Dressew is the best place in town to go if you’re a sewer/crafter, however, the selection of yarn (at $1.99/ball) has always been low-quality. It’s fantastic if you need eyelash, novelty yarn, or acyrlic for your project. But this weekend, rumours began to fly around the knitting community that there was good yarn at Dressew, quality yarn.
Since I work in the same block as Dressew (it takes great willpower), I popped in on Monday to see if it was worth the fuss. Let this photo be your answer:
You make think I went overboard (you’re not a knitter are you?) but for $1.99/ball, there is no “overboard”, there is only good deals!For the knitters who want the details, here are the yarn names and links to my Stash on Ravelry:
- Nashua Creative Focus Worsted [brilliant blue]
- Nashua Creative Focus Chunky [turquoise]
- Nashua Handknits Wooly Stripes [light blues] [blue-purple]
- Nashua Handknits Snowbird [teal-grey stripes]
- Nashua Creative Focus Kid Mohair [purple] [fushia]
- Nashua Handknits Ivy [pink-sparkle] [purple-sparkle]
These yarns are all wool, alpaca, mohair… quality fibres. They also had superwash wool and other great yarns. I haven’t heard of Nashua Handknits before… but I’m not complaining! Now… off to look at my faves and queue some great patterns in Ravelry!
December 9, 2009 at 11:42 pm
I wondered what was up when I saw all that activity on Ravelry! I know Nashua…good find!
December 10, 2009 at 4:02 am
I am not a knitter, but there are times when I wish I were. So many bloggers have this hobby! I don’t know, maybe someday, once my kids are raised and I have time (whatever that is) I will take a lesson. From my layman’s eye, those yarns look beautiful!
December 10, 2009 at 7:54 am
Ha! I have some of Nashua’s stuff in my stash, and it’s pretty and feels good to the touch, although I’ve not knitted with it yet…
December 11, 2009 at 2:22 pm
That yarn looks lovely and so cheap. It would cost at least 5 times more than that where I am in Scotland. Happy knitting.
December 11, 2009 at 7:36 pm
1.99??? Holy cow! I’ve used that yarn before (pretty sure) and it’s nice to knit with.