Here it is: the last installment! I’ll finally reveal my favorite of the twenty DK yarns I’ve tested and what I think the best DK yarn is for various projects.
But before that…
We’ve traveled through both natural and synthetic fiber DK yarns; now it’s time for the blends. These last three yarns mix natural and synthetic fibers together to get the best of both worlds.
We’ve covered naturals, now on to the synthetic DK yarns! Synthetic materials like acrylic and nylon are often some of the most affordable yarns, and come in a wide range of styles, textures, and purposes. These nine synthetic yarns each have their own unique points, but only one will take the top position!
In my introduction to this series, I said I would break down the yarns into categories by materials so I didn’t make you all read a novel-length post. To kick off the reviews, here are the eight natural DK yarns I tried out!
It’s always so hard to know what yarn’s the best for any given project, especially if you’re buying online.
Which I am, right now, because my local yarn shop is moving stores and therefore is closed for the move. (Yay for them, but boo, no yarn!)
I’ve seen the LoveCrafts store around on Pinterest before, so I figured I’d give them a shot and order some yarn.
Twenty skeins, to be exact.
I love the linen stitch and I wanted to try it in chevron, but when I searched “chevron linen stitch” on Ravelry it only came up with chevron items made with linen yarn, rather than using linen stitch.
So I came up with my own version.
Welcome to Finished Friday! In addition to my normal posting schedule, I sometimes post a finished craft piece on Fridays, just for fun.
Today’s Finished Friday piece is a pillow cover I made for my maternal grandmother as a Christmas present. (She’s 90 years old and not very tech savvy, so it’s safe to post about her present before Christmas — it won’t spoil the surprise!)
My mother is a crocheter, and she has three things she likes in particular:
So I thought: how can I combine these three things?
And the seamless linen stitch square was born. It’s worked in the round with linen stitch, and the colors are carried up one of the corners, so you only have to weave in ends when you start a new color or new ball of yarn. Because the colors are carried in the corners, the slip stitches for the color change are hidden so there’s no obvious seam. (I’ve seen a few other similar projects, but most are either worked in rows, involve weaving in zillions of ends, or have a noticeable seam — thus the need for the seamless linen stitch.)
