Sweet Georgia Flaxen Silk DK Silk Linen Yarn Review from Eat Sleep Knit August Unboxing

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

This swatch lab is so thorough. I think it’s an excellent idea. So happy to have found you, Barbara. Thank you! ♥️

[@nancybwilborn6752]

Wonderful and informative video. Thank you for doing these swatch labs….it’s great to know how a yarn handles with various stitches. You are so clever!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Glad it was helpful!

[@carolbulmer8253]

Thank you for this information, Barbara😊

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Any time!

[@VirgsB]

Thanks for taking the time to produce this video. It was very interesting and full of information. However, I wouldn’t purchase this yarn myself as I find it so so expensive.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Not all yarns work for all people. You can extrapolate a bit from this if you find a silk/linen blend that is preferable to you. Silk/linen is going to hold lace well and drape well, the structure of the yarn will determine how it cables.

[@knitonepugtwo4487]

That first lace section makes the yarn super tempting! And the distinction between the 1x vs 2x cable was a great illustration, wow.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm so glad it was useful to you. I always find the 1x1 vs 2x2 super enlightening when I do these swatches. Mostly I've learned if you want punch from cables in most yarn you have to go big!

[@angelinacrafts5385]

A lovely stitch sampler. I am really looking forward to the future swatch labs.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'll have to get to knitting LOL.

[@tinarytting3799]

Loved this! Please do more! As a new knitter I learned so much!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

The plan is to do more! I'm glad you liked it.

[@reganmartin4126]

I just discovered your videos, and this one is brilliant! I love the giant swatch, with all the different stitches and patterns to understand how that particular yarn will behave! Genius! As a fairly new knitter, I don't have the knowledge base to automatically know what various yarns and contents will do on different projects. I have many yarns without labels (gifted and handed down), and this will certainly give me a chance to use them properly now! Thank you so much....and now I'm hooked on your channel! YAY!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! I really love swatching and how it lets me get to know the yarn. I just don't get the swatch hate LOL.

[@TheDollyce]

Ohhhhh, the swatch is beautiful!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I think it is too!

[@jennifermassello8670]

Can’t wait to see the other swatch labs!!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

There are some older ones you can watch while I'm working on new ones. kzbin.info/aero/PLEqIFerB_Bf9Lzgwn4289zJUIP8R4B5JU

[@deniseschueller986]

Thanks Barbara! I absolutely love everything about your videos. Your playful attitude is so infectious. I learn so much from you and can't wait for the KAL! ❤

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

It's this week! See you there.

[@edinacole6382]

That was very interesting and informative. I love when you explain and show samples of yarns that we might have to purchase online and never see firsthand.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

That is wonderful to hear. It is why I do these things.

[@millieo.5325]

Great video & information. ⚘ Thank you Barbara...🤗

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Glad it was helpful!

[@joanneyoung1081]

Thank you, Barbara, that was beautiful swatch.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

You are so welcome!

[@heidicook2395]

Thanks so much for a very informative swatch video! I cant wait until I get my own place and can find my knitting needles.💕

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

You'll get there!

[@heidicook2395]

@@WatchBarbaraKnit Yes, in God's time.😊🙏

[@janedaniel7288]

Absolutely fascinates me the way different yarns work. Love this video for that reason. The drape on this yarn looks fantastic. Thank you for giving it a great swatch review with a range of stitches. It really helps me see more of the yarns needs. Congratulations to Denise. Take care and keep safe. xxJane

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

What the yarn needs is totally right! Make the yarn happy and you'll have a happy project.

[@lainieepstein7753]

Love that you're swatching different yarns. It's provides so much more information about yarn fibers and what projects might be better for the different fibers. Great idea for a 'sampler' of how the different stitch patterns look with the specific yarn. Looking forward to the next one! Thanks!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I consider this having a "conversation" with my yarn LOL. Normally I just sort of randomly pick textures, lace, and cables but this time I decided to codify it so I can compare apples to apples across swatches.

[@MorganaDevina80]

I have learned so much from this video. More of these please :) Also the swatch made me want the yarn.....to bad I live in Sweden.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I am betting you have much lovely yarn in Sweden! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video.

[@mariagaldamez2564]

Thanks for sharing your different pattern “ demonstrations “

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

You are so welcome!

[@arilingens]

Love this! More swatches in different kinds of yarn please! So informative 👍

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Swatch lab is here to stay!

[@arilingens]

@@WatchBarbaraKnit yay! Can't wait for the next one! Hubby enjoys ir too :)

[@Rose-xc7wz]

I would love the gauge chart/pattern that you used on this and how you decided on those elements to swatch. I would love to possibly use and adapt it for my needs.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Right now it just lives in my computer. I'd have to figure out how to offer it.

[@Rose-xc7wz]

@@WatchBarbaraKnit I can help you figure out a way if you would like.

[@christinenewell2679]

Swatching is soooo important but I hated doing it when I was younger. I have a VERY loose tension and I HAVE to swatch. I can remember a few disasters with my knitting before I swatched carefully. 1 was a lovely Aran, all in one suit for my 2yr old…. she looked like a big brown bear in it, poor child and another was the first jumper that I knitted for my new husband!!!!! Drowned him. But I learned from my mistakes and am still knitting:).

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

All you can do is learn!

[@mariagaldamez2564]

👩🏼‍🦳 👍🏼 Yarn looks like it has a really smooth “ texture “ to it “

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

Indeed! It's so smooth!

[@ahc1957]

Beautiful.

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

It's so nice.

[@elisekt1860]

I love that swatch is there any chance of you selling the pattern? Or/and design a rectangle shawl with those elements!

[@WatchBarbaraKnit]

I'll put that on my list of things to think about. it's really not a pattern or anything, just a bunch of elements thrown together LOL.

[@annas7715]

Please do offer your swatch pattern! I’d gladly pay for a pdf. I’m a longtime knitter who does appreciate the value of swatching. Over the years I’ve accumulated a large quantity of a new-to-me yarns from lace weight to DK weight, usually without knowing how I will use the new stash acquisition. I’ve begun to knit long and ever-widening swatches of each yarn using a range of needle sizes, with a row of YO eyelets to “label” each needle size. On occasion I’ve swatched to see how cables or a stitch pattern would look with a given yarn when I have a project pattern in mind. I really like your multi stitch swatch format and think it would be a great complement to my range-of-needle-size swatches as I experiment with and catalog my stash.