I’m the first person to admit that I am a bit of a fibre snob, but with the disadvantage of not wanting to spend money. The sweater quantities of yarn that I have are sale or eBay purchases or birthday presents. I’m not fussed about brand names or stuff like that; just that the yarn is lovely and has known the backside of a sheep or alpaca or other furry animal.

So I had some festive money left over from buying the New Lanark yarn and with a few projects in mind that used larger quantities of DK yarn than I had stashed, I started looking around just to see what was available. Which lead me to find Melandra Pure Wool DK from Woolshopdirect.

This is handwash only 100% wool. It’s considerably softer than the New Lanark yarn and after washing a swatch, it produced a lovely, even fabric. I’d say it was similar to King Cole Anti Tickle Merino or Stylecraft Pure Wool DK, except that they’re both superwash. Unfortunately, there’s no meterage given on the ball band, so I took the precaution of buying more than I’d need so there’s no danger of me running out. And how much is this yarn? £1.49 for 100g.

*waits for everyone to pick themselves off the floor*

So as I’d swatched, I figured I might as well cast on for something…

Can you tell what it is yet?

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