The Knitting Fiend

As I approached the driveway, I spied a box on my landing. The “Taiga Pure New Wool” I ordered to knit my entry in “The Knitting Olympics” arrived. Whooo hooo!

I hopped out of the car, grabbed the box and opened it. Inside, I found 9 plump skeins of peachy-pink yarn, exactly as expected.

I hear readers asking, “Peachy-pink?” Yes, peachy pink, and, readers correctly remember I said “pink” in the previous article. Within an hour of posting telling blog readers I’d ordered the pink yarn, a Taiga representative phoned me. He apologized profusely because their web store says “pink” and he wanted me to know it was sort of “peachy pink”, which some would call, ahem, “peach”.

He asked, “Did I still want the order?”

Of course I did! For one thing, the color looked peach pink my monitor when I selected the yarn. For another, I am, officially a “Spring”; I am supposed to wear pinks that veer toward peach. So, peachy pink is positively perfect!

Since color is important to people, and yet, nearly impossible to describe accurately in words, I evaluated the yarn both in sunligth and indoors. I’d say it’s that peachy-pink color you often see used to create what was once called “flesh” tones. You know, back when “flesh” was the skin color most often seen in blondes and redheads. It’s paler and pinker than band-aids, but more peachy than you would expect if the word pink makes you think “cotton candy” or “bubble gum”.

So, as to the color: I like it!

Now, recall, I’ve never heard of this yarn outfit. So far, no one else I know has either. So, I’m planning to try a variety of tests so we can all learn about the quality.

The only other attribute I’ve tested is the surface feel. It’s soft and smooth. So, preliminary tests suggest “high quality yarn” not “cheap drek”. Tonight, I’ll cast on. The label says 200 m for 100 grams, so I’m expecting about 5.5- 6 st/inch single stranded.
I’m planning to test out whether it can hold nice cables because I have a design “in my head” and it involves cables. But, maybe lace will work better?

Either way, I’ll report my findings after swatching, washing and drying.