Spring Is for Sassy Yarn!

(hey guys I am now working for a company, so I won't have as much time to do everything I love here. I will do my best to update once a month)

Happy May! *warning image dump*
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The granny square rug was made using the colors we typically see for valentines day, plus green...because I enjoy green variegated yarn. It's very spring like and can last for more then one month in theming. I put a cute little heart in the center, to pull it all into the theme. The cotton really soaks up the water, and prevents water damage. And that's just dandy IMO.
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The tunisian rug ended up being used in the upper bathroom, because it has a very VERY high absorbency. I tested it and poured three or four cups of an 18oz cup on it. The thing sucked up the water very easily.

 I am also working on my "one blanket a year" blankie and I am almost finished. With any luck it'll be done Sunday~ :)

I won't be doing a review this month, but next month I have something fun perhaps.

February is SHORT(March gave me time to catch up)

images will be added once I get settled in from work saturday! 
So short that I forgot it only had 28 and not 30! I do that rather often, even if I have a calendar. Good news everyone! I finally got hired somewhere. It's a pretty great place to work, the people are all keen on selling goods over trashing them--and it has an amazing staff policy I fully intend to utilize. Let's get on with this(last) month's review as two! One more mystery yarn after this one. I'll let you guess what it is! ;) I'll give a hint...it's fuzzy!

This month I got into Crocheting some items. I made, a Tunisian hook rug, a granny square bathroom rug and I'm *still* working on a vest for my mother. The yarn is basically sock yarn, so forgive my slowness on it. Barely made the first button. Working my way up though! :)

This was actually an order I finished awhile back. The person ordering wanted red wine colors, so I picked two commonly seen colors. It's actually the same stitch I use to create the faux ribbing for the hat below, and it is a reversible stitch as well. I did a basic knit for the inside of the hood, using the grape colored yarn.  The buttons are not decorative! I made the stitch loose enough so the person could configure the buttons in any fashion, even make a "drape" with it if they desired. Very versatile and will most hopefully be a "go to" item if it gets a bit nippy outside.



I am very excited about this particular yarn for this month. It is another wonderful skein from Lion Brand that they sent me to review!

*Review Time!*

Da Vinci(Wine; 55 yd ; 53% Wool, 47% Acrylic)

Some of the best color palette I have EVER seen came in this particular type of yarn. I crocheted this hat using a P hook, and on the bus I found it was an amazing and orderly yarn to work from the skein. It went so quickly that I finished before the bus even got close to where I needed to be(it was about an hour and thirty minutes to the stop I normally get off at). As I worked the yarn it practically felt like silk in my fingers. The brim of the hat is also crocheted, but I use a stitch I figured out from tinkering to make a faux ribbed stitch without all the extra hand work one would normally need. It is also done using a smaller crochet hook(size I is normally best, just to maintain the stitch ratio and prevent sagging later on).




Softness:5/5
Price:5/5(do a net check, then a store check for this one, totally worth every penny!)
Color:5/5
Ease of use: 5/5(knot the end you start with and you'll have no problems even if you do have to take out a stitch or two!)


Buy this one! Oh my gosh buy this one. I haven't had the honor of working with yarn like this since using the luxurious stuff I won last year! I'm still not done reviewing all of it actually. Maybe next month?? Come back and find out!

New Year and New Fun!

Happy New Year!

New year, new yarns and *hopefully* a new giveaway! Guys I have wonderful news as well as some hints as to what I am going to review. Let's jump in huh?

Lion Brand Yarn has sent me some wonderful yarns to review!  They were so nice and pleasant to talk with. If there is anything YOU would like me to review for the blog let me know! I would love to get something you like and let you know how it works(or some ideas for projects).  Maybe even ship off a skein if we are so lucky in the upcoming months! 

I have been working on prayer shawls, a commission, and I will be putting up something else on tophatter.com, so please come on by and check the "handmade" section . Winning the listing will give you some nice winter gear of your choosing.

In addition, I have been reading and I came across a book on Tunisian crochet! Those 3 hooks I made last year and the one I purchased for 50% off at W.M. came in handy. The book is called:Tunisian Crochet: The Look of Knitting with the Ease of Crocheting. It's in my kindle reader(you can get that for free!) and I plan on learning how to use these hooks to the best of my ability! As I proceed I will post images of my work! Let's enjoy this month's review!

Review Time! Bellini(Nápoles/Naples)

How lucky are we!? This yarn isn't out just yet...I honestly had no idea how cool this yarn really was until I started doing a bit of crochet with it! If you are a fan of those crazy frilly or frizzy scarves, then this yarn is for YOU. I opened the package and found out where exactly the "ends" were, then I proceeded to try and knit it. I didn't like that look, so I settled with crochet. It's a funky yarn, and it took me a bit of time to awkwardly fumble about with it. The resulting scarf is below! Look for this one, I was told it's coming out VERY soon to a craft store near you! :D





Softness:5/5(very plush, would make a nice accent pillow if you wanted to knit it into one--or crochet it )
Price:?/5 (I haven't seen it on shelves yet)
Color:5/5(very rich and definitely a gemstone blue)
Ease of use: 2/5 (I would strongly suggest going to the lion brand website and watching the video on how to use this yarn. You could mess it up easy if you aren't sure how to get the skein going)

Since this is my birth month, I want to give you guys something fun!I will ship the winner their choice of fingerless gloves,mittens or a scarf!

Giveaway! 

In order to win this prize, you need enter here on this post. Be sure to read the rules, I don't want you to miss out:
*All information needs to be on ONE POST. Multiple posts will not count, no spamming!
*Comment below either telling me: what you want me to review this year, OR your favorite thing I wrote about last year(mandatory)
*Follow me on twitter (@sweetyarnshop) and tell me you did so, and I will give you a bonus entry(optional)
*If you donate I will add a bonus entry(optional)

Entries must be in by February 1 at 12:00 am.

I will be pulling the name from a hat February 2, 2013