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Gazzal Pure Wool Review & Giveaway

February 22, 2017 3 Comments

Gazzal Pure Wool - see how this chunky yarn from Hobium knits and crochets, and enter to win a skein!
We’re trying something new here on the new Hands Occupied. Every month, I’m offering a yarn giveaway for you guys! In addition to getting more yarn out in the world, I want to take a quick look at the yarn being raffled off while we’re at it. We’ll take a look at how the yarn knits and crochets up into swatches, go over its pros and cons, and I’ll share some ideas for projects that the yarn is suited for. Sound good?

If you’ve got more ideas for this giveaway & review series, let me know in the comments! This is a new thing, so I’d love to hear your thoughts on what’s working & what isn’t. PS: If you want to skip to the giveaway, you can scroll to the bottom of this post to enter. :) 

Gazzal Pure Wool - see how this chunky yarn from Hobium knits and crochets, and enter to win a skein!

The Yarn: Gazzal Pure Wool

Skein details: 71 yards / 65 m, 3.5 oz. / 100g
Knitting needles: US 35, 20 mm / 8 stitches & 12 rows over 4 inches
Crochet hook: US S, 19mm / 6 sc over 4 inches
Cons: Doesn’t stand up well to lots of tearing out – make sure you’re confident in your project before casting on.
Pros: Gazzal Pure Wool is a soft, single-ply yarn made with 100% Australian wool. This chunky yarn works up super fast! I really like it for crochet projects in particular like outerwear and home decor.
Pattern idea: Try the free Round Granny Cushion pattern for crochet or the Faux Woven Cowl for knitting.

Gazzal Pure Wool - see how this chunky yarn from Hobium knits and crochets, and enter to win a skein!

The giveaway

To enter the giveaway, use the box below. If you’re on mobile, you’ll need to click a button that takes you to the entry page. If you’re on the desktop site, you’re all good to go right here!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Yarn was provided by Hobium International via Stitchcraft Marketing. Hobium is your online source for great and fanciful yarns. Hobium is based in Turkey. In addition to stocking a variety of yarns for knitting and crochet, Hobium also carries needles, crochet hooks and notions. Customers worldwide enjoy quick shipping service courtesy of DHL; all orders over $100 USD ship free. You can follow Hobium on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. 

Filed Under: Crochet, Giveaways, Reviews & Sponsored, Knitting Tagged With: chunky yarn, crochet, gazzal pure wool, giveaway, hobium, Knitting, yarn review

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. alicia g

    February 22, 2017 at 9:12 pm

    Hi Heidi,

    Can you put up a picture of the skein with the label for next time? I like to see what the label looks like for shopping purposes. Also have noticed a problem with the rafflecopter- your twitter feed link is to @hands not @handsoccupied. So it’s linking to someone else!

    Cheers
    Alicia

    Reply
    • Heidi

      February 23, 2017 at 12:10 am

      Good ideas all around! Rafflecopter has been fixed – thanks for catching that! :D

      Reply
  2. MaryEllen

    February 25, 2017 at 4:39 pm

    Love the Granny Cushion… making tonight while I watch the hockey championships!!

    Reply

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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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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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Yarn: @debbieblissknits Cashmerino Aran 
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