colors 3.15 oz / 89 g / 89-111 m more bluesy colors 4.7 oz / 133 g / 133-166 m

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: .. rows/.. sts = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: .. mm/ US ..
Cuidados/Care: Não sei./ Don't know.

Origem/From:
Destash da/ from Monica.

Para fazer/ To knit: Lizard Ridge.

Notas/ Notes: Parece arder como lã, mas não feltra e tem um toque frio. / Burns like wool, but does not felt and has a cool touch.

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Danette Taylor loopy silk/mohair



Igual a esta. / Same yarn as this.

Cor/Colour: soft pink/blue/olive
Composição/Composition: seda e mohair/ silk and mohair

Total: parte de um novelo/partial skein = 63.8 g / 2.25 oz/ 80-90 m

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: 8.5WPI .. rows/.. sts = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 5.5 mm/ US 9
Cuidados/Care: Não sei./ Don't know.

Origem/From:
Destash da/ from Monica.

Para fazer/ To knit: Não sei. Don't know.

Notas/ Notes: Muito macia. / Very soft.

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Danette Taylor llama/wool handpainted



Cor/Colour: pink/purple/gold/violet
Composição/Composition: 50% lama (camelídeo), 50% lã/ 50% llama, 50% wool
Cada novelo/Each ball: 100 g / 116 m / 127 yds

Total: parte de um novelo/partial skein = 88 g / 102 m / 112 yds

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: 16 sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 5.5 mm / US 9
Cuidados/Care: Lavar à mão a frio. Secar em plano. / Hand wash cold. Dry flat..

Origem/From:
Destash da/ from Monica.

Para fazer/ To knit: Lizard Ridge.

Notas/ Notes: Macia. /Soft.

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Classic Elite Montera


Cor/Colour: cinza / medium gray
Composição/Composition: 50% lama (camelídeo), 50% lã/ 50% llama, 50% wool
Cada novelo/Each ball: 100 g / 116 m / 127 yds

Total: parte de um novelo/partial skein = 93 g / 107 m / 118 yds

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: 16 sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 5.5 mm / US 9
Cuidados/Care: Lavar à mão a frio. Secar em plano. / Hand wash cold. Dry flat..

Origem/From:
Destash da/ from Monica.

Para fazer/ To knit: Lizard Ridge.

Notas/ Notes: Macia. /Soft.

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Thursday, November 09, 2006

100% cashmere yarn on cone, dk wt, Natural


Cor/Colour: Natural (bege escuro/dark beige)
Composição/Composition: 100% caxemira/ 100% cashmere
Cada cone/Each cone: 150 g / 548 m / 600 yds / 5 oz

Total: 1 cone = 150 g / 548 m / 600 yds / 5 oz

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: 20-24 sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: US 5-6, 3.75-4 mm, old UK 9-8, US Crochet hook size D/3
Cuidados/Care: Do vendedor/ From the seller: "This yarn is supplied still oiled for industrial knitting, and needs to be washed to "bloom". The technician recommended garment wash method is 5 mins on the wool wash program of a washing machine, or of course hand washing is fine - many customers say a full machine wash and tumble dry works well for them... This wash should be carried out after knitting or weaving, which gives a tighter and harder wearing overall result (but trial swatches should be washed to see the final expected result of course)."


Origem/From:
Colourmart UK (eBay).

Para fazer/ To knit: Planeio fazer uma echarpe clássica, para me durar uns bons anos, talvez com algum jogo de texturas ou rendados, ainda não decidi. / I want to knit a classic stole, to use for a good amount of years, maybe with textures (cables?) or lace, I have not decided yet.

Notas/ Notes: Tal como avisam, a linha vem no cone com óleo, e por isso é um pouco dura, mas mesmo assim já se sente macia ao toque. Encomendei também um pacote de amostras (ver no site deles as Free Samples, paga-se apenas o custo postal) e veio com elas um mini-novelo já lavado para eu poder sentir a diferença ao toque. Depois de lavada a linha fica espectacularmente mais macia. É muito leve! / As they warn, the yarn comes coned and oiled, and so it feels a little stringy, but already very soft. I ordered a Free sample pack (you pay just the postal costs) and they sent me a mini-skein already washed so that I could feel the difference. After it is washed the yarn is amazingly softer to touch. It is very light!


Nas palavras do vendedor / The seller said: We twisted this yarn ourselves starting with 4 strands of top quality Scottish-spun cashmere weaving yarn. The high twist plies mean that the final yarn is tighter too, which also means it will wear well but bloom a bit less than our softer spun yarns. Perhaps not the best first purchase of our yarns, but if you want stunning colours and yarn that will keep softening with wear, this is for you!

This yarn is a 4 ply yarn, 4/14NM, and will knit similarly to the dk weight yarns described in the table comparing the knit properties of most of our yarns here. This yarn is twisted up by us from 4 strands of the appropriate 70T (1/14NM) weaving singles laceweight yarn, to a twist level which balances out any twist in the singles. Because the weaving yarns start off high twist, they give a well twisted final balanced yarn.

dk: NM (or Tex)4/14 (or 140/140 Tex)

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