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Yarn Haul: Ice Yarns

I often get asked about Turkish yarns, and since this giant, puffy bag of yarn landed on my doorstep today, I thought I’d shoot a quick video. Ice Yarns is an online yarn company based in Istanbul that ships all over the world. Their yarns are very reasonably priced and sell for as low as $1.99 for a pack (they don’t sell single skeins). Depending on where you live, you may end up paying more for shipping than for the yarns themselves, but from the comments on their website it looks like most people still consider them good value for money. Please don’t take my word for it though, and do your own research! On to the yarns…

Pure Alpaca
pure alpaca
pure alpaca
pure alpaca

Demet Wool
mint green acrylic/wool
mint green acrylic/wool

Loden Alpaca Superfine
cobweb-weight wool/alpaca
cobweb-weight wool/alpaca

Silk
lace-weight silk/alpaca/merino

Spiral Blend
acrylic/wool/mohair blend yarn
acrylic/wool/mohair blend yarn

I hope you enjoyed some vicarious yarn fondling. Now back to work! :)

31st October, 2012  // Reviews, video, Yarn // tags: , , , , , .

How My Knowledge of Fiber Saved My Life

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Last night I was sitting on the sofa by a lovely roaring fire, typing away at my blog post. My boyfriend had gone down to the pub with his friend, and I was all alone in the small Welsh cottage. As I got up to get myself a mug of tea, I glanced at the woodburner and noticed that the candle that had been left on top of it (note use of passive) looked a bit lopsided, so I thought I’d better take it off there and put it to one side. The saucer was full of hot melted wax though, so it was rather tricky to do, and I noticed that the flames were licking away at that side of the burner, making it even hotter. Not knowing a whole lot about fires, I opened the woodburner door to try to rearrange the logs. Woosh! The flames licked out of the hinge and one side of the woodburner caught fire. It finally clicked that there was hot hot wax dripping down that entire side of the woodburner. In a few brief moments, many thoughts ran through my head:

– My God, the fire is outside the woodburner.
– Maybe if I leave it, it’ll just burn up.
– I can’t call my boyfriend.
– How am I going to tell him I burnt his house down?

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10th November, 2008  // Yarn // tags: , , , , .

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