None of the colors faded or bled, and remain as beautiful as they were originally. The felted swatch drapes well but also feels stable enough to create a sturdy purse or hat. It feels great against your skin with or without trimming some of the fuzz. The yarn becomes pretty fuzzy after felting, and I actually believe that it feels even softer than before. Felting Karaoke wasn’t a complete disappointment. Skeins with a variety of colors, like New Splash and many other Karaoke colorways, may yield uneven fabrics when felted. When choosing a color of Karaoke for a felted project, I would make sure the colors are fairly similar. Because the two colors felted at different rates, the New Splash colorway should not be used in felting projects. The yellow portion of the swatch felted faster than the purple portion, creating a misshapen swatch. ![]() Both colors in the swatch felted well, leaving little or no stitch definition remaining, but not at the same rate. Feltingįelting SWTC Karaoke was fun, but I did encounter yet another issue. Doesn’t this defeat the whole purpose of a gradual striping yarn? This abrupt color change was very noticeable and seemed strange compared to the usual gradual transition between colors. However the third knot attached bright blue yarn to bright pink. I could maybe get over there being a knot in a large skein (and by large I mean very large), but 100 meters isn’t even that long! The first two knots attached two pieces of same or similar colored yarns together. When I buy a skein that states it is 100 meters long, I expect to get a piece of yarn that is 100 meters, not three pieces of yarn that add up to that. Knots in yarn are my biggest pet peeve, especially with yarn this expensive. In one skein alone there were three knots attaching different lengths of yarn. I encountered a few more problems while knitting with this yarn. These sections are pretty rare but can pose a problem if they occur in the middle of you work or in a part of a garment that will see a lot of wear. Also some portions of the yarn can get so thin that only a few fibers are holding it together. Again this shows how pieces come out looking sloppy. The gauge of the swatch changed from 4.5 sts/inch (the standard gauge) to approximately 5.3 sts/inch, on US 7 needles, in just 6.75 inches. The purple cast on edge measured 5.5in wile the yellow bind off edge measured 4.75in. I did not realize how much the gauge had changed until after I laid the swatch out flat and measured the dimensions. The second gauge problem occurred while knitting the swatch pictured. The unevenness could not be fixed by blocking either because the change in yarn was just too great. The resulting fabric looked uneven and sloppy. That would be equivalent to suddenly switching to smaller sized needles half way through your project for no reason at all. I thought that the change in gauge would be temporary but the yarn remained thin for the rest of the skein. About halfway through the skein, the gauge suddenly changed from 4 sts/inch to 5 sts/inch while using US 6 needles. The first gauge problem I encountered while knitting the belt pouch. However, it appears that this slight thickness variation leads to variations in gauge when comparing different parts of the knitted fabric. I have no problem with small or large scale thickness variations in yarn as long as it is intended to be that way. This slight thick and thin texture causes stitches to look less even and a little sloppy, and thicker portions are a bit splitty. Yarn thickness varies slightly and gradually on the scale of several inches to a foot. I was a bit surprised to find that the thickness of the yarn was not constant. It has a slight sheen under some lights but is not very prominent. To me it feels slightly softer than Cascade 220, but it may not be as soft as you would think for something that contains 50% “silk”. ![]() ![]() The yarn is soft and feels nice against your skin. The transition between colors is gradual, and that alone makes this yarn worth owning. The shades in the New Splash colorway are vibrant, and contains shades of purple, blue, pink, and yellow. My first impression of this yarn was that it was beautiful. To test out this yarn I came up with two patterns, a pouch you can attach to your belt and a Nintendo DS Lite cozy. The SWTC website has some information on soy silk, but I mainly wanted to know how would this yarn be different than a 100% wool yarn. This yarn was different from other yarns I had worked with at the time, since it was the first which contained soy silk. I had never seen this yarn before Alice sent me two skeins in October of 2006. Manufacturer’s care instructions: Hand wash, dry flat Weight/yardage per skein: 50 grams/109 yards (100 meters) Gauge: 4.5 sts 6 rows = 1" on US 7 needles, worsted weight
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