A Tale of Two Yarns.

I'm taking part in Knitting and Crochet Blog Week and the first post is on 2 very different yarns.  I'm to choose one I really like and one I don't like and capture what it is I do or don't like about them.


My first yarn is probably one commonly chosen to be a loved yarn; Wollmeise.  I'm lucky enough to have one skein of this in my stash in sock weight.

It is incredibly smoothly spun, 100% Merino superwash and the colour is beautiful.  I had been lusting after some of this for ages, and when the opportunity arose I had to get it.  


On the other end of the scale is something I bought sight unseen, Yarn Traders Nettle Yarn.

Same colour as the Wollmeise, but a huge difference in what you've got.  This is a single while the Wollmeise is multi-plied.  The singles are in many places overspun which makes this a very rough feeling yarn, not the sort of thing you want next to your skin; I'm really hoping that this will make good bags, cos if it doesn't I think it may end up on the compost heap.


Tomorrow I get to talk about what I've learned in the way of new skills over the last year.