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Episode 171: All about the poncho.
Welcome to episode 171! I have two FO’s today and one I’ve been working on for a while so I’m super happy to have it done. I also talk about my Olympic project and upcoming travels. I hope you have a lovely week!
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Tea:
Knitting:
- Finished: Capucine by Adela Illichmanova, Delicious Yarns Sweets Chunky in Raspberry Fudge (for review)
- Finished: Ten Stitch Twist by Frankie Brown, Opal Advent Calendar
- In Progress: Lowbrow Cowl by Thao Nguyen, Australian Polwarth
- In Progress: Potawatomi by Carol Sunday, Sunday Yarns Nirvana 5 ply in Berry
Spinning:
- In Progress: Spinsters Crazy Batts 2018
Extras
- I’ve started a team for the Ravellenic Games! Please come join Team CKT!
Knit Me: Delicious Yarns, Sweets Chunky
Before Christmas, Stitchcraft Marketing contacted me to see if I would be interested in trying some bulky yarn, Sweets Chunky, from Delicious Yarns. At that time the temperatures hovered around zero and a squishy, thick hat sounded fabulous. Sweets Chunky is a 100% superwash merino base and comes in 105 yard skeins. I selected 2 skeins of the Raspberry Fudge colorway.
When the yarn arrived I loved the bright pink colors and set about searching for the perfect chunky weight hat. Given that the yarn was variegated, I wanted a garter stitch pattern that would show the beautiful colors off to perfection. I settled on Capucine, a hat I have had in my queue for ages.
Almost as soon as I started knitting, I knew I had made the right choice.
This hat was a super quick knit – just two nights worth of work – but it was a joy to knit. The yarn is quite a bit thicker than I am used to, but it is squishy and bouncy and it was so much fun to see how the colors played together. Given that the stitch count changes quite a bit through the pattern, I didn’t have trouble with too much pooling and overall I love the effect.
I had a bit of trouble with the hat pattern. Sweets Chunky is classified as a Bulky Weight yarn so I followed the pattern for that weight yarn. What I found is that I had to improvise a bit or the hat would have been ridiculously large (and it’s still big). I ended up using a little over 1 1/2 skeins to knit the hat and then add all the trimmings. I opted to do braids and a pom pom rather than the tassels that the pattern called for.
The end result is so much fun! The hat is a little big on me so it may go to another loving home, but I’m ready to order more yarn to make my own. Delicious Yarns offers a variety of other yarn weights and dyeing techniques, all in bright, fun colors.
A special thank you to Stitchcraft Marketing and the folks at Delicious Yarns who sent me 2 skeins of Sweets Chunky (retail: $68.00) for free. I received no other compensation for this review. All opinions and photos are my own.
