The nice people at LoveKnitting sent me some yarn to try out. Yay! Yarn! What I received in the mail yesterday was three balls yarn from their Scandinavian line, MillaMia. The yarn is Naturally Soft Cotton, it comes in 50 gram balls, a it is a sport weight yarn.
The weather just got as hot as blazes around here in Pennsylvania, and I like to use cotton yarn during warm weather, so I was glad to see this yarn. Secondly, I dig the colors I was sent, too. I’m not normally a yellow person, but this is a nice yellow. It’s called Lemon Yellow, the orange is Tomato, and the red is Bright Red.
First impressions? Nice yarn! It’s soft, the colors are bright, and it seems to be well made. But, how does it knit? That’s the important question.
So far, it knits quite beautifully! I am only a few rows into a simple lacy shawl, The Tuscon Lattice Shawl from One Skein Designer Wonders. I have knit this shawl quite a few times. It’s easy to memorize.
With the colors I was sent, I had an idea as to how to incorporate them into the shawl. When it’s done, I’ll share what I did, of course, but for now, here’s a sampling of what I’ve done so far.
To start with, the yarn seems to have decent stitch definition, and isn’t too slippery to use or splits, like some cotton yarns tend to do.
I probably will some yarn left over from the shawl, so I’ll be able to put the yarn through paces with other projects, maybe something with crochet. I could see this yarn making lovely dishcloths and only getting softer with use.
MillaMia Naturally Soft Cotton is a Swedish wonder! I like it!
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