Tweed Stripes by Lion Brand

Tweed Stripes by Lion Brand
100 % Acrylic
3 oz / 85 g
144yd / 132 m
14 Colors
Made in Turkey
Machine Washable and Dryable
lionbrand.com

Fun Fur by Lion Brand
100% Polyester
1.4 oz / 40 g
57 yd / 52 m
41 colors
Made in Turkey
Machine Washable and Dryable
lionbrand.com

I saw this yarn the other day while shopping at the local department store and decided to try it. I wasn't sure what to try, but I wanted to make something that would show off  the color changes in the yarn. At first I thought maybe a scarf, and then I remembered seeing a hat that I wanted to try, and this is what I came up with.

 

I love how the pattern in the yarn came out, the color changes were beautiful and I like the dark jewel tones. I decided to add the fun fur to the brim to give it a little bit of a wilderness look. Atleast that's what I was aiming for.

The Tweed Stripes yarn was wonderful to work with and it's pretty soft when your finished. I tried it in both kniting and crochet. It works up great with both, but I prefer the finished look of the knitted items.

When making the hat I used just a little bit of the Fun Fur around the brim to give it a little bit of an outdoorsy look. I am glad that I did, because I think it added just little bit of something that the hat needed.  The Fun Fur was very easy to work with when I knit it together with the Tweed Stripes yarn.

Note:

At first I did the two rows of Fun Fur/Tweed Stipes in the stockinette stitch. I didn't like how the Fun Fur came out, alot of it was on the inside of the hat. So I did it over, using a purl stitch on the right side and a knit stitch on the wrong side. (So, in other words I reversed the stockinette stitch to the inside of the hat for these two rows.) I found that when I did it this way, most of the fur stayed on the right side of the hat, and there was less to pull through when I finished.

When making the hat I used less than a skein of the Tweed Stripes yarn, and just about two or three yards of the Fun Fur.

I was very happy with the yarns, and I will be working with them again. At the moment I am using a different color Tweed Stripe yarn with another Fun Fur for a scarf. I love the way it's coming together and can't wait to finish it.

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Homespun by Lion Brand Yarn

100% Acrylic, 2% Polyester

6 oz / 170 g

185 yd / 167 m

60 colors

Made in the USA

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I loved working with this yarn.

Knitting - I used a set of No. 10 needles the first time I picked up this yarn to knit something. I chose the No. 10's because of the look of the yarn, and decided to try a scarf. I didn't want something tightly woven, the yarn seemed like it need room to breathe (I hope that makes sense to you). I cast on 20 stitches and worked in the garter stitch for about 10 rows to see how it worked up.

Crochet -  I did a couple of  swatches using hook sizes H and K in a double stitch. Both size hooks worked wonderful for the yarn, but I decided I liked the H hook swatch a little bit better. There was alot of give with the stitch, but it was just the right tension for making my project.

 

As you work with it, you just know that the finished product will be so soft that you want to snuggle with it before your finished. But when your done, you realize not only is it soft, but so perfectly warm for fall and winter designs.

The colors are great. I have worked with Wild Fire (shown in example) and Painted Desert (can be seen used for hat below).

The color charachteristics of the two I used were so different. While the Wild Fire Had different hues, when I finished it was like looking at a single color. Painted Desert Changed as you went along. currently I'm working on a knitted scarf with the Painted Desert yarn and it changes form a greenish blue, to a burnt orange, to a darker blue, and so on. The changes in color are gradual, so the blend from one color to the next is very pleasing and really stunning when the project is finished.

The only downfall that I found with this yarn, is not with the yarn itself, but with the knitter/crocheter (me). If your not careful, it is very easy to snag the stitches with your needle..

Below is a photo of the hat I made with the skein of Wild Fire. As you can see, there was more than enough in a skein for me to finish this adult size hat.

My lovely daughter's Amanda and Allison modeling the hats.  They said they loved the hats, that they were soft, comfortable fit, and very warm.

You can purchase hats just like the two shown above at my store on Etsy.

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