• 0 items$0.00
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Hands Occupied

Colorful knitting, crochet, latch hook and macrame from craft book author & designer Heidi Gustad.

  • BLOG
    • Knitting
    • Crochet
    • Latch Hook
    • Macramé
    • Punch Needle
  • ABOUT
  • Shop
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • TikTok
    • YouTube

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.

a Rafflecopter giveaway
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.

Filed Under: Giveaways, Reviews & Sponsored Tagged With: a good yarn, boca chica, giveaway, yarn review

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author, designer & creator specializing in yarn crafts like knitting, crochet, latch hook & macramé. Her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now.

Previous Post: « Summer Events
Next Post: Fernlace Pullover & A Self-Drafted Circle Skirt / Handmade Wardrobe »

Reader Interactions

DID YOU LIKE THIS POST?
Visit similar articles...

  • High Desert Yarn Review & GiveawayHigh Desert Yarn Review & Giveaway
  • Brown Sheep Stratosphere Yarn Review & GiveawayBrown Sheep Stratosphere Yarn Review & Giveaway
  • Manos del Uruguay Alma Review & GiveawayManos del Uruguay Alma Review & Giveaway
  • Lhasa Wilderness Yarn Review & GiveawayLhasa Wilderness Yarn Review & Giveaway

DON’T MISS ANOTHER UPDATE

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Heidi Gustad from Hands Occupied / Craft Book Author and Knitting, Crochet, Latch Hook and Macrame Designer

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.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER

Never miss a tutorial with these short & sweet monthly updates.

Find Me on Social Media

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • TikTok
  • YouTube
Latch Hook by Heidi GustadDiscover Unique Items

Footer

INSTAGRAM

handsoccupied

Craft book author, designer & creator specializing in yarn crafts like knitting, crochet, latch hook & macramé
❤️ Email preferred

Heidi Gustad 🧶✂️
Weekend knitting design aftermath. Remember kids, Weekend knitting design aftermath. Remember kids, it’s always good to stop, swatch and block it. 🧶
.
#stopswatchandblockit #handsoccupied
Learn how to do the magic loop method for knitting Learn how to do the magic loop method for knitting in the round in 90 seconds. / Using the magic loop allows knitters to work in the round with a single, long circular needle at a range of circumferences. 
.
For a longer, full-width & more detailed overview of magic loop knitting, check out my u2be & b1og, the 🔗🔗 are where you’d think. 🧶
.
#handsoccupied #magicloop #knitting #howtoknit #learntoknit #knitter #knittinginspiration #knittinginstagram #knittingintheround
Since it won’t be clean for long, swipe to see w Since it won’t be clean for long, swipe to see what my home studio looks like these days. Nothing will ever quite be like the old Hands Occupied Studio, but I’m pretty pleased with how I shoehorned everything in this space. Function over form + a layer of yarn cuteness-meets-chaos is how I’d describe my creative space needs. 😆 When I was still renting the studio, those needs included “doesn’t rain suspicious brown water from a crack in the ceiling for a year,” so this is an improvement! 😆
.
For a time lapse of the studio organizing and tszuj-ing process, scroll down a couple posts on my feed. (There’s also a video or two featuring the old studio if you’re curious.) Happy June, friends! 
.
#handsoccupied #handsoccupiedstudio #knitdesigner #craftdesign #yarncrafts #latchhook #makerlife #heidigustad #chicagocrafter
Who doesn’t love magic loop knitting? Who doesn’t know what it is? How about when circular needles were invented?
.
In todays new bl0g post + video tutorial, you’ll learn about the magic loop method for knitting in the round, how to do it and why to use it, and when it came to be. The 🔗 is in my b1o. 🧶 
.
#handsoccupied #magicloop #knitting #howtoknit #knittinginspiration #knittingintheround
Finally organizing & putting the finishing touches Finally organizing & putting the finishing touches on my home studio. After losing my studio space last fall, it’s feels really great to *occupy* this new space all the way. 😉
.
I started by removing general clutter & returning straggler supplies from various WIPs, videos & design deadlines to their homes. Next, I hung a third peg board in the space - this one is mostly for display and less for organizing tools or projects. For the first time ever, I’m displaying projects from my book, plus a couple other faves. (The best thing about designing more yarn crafts besides knit & crochet is that I have some really fun -and delightfully pettable 😆- samples around.) I finished by adding a square dowel to my small supply storage tower to keep it from tipping over, plus re-arranging and de-cluttering the closet. 
.
This cleaner space already has me feeling so much more creative and less overwhelmed. Now to find a safe spot in the basement for the tower of project samples in Rubbermaid tubs I liberated from my WIPs closet. Also why are there five?! 
.
Here’s to keeping it clean for a few weeks! 🧶 
.
#handsocupied #handsoccupiedstudio #craftroom #craftroomorganization #craftroomstorage #yarncraft #knitter #crocheter #latchhook #latchhookbook
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Copyright © 2023 / Foodie Pro Theme On Genesis Framework / Branding by Ink + Mortar
All Site & Shop Policies / Privacy Policy / Cookie Policy