Knitty Round Table – A Yarn Tasting.

Let me start off by saying that a Yarn-Tasting does not include any consumption of fibre. I love new yarns and how they feel, but I doubt I’d like how they taste. Also, I’m pretty sure that humans aren’t meant to cough up hairballs.

Last night was another Knitty Round-Table event at The Purple Purl. I love these as they allow me to knit up different yarns without having to buy them first. On last night’s menu were 5 yarns, all different, most interesting. I don’t know that I should really divulge the yarns we had until that particular Knitty issue comes out, but I’ll gander that it’s okay for me to mention the new Noro sock yarn.

It was the Silk Garden yarn. I’ll admit, I didn’t like it much. Maybe I was expecting far too much because of my love of Noro. It just didn’t feel right knit up. I didn’t feel like it would be the kind of yarn I’d like for socks. Maybe I’d see myself making a shawl out of it or perhaps something equally interesting, but definitely not socks. Besides, the “hand-wash only” warning on the label really doesn’t really do it for me. I cannot fathom the idea of hand-washing socks. Delicates, yes. Special clothing, yes. Socks? No. No. No.

Beyond the yarn itself, the evening was just plain fun. I went there straight after work, so I brought my little wristwarmer knitting project to do while waiting for the evening to begin. There were lots of good people, and prizes to be won afterwards. I came away with a book from the Yarn Harlot, and I also managed to sign up for the colourwork class.

I’m really looking forward to seeing the reviews of the yarn in Knitty. I know that there are always some bad seeds in with the shining stars of yarns, but that’s what these kinds of events are for.

Will it be sunny in Toronto this weekend? We shall see.

~ by tripknit on August 14, 2008.