Dream In Color: Classy

I love this yarn! It is so soft and smooshy! Dream In Color Classy is a Hand-dyed Superwash 100% Merino Wool Worsted Weight yarn.  Skeins are approximately 4 oz and 250 yards.  That is a lot of yarn! More than enough for most one skein projects! Gauge is 4 - 4 1/2 stitches per inch on US Size 7-8 needles.  I love that it's a Superwash yarn....machine wash then lay flat to dry or tumble dry (I use the low setting) and remove while still damp.




Dream in Color Classy in Beach Fog from

© The Loopy Ewe

  I just bought this Gorgeous Skein of Dream in Color Classy in  Beach Fog from The Loopy Ewe in St. Louis.   I love the the blues and light purples in this colorway.  I'm going to use it for my 2nd Camp Loopy Ewe Project - from Sheri's Blog:

"Project Two is called “Hiking in the Mountains”. Doesn’t everyone have to go on a hike when they’re at camp? I know that it’s not always in the mountains, but it always felt like you were dragging yourself up a steep hill/mountain, by the very end of the hike, waiting for it to be done. (Or was that just me?)  For this project, the challenge is to knit or crochet either a pair of socks or a pair of mittens or a pair of gloves, in an adult size. (No fingerless mitts this time around.) The other part of the challenge is that the pattern you use needs to contain cables, which are always fun to do!"

As you can guess, I am going to knit Irish Hiking Mittens and I have been so thrilled to see that some other people joining in the project are knitting them too!  Thank you everyone!

Yarn Review: Socks-to-Be Yarn

Recently, Erin of Socks-to-be Yarn asked me to review her hand-dyed yarns and sent me a sample after asking what colorway I preferred!  Wasn't that nice of her?  You all probably know I'm rather fond of blues by now so I chose this:

Soft and squishy, I couldn't wait to try it out.  The variations of blue are so pretty.  Check out some of Erin's other colorways here.  Before long, I was knitting a sock, just a basic vanilla one, to get an idea for how the colors showed up:

Pretty nice, right?  And, lastly, here's a pic of the completed sock:

Some information on the yarn:  It's 2-ply Sock Weight 100% SW Merino Wool Yarn.  A 100 gm/3.5 oz skein has approximately 365 m/400 yards.  The Knitting Gauge per the label is 6 stitches = 1 in on Size 3-5 Needles.  The Crochet Gauge per the lable is 16-20 sc = 4 inces on E-7 hooks. (3.5mm - 4.5mm).

When knitting socks, I prefer knitting sock weight yarn with size 2 needles (which I used here) and I had a gauge of 8 stitches per inch which is generally where I wind up with sock yarn.

I love the way the sock turned out and I can't wait to try  Socks-to-be yarn again.  You can find Socks-to-be Yarn on Etsy, Twitter and the Socks to Be Yarn Blog.

Disclosure:  Socks-to-be Yarn provided iKnit2Purl2 with a 50 g sample of Sock Weight Handpainted Yarn free for review.  iKnit2Purl2 was not compensated for this blogpost.  All opinions in this blogpost are that of iKnit2Purl2's and do not necessarily reflect those of Socks-to-be Yarn.