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Brown Sheep Stratosphere Yarn Review & Giveaway

November 20, 2019 3 Comments

Yarn provided by Brown Sheep Company.

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?

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!

The yarn comes in bright solids as well as kettle-dyed colorways, which adds to this yarn’s suitability for making everyday garments. Personally, I cast on a sweater using this yarn on my vacation just last week, and it’s already looking like it can stand up to normal wear and tear, clothing-wise!

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!

The Yarn: Brown Sheep Company’s Stratosphere Yarn

Colorway pictured: Galaxy
Skein details:
 260 yards/238 meters per skein // 3.5 ounces/100g per skein // 100% Superwash Wool // DK Weight
Knitting needles: US 6 / 4 mm // 22 stitches = 4 inches (10 cm)
Crochet hook: US G-6 / 4 mm // 20 sc = 4 inches (10 cm)
Cons: It’s not the fanciest wool, but it’s mega affordable!
Pros: Did you see that this is also American made?
Pattern Ideas: If you’re looking to knit a smaller gauge version of Intarsia Mountain, this yarn wouldn’t be a bad choice at all! (Hint hint: DK yarn would make it baby/toddler blanket-friendly. 😊) For crocheters, the Ripple Wrap would work so well with Stratosphere!

Intarsia Mountain by Heidi Gustad is a knitting pattern worked primarily in garter stitch and features a beautiful landscape formed using color and geometric lines.
Intarsia Mountain
Get your hands on the free crochet pattern for the Ripple Wrap! The Ripple Wrap is a four-color take on one of the most universally-recognized crochet stitches: the ripple stitch. Seen in afghan patterns in grandmothers' houses everywhere, the ripple stitch creates a fun zig zag pattern that opens up tons of possibilities for color combos.
Ripple Wrap
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!

THE GIVEAWAY

Enter to win a skein of Stratosphere to try! Up for grabs: one skein of the pictured yarn in the pictured colorway (Galaxy). Giveaway is open to U.S. only. Enter in the box provided below or here.

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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!

Yarn provided by Brown Sheep Company.

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About Heidi

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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  1. Maria Elena Weaver

    November 25, 2019 at 9:16 pm

    Hoping to knit with this yarn soon.

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  2. Barbara Colvin

    November 30, 2019 at 8:34 am

    Wheee, I’m am feeling so lucky! I haven’t tried any Brown Sheep products before. Great neutral color to play with.

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    • Heidi

      December 1, 2019 at 6:15 pm

      Isn’t it? I used the remainder of the pictured skein in a Soldotna sweater I made over vacation earlier this fall, and it really does work beautifully for garments. Can’t wait to see what you make with it! :)

      Reply

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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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Yarn: @debbieblissknits Cashmerino Aran 
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