Monday, February 26, 2007

Very red mohair


Cor/Colour: Vermelho, sombras de azul e dourado de vez em quando / Red, with occasional blue and golden shades.
Composição/Composition: Not sure. Mostly mohair.
Metragem/Yardage: 10 g = 20 m

Total: 4 novelos/4 balls = 436 g / 954 yds / 872 m I gave most of this yarn away to an online friend. I just kept the smaller, frogged ball. Probably what I have now are around 50 grams, but I'm not sure.

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: .. sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: .. mm / US .. / UK ..
Cuidados/Care: ... / ...

Origem/From:
Linnet Knits yarn giveaway.

Para fazer/ To knit: Camisola. / Sweater.

Notas/ Notes: "Red, red, red! Mohair - not a solid red, but with some stripes of red-purple, too. Lots of this, but I don't know how much - I'd guess enough for an adult woman's medium sweater, since that's what I started knitting from this. One ball is frogged and rewound, but I did not wash this to get rid of the kinks. (I kinda like the kinks, actually)."

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Schachenmayr Crazy cotton




Cor/Colour: # 80 Verde e bege / # 80 Green and beige.
Composição/Composition: 100% algodão mercerizado egípcio e às riscas / 100% mercerized Egipcian, self-striping, cotton
Cada novelo/Each ball: 50 g / 1.75 oz / 137 yds / 125 m

Total: 10 novelos/10 balls = 500 g / 1370 yds / 1250 m

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: 26 sts*36 rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 2.5-3.5 mm / US 2-4 / UK ..
Cuidados/Care: Lavar à máquina em água fria, secar na horizontal. Passar a ferro com duas pintinhas, não secar na máquina. / Machine wash in cool water, dry flat. Iron in the 2 dot position, do not machine dry.

Origem/From:
Anonyknits yarn giveaway.

Para fazer/ To knit: Camisola. / Sweater.

Notas/ Notes: .. /..

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Sugar'n cream (Lily)

countryside ombre
daisy ombre
faded denim
hot green
hot purple

Cor/Colour: 02235 "countryside ombre" (verde e azul/green and blue); 00165 "daisy ombre" (amarelo e branco/yellow and white); 00181 "faded denim ombre" (azul/blue); 01712 "hot green" (verde liso/solid green); 01317 "hot purple" (lilás liso/solid purple)
Composição/Composition: 100% algodão / 100% cotton
Cada novelo/Each ball: Ombre: 56 g / 2 oz / 86 m / 95 yds; Solids: 70 g / 2.50 oz / 109 m / 120 yds

Total: 2 novelos/2 balls "countryside ombre" = 112 g / 4 oz / 172 m / 190 yds; Outros/others: 1 novelo cada/1 ball each.

Outra informação no novelo/ Other info in the ballband:

Tensão/Gauge: (4.5 mm) 20 sts*26 rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 4.5 mm/ US 7 (Crochet 4.5 mm)
Cuidados/Care: Lavar à máquina em água a 30º. Pode tingir. Pode-se secar na máquina pouco quente. / Machine wash 30º water. May run colour. Machine dry on low heat.

Origem/From: Countryside Ombre: (2006/05/31): Troca aqui. / Trade here.
Daisy Ombre, Faded Denim, Hot Purple, Hot Green: (2007/02/20): Anonyknits yarn giveaway.

Para fazer/ To knit: Washcloths/Dishcloths.

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Monday, January 29, 2007

Handpainted sock yarn

Cor/Colour: Rosa e azul escuro. / Pink and navy blue
Composição/Composition: ../ ..
Cada novelo/Each ball: .. g / .. m /.. yds

Total: 2 novelos/2 balls = 104 g / .. m / .. yds

Outra informação/ Other info: Pintado à mão por ela. / Handpainted by her.
Origem/From:
Veio como presente extra no destash da Emily. / Extra and unexpected present in a destash from Emily.

Para fazer/ To knit: Meias. / Socks.

Notas/ Notes: .. /..

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Linha castanha / Brown yarn


Cor/Colour: Castanha, mais escura que na foto / Brown (darker than in the photo).
Composição/Composition: 100% lã/ 100% wool
Cada novelo/Each ball: 100 g / .. m /.. yds

Total: 3 novelos/3 balls = 300 g / .. m / .. yds

Outra informação/ Other info: "100% wool, about worsted to heavy worsted weight. As most of my yarn there is no label. A nice deep brown colour ( a bit deeper then what's shown on my computer). 3x100 gr. More than enough for a decent scarf"

Origem/From:
Destash da Emily. / Destash from Emily.

Para fazer/ To knit: Ainda não sei, talvez um cachecol. / Maybe a scarf.

Notas/ Notes: .. /..

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Linha preta/Black yarn


Cor/Colour: Preto/Black
Composição/Composition: 100% lã/ 100% wool
Cada novelo/Each ball: 50 g / .. m /.. yds

Total: 5 novelos/5 balls = 350 g / .. m / .. yds

Outra informação/ Other info: "Collection of different yarns, all 50gr balls in black. All is 100% wool though it can be combination with other animal stuff! :D All between DK and Worsted I think."

Origem/From:
Destash da Emily. / Destash from Emily.

Para fazer/ To knit: Riscas pretas numa manta de restos en crochet. / Black stripes in a crochet scraps blanket.

Notas/ Notes: .. /..

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Friday, January 12, 2007

Rowanspun dk




Cor/Colour: 747 (Catkin) lot 1C2. Mais verde e mais bonito que em ambas as fotos.
Composição/Composition: 100% lã/ 100% wool
Cada novelo/Each ball: 50 g / 200 m / 219 yds

Total: 4 meadas/4 skeins = 200 g / 800 m / .. yds

Outra informação na meada/ Other info in the skein:

Tensão/Gauge: 20-21 sts*29-30 rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 4mm - 4.5mm / US 6-7 / UK 8-7
Cuidados/Care: Lavar à mão. Não torcer. Secar em plano ou lavar a seco. Passar a ferro com uma pintinha, com vapor. / Hand wash. Do not wring. Dry flat or dry clean. Iron in the one dot position, using steam.

Origem/From:
Concurso/Contest.

Para fazer/ To knit: Vintage Vertical Crochet Stripe.

Notas/ Notes: Tweed, boa textura, suficientemente macia. /Tweed, nice, fuzzy texture, soft enough for my skin. Review aqui/here.

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Lane Cervinia Speziale per Calzetteria






Cor/Colour:
906 (cinza e azul/ grey and blue) 904 (vermelha/red)(já usei); 902 e 903
Composição/Composition: 70% lã 30% poliamida / 70% wool 30% polyammide
Cada novelo/Each ball: 50 g / 164 yd / 150 m / 1.75oz

Total: 3 novelos azul/3 balls blue (13/09/05); 2 novelos/balls 902; 2 novelos/balls 903

Outra informação no novelo/ Other info in the yarn ball:

Tensão/Gauge: Eu obtive/I obtained
Ponto meia em agulhas 2mm/Stockinette in 2mm needles: 38 sts = 10 cm = 4"
Ponto meia em agulhas 3mm/Stockinette in 3mm needles: 28 sts = 10 cm = 4"
Agulha/Needle: 3-3.5 mm/ US 3-4 (Estou a usar 2 mm nas Jaywalkers cinza/ I am using 2 mm in the grey Jaywalkers). Crochet: 2.5-3 mm/ US 2-3
Cuidados/Care: Lavar à máquina a 40º no ciclo lã passar a ferro com 1 pintinha. / Machine wash 40ºC in wool cycle. Iron in the 1 dot position.

Origem/From:
Filomena (Secret Pal 5); as 902 e 903 foram presentes de aniversário da Filomena em Dezembro 2006.

Para fazer/ To knit: Jaywalker. As cinzentas/azuis estão a ser feitas de cima para baixo com agulhas 2 mm, as vermelhas queria experimentar de baixo para cima e com agulhas 2.5 mm (mas não as tenho!)/ Jaywalker. The blue/grey ones are being knit cuff-down with 2 mm DPNs, the red ones I want to try toe-up in 2.5 mm DPNs (but I don't have them!).

Notas/Notes: Com agulha 2 mm fica um tecido firme. Penso que aguentava agulha 2.5 mm para meias. Mais deve ficar mole e pouco resistente ao uso. / With 2 mm needles I get a firm fabric. I think I could use 2.5 mm DPNs to knit socks with it. A bigger size should give me a too drapy and thin fabric, not resistant to wear.

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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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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Le Mohair des Fermes de France




Cor/Colour: Várias / Several
Composição/Composition: 77% kid mohair 23% seda/ 77% kid mohair 23% silk
Cada novelo/Each ball: 25 g / 125 m

Total: 3.75 ball dark red; 3/4 bright red ball; 1 orange almost complete; 4 different blues = 230 g / 1150 m

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: .. sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: ..mm / US ..
Cuidados/Care: ... / ...

Origem/From:
Troca com / Trade with Knitting Ajour.

Para fazer/ To knit: Não sei. A ver se estas amostras tricotadas pela Knitting Ajour me inspiram. Este casaco seria giro, mas tinha de o adaptar e não sei se tenho linha que chegue... / I don't know. Let's see if these samples knitted by Knitting Ajour inspire me. This cardigan is lovely, but I would have to adapt it and I don't know if I have enough yarn.


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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Burgundy Silk



Cor/Colour: Vinho /Burgundy
Composição/Composition: 100% seda/ 100% silk
Cada novelo/Each ball: 210 g / . m / . yds

Total: 1 meada/1 skein = 210 g / . m / . yds

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: 28 sts*32 rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4" (agulha/needle 4 mm, stockinette)
Agulha/Needle: 4mm - 4.5mm / US 6-7
Cuidados/Care: ... / ...

Origem/From:
Silk Route (eBay).

Para fazer/ To knit: .. / ...

Notas do vendedor/ Notes from seller: "This yarn is spun to a soft finish. The yarn is handspun and is truly unique as it has a subtle variation in thickness."

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Monday, June 26, 2006

Noro Silk Garden


Cor/Colour: 226
Composição/Composition: 45% seda, 45% kid mohair, 10% lambswool/ 45% silk, 45% kid mohair, 10% lambswool
Cada novelo/Each ball: 50 g / 100 m / 110 yds

Total: 5 novelos/5 balls = 250 g / 500 m / 550 yds

Outra informação na meada/ Other info in the skein:

Tensão/Gauge: 18 sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 4.5mm - 5mm / US 7-8
Cuidados/Care: Lavar à mão. Secar em plano ou lavar a seco. / Hand wash. Dry flat or dry clean.

Origem/From:
Mohair-Sweaters-Colinette-Yarn-Wool (eBay).

Para fazer/ To knit: Echarpe / Stole.

Notas/ Notes: Macia ao toque e muito bonita. /Soft to touch and very beautiful.

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Friday, June 16, 2006

Rosários 4 algodão Fashion (discontinued)


Cor/Colour: Verde água / Very light green ; Amarelo claro /Light yellow
Composição/Composition: 80% algodão, 20% acrilico / 80% cotton, 25% acrylic
Metragem /Yardage: .. gr = .. m

Total: Verde água / Very light green = 375 g / .. m / .. yds ; Amarelo claro /Light yellow = 120 g / .. m / .. yds

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: .. sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 4mm - 5mm / US 6-8
Cuidados/Care: .. / ..

Origem/From: Loja que fechou. / Former LYS.

Para fazer/ To knit: .. / ..

Notas/ Notes: ..

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Rosários 4 New Export



Cor/Colour: Preta / Black (08) ; Verde seco claro / Light olive green (06) ; Vison (21)
Composição/Composition: 75% viscose, 25% acrilico / 75% viscose, 25% acrylic
Metragem /Yardage: 100 gr = 230 mt (3.5 oz= 251 yds) (info site Rosários 4)

Total: Preto / Black = 135 g / 310 m / 338 yds ; Verde seco claro / Light olive green = 390 g / 897 m / 978 yds ; Vison = 475 g / 1092 m / 1192 yds

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: .. sts*.. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: 4.5mm - 5mm / US 7-8
Cuidados/Care: .. / ..

Origem/From: Loja que fechou. / Former LYS.

Para fazer/ To knit: .. / ..

Notas/ Notes: ..

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

May yarns / Lãs de Maio

Fotos melhores dos itens deste mês. // Better photos of the May yarns.



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