Osprey Pillow! Welcome to Day 1 of Knitting and Crochet Blog Week - for the next seven days, I'll be blogging about all things knitting-related along with several other bloggers who will be ruminating on the same topics. Today's topic: Part of any fibre enthusiast’s hobby is an appreciation of yarn. Choose two yarns that you have either used, are in your stash or which you yearn after and capture what it is you love or loathe about them. As I was knitting with Quince & Company's Osprey Worsted, I couldn't stop exclaiming about how much I was enjoying working with it. The entire time I was knitting my project, I couldn't stop squishing as I went along - I can't think of the last time I've been this ecstatic over a yarn. Besides being easy to work with, the yarn had a fantastic drape to the knitted fabric that stayed that way once it had been blocked. Ultimately, I also love the story behind the yarn. I find it incredibly satisfying to ...
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