"Twinkle's Big City Knits" has so many great patterns, I want to make everything. Modern styling and chunky yarns... what's not to love? Yarn prices, that's what. Good chunky yarn can be pretty expensive, especially when you want to make sweaters. Rowan Big Wool can cost $15 a skein and if I need 8 or 9 to make a sweater, that's over $130. Yarn sold under the Twinkle brand is $17 or $18 a skein. I'd love to make sweaters out of these soft, sumptuous and luxurious yarns, but I really shouldn't splurge. I've got a wedding to save for. So I decided to try some less luxurious yarns, namely Lion Brand's Wool Ease Thick & Quick. It's 80% acrylic. Yes, I said acrylic. (Incidentally, Clay just looked over at me and noticed my pouting. When I told him I was knitting with acrylic, he deadpanned "Tragic.")
Back to my whining... I am knitting with acrylic yarn for the first time. It's kind of shiny in a cheap way that I don't really care for. What do ya want for $5.88 a skein off Amazon? I do really like the color. It's called Denim Twist -- a really pretty two-toned blue. I just don't like the hand. But I will make the Karate Sweater from "Twinkle's Big City Knits". I'm going to finish this sweater and it's going to come out nice and I'm going to wear it. And when it gets dirty I can throw it in the wash because it's acrylic and it was man made to make life easier for the busy woman who can't hand wash her sweaters.
And when I think about splurging for the expensive yarns to make my next sweater, I should just remind myself about the red sweater I made last winter. I made it out of Alchemy Yarns Lickety Split. I think that yarn cost me something like $200. The sweater? It's hanging in the closet. I never wore it. Didn't like the color.