Cotton for summer! If you aren’t too sure about having a lap full of wool during warmer weather, think about cotton. Lori just got in several new cotton and cotton blend yarns in different weights and colors.
One of the new cottons actually comes as a kit – it makes up an adorable baby/toddler sweater and comes complete with pattern and 2 buttons: Cotton Kisses by Plymouth. The kit comes packaged with the yarn ball, and the yarn is 51% cotton, 42% acrylic and 7% nylon. It is nice and soft and we have it in several colors.
The next new yarn is Jeanee, also from Plymouth. This is another blend – 51% cotton and 49% acrylic. It is a worsted weight yarn with a nice feel to it and comes in a nice variety of colors.
If you’re looking for a finer weight cotton yarn, then look for the Dark Horse yarn, Desert Flower. This is 100% cotton and is approximately a fingering weight. Once again, there are several different colors to choose from. This would be very nice knitted up into a summer weight shawl or shrug.
And of course, there are always the old favorites, the 100% cotton Fantasy Naturale and the cotton and wool blends of Cascade Sierra Quatro and Brown Sheep’s Serendipity and Serendipity Tweed.
