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[treeskin]

We'd been talking about lace yarn for a project this fall, and I found this today. Merino laceweight, 1375 yds per 100g skein, sold by the bag, 10 balls per bag, $52.15 a bag. Down side is, only one color per bag. But damn, at that price, I'd buy white and dye the finished lace afterwards.

Shipping isn't too bad with these folks, $6.95 for the first bag, and $1.95 per bag afterwards.

(I've also been SERIOUSLY tempted by the sport-weight alpaca by Plymouth, on 1# cones. And lots of other things there. )

Comments

[noveldevice.livejournal.com]

Are you thinking of going in together on a bag? That would be, essentially, enough yarn for ten of these shawls, right?

I like the look of the yarn, but I think I'd want colored off the bat, is the problem--I haven't done lace before, and I'm pretty sure I don't want my first foray into lace to take place on white yarn. I think I'd have trouble seeing what I was doing. 669 and 165 are both pretty.

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

I like both of those colors. I'd also been tempted by 93 and 91 (shades of red).

Just checked the pattern...it calls for 1260 yds. And this stuff is 1375 yds per skein. So, yeah, enough for 10 shawls, plus enough left over from each skein to make Branching Out, or several other, similar lace scarves.

I probably shouldn't buy the yarn until next payday. But we'd need time for the pattern to get here, too....

(Lead me not unto temptation, for it already knows where I live.) (http://www.fiddlesticksknitting.com/PeacockLarge.html)