Crafties Voting – Best Needlework
February 14, 2012 stephanie Contests, Crafts, Needlearts No Comments
By Kid’s Crafts Contributor Stephanie, from the Blog Geek with Glasses.
I am giving a great big shout out for Sugar’n Cream 100% Cotton yarn by Lily. This is the most versatile yarn of all time!
Don’t get me wrong, as a Fiber Farmer and Shepherd of a flock of sheep, angora and cashmere goats, I love animal fiber, but there is just something about cotton.
Sugar’n Cream has been the go to yarn of choice for years when it comes to dish cloths. They are my absolute favorite dish cloths in the world, durable and wonderful to touch. Just last week, I taught a woman to knit just so she could make dish cloths like her mother did – of course out of Sugar’n Cream. Her mother said there is no other option for yarn, period.
I love this yarn for crafts other than knitting and crocheting as well. The cotton fibers hold glue well and do not get hairy as children work with it. It’s great for children’s projects because of its affordability and the rainbow of colors available. A bonus because it’s cotton, it takes dye very well if you can’t find the color you want.
It is great to string pom poms – oh and it’s great to make pom poms. It can even make friendship bracelets. This multi-ply yarn is thicker for little hands to hold onto and work into the decorative knots that make the patterns and designs.
Also, if you desire to knit 100% cotton socks and there is no cotton sock yarn around, there is Sugar’n Cream. It takes time and patience but if the yarn is unplied into 2 balls, 2 strands in each, then respun into 2 ply sock yarn, it will make a durable beautiful sock. Is that insane, I don’t know, but the socks that came out of the ball of Twists Vintage yarn never looked like any color scheme Sugar’n Cream produced because of the reply, truly unique . They had all of the snuggly softness and strength of the product, plus they are machine washable and able to be tossed in the dryer, where wool socks can’t.
This is a fantastic product for someone who has animal fiber allergies, but wants something organic instead of an acrylic yarn. A great yarn for baby items, soft , washable and not synthetic.
The list of projects and ideas that this yarn can be use for is endless. That’s why I give it my vote for the Needle Work Craftie! If you haven’t tried it, I recommend picking up some for your next project.
