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Boca Chica Yarn Review & Giveaway

June 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

Yarn was provided for review & giveaway by A Good Yarn. Opinions are my own.

This month's yarn review & giveaway features A Good Yarn's Boca Chica yarn, a fingering weight, chain-construction yarn in  100% superwash merino wool. Read this post for the details, including project ideas, and enter to win a generous 480-yard skein!

There’s an adorable yarn shop in Florida called A Good Yarn, and they’re not your average LYS. They have their brick and mortar location, yes, but they also have a robust online shop featuring all kinds of goodies for folks who don’t find themselves in Sarasota on a regular basis. Not only that, A Good Yarn offers yarns in custom colorways, and now, an exlusive yarn base too! This month’s yarn review & giveaway features A Good Yarn’s Boca Chica yarn, a fingering weight, chain-construction yarn in 100% superwash merino wool. Read on for the details, including project ideas, and enter to win a generous 480-yard skein!

This month's yarn review & giveaway features A Good Yarn's Boca Chica yarn, a fingering weight, chain-construction yarn in  100% superwash merino wool. Read this post for the details, including project ideas, and enter to win a generous 480-yard skein!
This month's yarn review & giveaway features A Good Yarn's Boca Chica yarn, a fingering weight, chain-construction yarn in  100% superwash merino wool. Read this post for the details, including project ideas, and enter to win a generous 480-yard skein!

THE YARN: A Good Yarn’s Boca Chica

Colorway pictured: Coast Guard
Skein details:
 480 yards/438 meters per skein // 4.0 ounces/115g per skein // 100% Superwash Merino Wool // Fingering Weight
Knitting needles: US 3, 3.25 mm / 28 stitches & 32 rows over 4 inches (10 cm)
Crochet hook: US E-4, 3.5 mm / 26 sc & 30 rows over 4 inches (10 cm)
Cons: Like many hand-dyed yarns, it’s recommended that makers alternate skeins and prewash as some colors may release excess dye on the first wash.
Pros: The yardage per skein for this yarn is huge! Since the yarn base is unique to A Good Yarn, it’s also something new to mix up your crafting.
Pattern Ideas: Crocheters could make the versatile Market Cowl with this lightweight yarn. The Simple Basketweave Baby Blanket would be perfect for knitters looking to try it, which also comes in variegated colors!

Crochet the versatile Market Cowl, a free pattern that does double duty as a layering-friendly cowl or wrap.
Market Cowl
Simple Basketweave Baby Blanket - Free Knitting Pattern at Hands Occupied
Simple Basketweave Baby Blanket
This month's yarn review & giveaway features A Good Yarn's Boca Chica yarn, a fingering weight, chain-construction yarn in  100% superwash merino wool. Read this post for the details, including project ideas, and enter to win a generous 480-yard skein!

ENTER THE GIVEAWAY

One lucky winner will get 1 skein of Boca Chica yarn in the Coast Guard colorway! Giveaway is open to U.S. only. Enter in the box provided below or here.

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This month's yarn review & giveaway features A Good Yarn's Boca Chica yarn, a fingering weight, chain-construction yarn in  100% superwash merino wool. Read this post for the details, including project ideas, and enter to win a generous 480-yard skein!

Yarn was provided for review & giveaway by A Good Yarn. Opinions are my own.

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Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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Hi! I’m Heidi (she/her/hers), a craft book author & pattern designer specializing in knitting, crochet, latch hook & macrame. Really anything with yarn! ❤️  My work combines vintage and modern design elements, featuring bold colors and graphic motifs.

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When you have four big skeins of pretty 2 ply yarn When you have four big skeins of pretty 2 ply yarn, you immediately think sweater, right? 
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My wardrobe could use another handmade sweater - I’m thinking something simple, seamed and with a decent amount of ease for potentially wearing tucked in with jeans or skirts. 🤔 
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Yarn: @universal_yarn Fibra Natura Cobblestone in Antarctica and Dragon’s Breath, wound in thick skeins of 100% superwash wool that’s a light DK weight.
How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style . How to to knit throwing (a.k.a. English) style 
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In knitting, there are a few common knitting styles. Most often you’re going to encounter continental style and English (throwing) style on your knitting journey. I recently had an old video teaching continental style get a lot of views. Based on the comments, it was clear the people wanted to also see a throwing tutorial, so here you go! 🧶
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Please note that there is a LOT of variation in knitting styles, and one isn’t necessarily better than another. Most often, I’ve found it comes down to two things: how you were taught and whether or not you’re really into colorwork knitting (which can involve a mix of styles). 
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Longer-term knitters who’ve made it this far: do you prefer one over the other? And why? 
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How to do a one-step provisional knitting cast on How to do a one-step provisional knitting cast on / a.k.a. crochet provisional cast on, scrap yarn cast on
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I read recently that tiktok and Instagram are being used as search engines more and more. 🤔 I thought since I’m going to all the work of making tutorials on YouTube, I should experiment with making a quick version of them for other platforms. There are obvious teaching limitations to vertical video, short-form content like this, but I think I covered the gist of this cast on in a minute. The YouTube version also covers how to unzip this cast on because there was time for it 👍🏻 L1nk is in my profile. 
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I’m very much looking for feedback as I continue to make instructional knitting & craft videos. Sometimes good tutorials are hard to find, and (ideally polite) feedback helps me improve. 
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For the first time in a long time, there’s a new For the first time in a long time, there’s a new tutorial from Hands Occupied! 🎉 The video is live on YouTube & the blog. 
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The post covers what provisional cast ons are & how they differ, and the video covers how to work a one-step provisional cast on using scrap yarn and a crochet hook. (This is a great one to save for future reference.)
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I learned several names for this method while researching this video & post. Crochet provisional cast on, one-step cast on, scrap yarn cast on - if you know even more names for this technique, please share! 
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Working on a sample for some upcoming videos. It’s an overcast day with intermittent sunshine & I have a scruffy little sidecar. 🐶 Can’t complain! 
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What’s on your needles this week? 
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Yarn: @debbieblissknits Cashmerino Aran 
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