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Brown Sheep Stratosphere Yarn Review & Giveaway

November 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

Meet Stratosphere, a DK weight, superwash wool yarn. This yarn is great for colorwork, sweaters, and long-wearing projects. Learn more about this American-made yarn and enter to win a skein!

I love finding a good DK weight yarn. They often jive well with vintage knitting patterns, and if you’ve got yourself a good DK yarn that’s also superwash and wool, you’ve got a go-to sweater yarn on your hands! The newest DK weight, superwash wool to arrive at my studio door is Stratosphere from Brown Sheep Company in Nebraska, and today we’ll investigate the pros and cons of this wooly workhorse before raffling off a skein for one lucky reader! Shall we?

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Picks of the Week

November 1, 2019

I can’t believe it, it snowed three inches in Chicago on Halloween! At least there’s nothing like an extra early snow to make you want to cast on roughly 100 projects at once. 😊 And here are a few more to queue!

I got this wild idea to make a giant pom pom costume using latch hook, so I gave it a go for Halloween. Take a closer look at this three dimensional rug-making project and its construction.

Attempting a Giant Pom Pom Costume

October 31, 2019

I got this wild idea to make a giant pom pom costume using latch hook, so I gave it a go for Halloween. Take a closer look at this three dimensional rug-making project and its construction.