fibery friday
Introducing Berocco Hip-Hop, a 100% wool thick-and-thin destined to become felted Hot Out of the Oven mitts for my sister’s new place. I ordered this yarn sight-unseen, and I’m quite pleased with it! Abby asked very descriptively for “Blue,” but I think this colorway takes blues to a new height.
It’s a visually pleasing yarn with that sheepy, lanolin smell. I didn’t notice the smell when I first fondled the yarn out of the box, but after knitting with it for a while, the body heat really released the smell, which for me is a plus. Another cool thing about acutally knitting with the Hip-Hop is that the stockinette shows off the thick and thin texture to a T:
The texture delivers a slubby, fuzzy stockinette, and just the right amount of color pooling at 36 stitches in the round on size 11 needles. It gives the fabric a dimensionality that I’m really looking forward to seeing in the finished felted product.
Categories 
Archives 
Links
Ohhh, beautiful! Love the way it knits up!
I’m not usually a fan of thick and thin yarns, but you’re right, that does knit up beautifully. And that color scheme is my favorite, I’m a sucker for blues and purples.
The thing with with thick and thin– it worked perfectly on the circumference of the body of the piece, but the thin parts pooled with each other on the afterthought thumb, so even after the felting the thumb is a little wonky with thin spots..
Oh, that’s too bad :(
And as for the question you had about lining the bags I knit–I have lined them, but since I failed to get decent shots of the lining, I forgot to mention it entirely! I am planning on lining all the bags I knit, it makes them more durable, in addition to better-looking.
I can be wordy when I want to be… sometimes… !
(ps thanks!!)
Lovely colorway! Glad to see it knit up! I have a skein of this I plan on using with Cascade 220 for the brim of a hat.