Turtlepurl

On May 26, 2010, in yarn, by Anna

I had a lovely visit to Turtlepurl‘s studio last week.  As it turns out, she is located in the Ottawa area – just across the river, on the Quebec side.  It’s a little less than one hour’s drive from my house, assuming you don’t go during rush hour.

Turtlepurl showed me around, and we had a wonderful time looking at all her amazing yarns and thinking up projects for them.  My hands down favourite was the Satin Toes.  It’s a fingering weight merino/tencel blend.  The tencel makes it so shiny – similar to a silk blend – and also very strong.  She has lots of different colours, and it was very hard to choose, but I ended up with two skeins of this silver gray colour.  This yarn will be perfect for one of my upcoming lace shawls.

I also managed to get two skeins of Pillow Talk – a light fingering MCN in “Love Me” which I am planning to use for a sweater for my daughter.  I think the colour will suit her perfectly.  I actually have a great idea already for what to knit her, but with the heatwave we’ve been having recently (+30C and clear blue skies) I don’t think there’s any rush.  She won’t be able to wear it until the fall anyway.

Last, but certainly not least, I got a set of stitch-markers.  These stitch-markers are really cool.  They are called thick-and-thin stitch-markers, and have a small loop on one side and a large loop on the other side.  The small side fits up to 3.5 mm needles, and the large side up to 8 mm needles.  The loops are also soft, which I really like.  It makes them so much easier to manage on the needles.  They have already been put to good use on my latest project.

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One Response to Turtlepurl

  1. hilke says:

    The stitch-markers are both beautiful and clever.

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