So I mentioned in an earlier post that I bought some yarn (3 skeins to be exact). That in itself is not unusual, as I am not on any kind of yarn diet.
I bought three skeins of Mighty Stitch by Knit Picks. It is 80% Acrylic and 20% Superwash Wool. I mainly buy acrylic yarn because I live in a warmer climate (with mild winters), and thus I cannot use much stuff with a lot of animal fibers. Animal fibers are just too warm for my area. So I usually limit myself to blends with no more than 30% animal fibers, if I have an idea to make it into something wearable. Plus- I’m lazy, and blocking acrylic is permanent, whereas blocking other fibers mostly only lasts till you wash it again.
But anyway- back to the Mighty Stitch. I bought two Macaw (green), and one Canary (yellow):
The Macaw I can use, but I bought the Canary as an accent color, and it just doesn’t fit. It’s not bright enough. The canary is a mustard yellow, with a slight split pea green tint to it, and I wanted straight, bright yellow. So I thought I could use it as demonstation yarn for my class. Well- this stuff is SOFT. Sooooo soft and lovely that I need to make it into something wearable. It needs to be worn. It’s like a hug in yarn form. Now I have many yarns that qualify as soft. Many more that qualify as baby soft. A few that qualify as comfy/relaxing-at-home soft. But this is the first time I’ve had any yarn that I would say is a hug in yarn form.
And that is probably because I don’t delve deep into animal fibers. Pure Merino lovers would probably scoff at the softness of this yarn. They are probably used to the pure cloud stuffs that they knit with on a regular basis.
At any rate- I’l probably pair the Canary with some grey yarn and make socks. Now… what to make out of the Macaw…
Duck And Cover 
I say some new yarn is definitely in order after all that organizing 🙂
I know plenty of ‘yarn snobs’ who won’t touch acrylic, but I agree with you a lot of it now is fantastic, especially useful in warmer climates. I love microfibre yarns in particular, sooooo soft 🙂 wearing one right now, as it happens! Best of all you can throw it in the washing machine and it comes out like new. 🙂 look forward to seeing the Canary and grey together!
Because I work in a office- my work wardrobe is year-round. If I was a yarn snob, wearing nothing but wool- I’d bake myself. Pretty much 10 months out of the year.
Lion Brand used to have a microspun yarn that I loved. I’m a little upset that it was discontinued…
Rowan calmer was my fave and that’s discontinued too 😦
Looks like we need to embark on the great microfiber yarn hunt!
Oh LOOK- 94 glorious non-discontinued microfiber yarns!!!! http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/search#fiberc=1&fiber=microfiber&discontinued=no&view=thumblist&sort=best
Awesome! 🙂 thanks for that! Just searched my usual online yarn store (no bricks and mortar yarn stores around here) and it had some of them! 😀 time for yet another order methinks….
I have been wondering how Mighty Stitch would feel, so it’s great to have another knitter’s opinion. This might get purchased next for a quick sweater project!
You will need to be a little careful about the colors (my experience is with Canary yellow, but a few of the comments say a few other colors aren’t quite the color you see on your monitor), but the softness is awesome!
I kind of wish they had a sampler pack, so I could just get one skein of every color, but that’s just me going overboard. But I WILL be purchasing enough for a sweater very soon! (Although the sweater won’t be started till next year… But at least I can pet the yarn till then.)
I think they had a sampler pack on sale last month because I remembered toying around with buying another bag of rainbow yarn and making a blanket. That green is my favorite color and I’ve been dying to make something with that shade.
If you go to the rainbow blanket (free pattern for the Mighty Stitch)- you have the option of building a kit. Too bad they are out of the canary and bright blue…
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