Thank you!! These are great suggestions!!

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Thank you so much I always look forward to the yarn cards and also for the free month. 😊

I absolutely love this yarn. I have not much money to spend and I am quite sensitive to mohair and other hairy stuff if they feel just a little bit scatchy, but I love these cosy and soft textures on a knitted piece very much - so a yarn which I could like would have to be on the cheaper side, soft and wooly but not scratchy at all. I discovered the brand only in summer this year and first ordered some of the lovely colours to test it, soon ordered more of it. I found it way too thin to use it like it is, and if I would have used two or more threads together it wouldn`t be that cheap anymore. So I decided to have a look at the brand to see what else they would produce, and I found one of their cheapest cotton wool with a big color choice and wonderful nuances of every color. I tried a mix of one thread Alpaca Silk and one thread cotton and it worked out so very soft and it had the perfect thickness to have a fine sweater made of these yarns to wear it during winter at home ore elsewhere and also under a winter jacket or coat. Meanwhile I have knitted five sweaters and three shawls in this combination, a sixth sweater is in progressed work. I do not use the same colors in both yarns but let them contrast and find pairs to have different mixes to knitt patterns like norwegian or Fair Isle patterns. When mixing the yarns I love to use one of the rusty tones, brown or the blue palette of blues in Alpaca Silk and combine them with a cotton in dark blue, but I also tried the coral and red/pink Alpaca tones together with dark red, curry or burgundy cotton, there are endless possibilities. The Alpaca yarn color always looks different when you change the color of the cotton. It`s the perfect thickness of material to be used as autumn and winter clothing, and Alpaca/Silk and Cotton combined melt into the softest surface, I can wear it on bare skin. Also a sweater is ready in no time, mostly needed no more than one week for a really big, long and wide piece with patterns at least over half the surface. I really recommand to try Alpaca Silk together with a raw and soft cheap cotton wool (matted, not the shiny one), European needle size 2,5 - 3.5, not thicker, so that the Alpaca Silk yarn would be dominant enough. It works so very fine for the softest, expensive looking winter sweater and the shawls made of this are so very fluffy, super soft and beautiful. I didn`use much effort on them, a rustic rib knit like two left, two right, brings out the soft and fine material most beautifully.

Yesssss! I love this yarn soooo much! I just discovered Yarnsmiths DK super wash merino (wool warehouse's house yarn). I haven't gotten it yet, so will be back to give my thoughts, but it has over 100 colors so it might be a contender for future reviews if it's soft as well. But it's hard to imagine a super wash that can compete with Swish. Thank you for reviewing Swish!

I love this yarn. You really can machine wash and dry it and it hand washes just as nicely. I'm fussy about softness and it's baby soft. It gets a bit of a halo with wear and that's a pretty trendy look these days only you don't have to add expensive mohair to get the look. I have experienced some splitting with the worsted weight but not enough to turn me off. The worsted weight is very close in yardage to the DK and if I have them in a bag unmarked I can't tell them apart. Knit Picks has a lot of sales so Swish is my go-to yarn for knitting accessories . Ideas- can you review an affordable lace- weight fluffy yarn that's not scratchy? Cost and the itch factor have lead me to make items with a single strand when mohair is called for. Thanks!

Thanks for doing swish! Can’t wait to try it!

I can’t wait to try this! I’ve said this before, but I’ve been very happy with Knit Picks shipping to AZ. It’s very fast.

Very nice ideas that I have not encountered in any of the other podcasts I watched featuring the gift idea bundle. I saved two of them and hope to make them soon. Thank you!

Definitely do not use wood needles for this yarn! Knitting this yarn on wood needles will slow you down. The experience will not be smooth because the wool drags on the needles. My skeins were made in India. I do not notice an unpleasant smell.

I don't feel like gift knitting this year either. I made some gifts earlier in the year that I am starting to send out.

Thank you ❤

I’m a new subscriber and just have to say how much I appreciate your channel! Congrats on 100 reviews!

I have made 3 beautiful hats using this yarn. A crochet cable beanie in the brown colour and in the Birch Tweed, an allover cable beanie and a rolled brim irish moss stitch hat. I love them all for the stitch definition, the way thet hold their shape, and how they look different in every light due to how natural and undyed the yarn is. I like your pattern recommendations alot! The yarn is perfect for outerwear. And I absolutely agree that there is no pleasure in the knitting of it, just joy in the final product!

I´m new to this channel and I would love to see a review of Lana Grossa Cool Wool and Lana Grossa Natural Alpaca Pelo!

How do you pre wash yarn before using?

Thank you for the video! I want to knit the Stockholm sweater from Petiteknit and they suggest 2 strands of kid-silk. In your opinion, do you think it will be complicated to use 2 strands of brushed alpaca silk instead??

Your reviews are soooo helpful. Would love a knit picks swish review

Do they have superwash yarns?

This yarn seems similar to knit picks American wool which is pretty soft and much more affordable.

Hi! I love drops yarn ☺️ Which you advise for baby bonnet or hat and booties? It’s for crochet one needle. Thanks ☺️

I would appreciate if you could take a look at their BC loch lomond👍

ow can both be worsted weights when the brushed alpaca is only 25g/140m vs 50g/110m. Wouldn’t the Børsted alpaca be bulky? I knitted the brushed alpaca with 2strands to get the same gauge.

I also made a faire isle baby cardigan with this yarn- my first attempt at steeks. This is a good wool for faire isle because it clings together nicely.

I used this yarn for a large scarf in the pattern of a vintage Mexican serape. The colors needed to be subtle in order for it to not look garish and I needed a lot of colors, making the project more expensive. So I liked the price of the yarn. Also their shipping from Canada to Arizona was really speedy. I found that the yarn often split as I knitted. I’m not sure why. I was using wooden needles. Finally, the yarn is a little rough for me. Now that I’m watching your channel, I’m wising up to softer yarns that I didn’t know about and want to try them. Thanks !

Can I make baby socks from cotton yarn for hot areas?

For softness, my go-to mohair is Aloft. It’s absolutely next to skin soft for me. I’ve used Drops Kid Silk Mohair (as a matter of fact I just placed an order for more yesterday for non clothing projects) but find it very prickly, though it is VERY cost friendly when it comes to mohair yarn. I have some in stash for a couple of cardigans but I wouldn’t recommend it for next to skin. Maybe give Knit Picks Aloft a try and review. I think you will be impressed. Thanks for this review. I really enjoy hearing your thoughts on different yarns.

Would love some suri and maybe tilla by filcolona 😊

I've been looking at this yarn for a handful of future projects. Thank you for your reveiw!😊🧶

Woohoo never been this early!

Congratulations! 🎉🎊🍾

In your review the pilling you showed looked pretty bad. Have you knit a sweater with this yarn and, if so, did it stay looking nice after wearing for a while? I’m about to knit up a sweater in this yarn and am worried about how it will hold up long term. Thank you.

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Woohoo! Excited to see this channel keep growing!

Yarn is an everything textile: touch, beauty, inspires, durability, satisfaction! Love, love, yarn!

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How about reviewing the new merino (120 colors!) that Yarnsmiths just dropped!

Uk viewer coming to the comments to say it’s pronounce les-ter, but I see others have already done so. It’s a beautiful yarn! Great review ❤

100 yarn reviews, wow! Congratulations!🎉

I would love to see a review of De rerum natura yarn! I have used the Semilla Melange together with a mohair and it makes for a warm yet lightweight sweater :)

Can you also review BC Garn’s Hamelton Tweed?

I really appreciate your excellent comprehensive reviews. Have you done one on Noro Haunui cotton yet? I’ve seen it in my LYS.

Picked this up today and it is delicious to crochet with! I can't wait to try knitting with it as well

Here in Germany, I can find it for 3,95 euro / 50g

Hi! What coulour do you feature? :)

Hi dear community! I would be really interested in the long-term durability of the garments from this yarn. Thank you!