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Posted by Bernadette on January 19, 2007, 7:29 pm
Shillelagh wrote:
>
> >
> > It is beautiful - and looks wickedly expensive too. Really, you
> > cannot buy that quality regardless of price. Thank you.
>
> Here's the best part - I found the yarn at Elann.com on line (NAYY).
> I buy from them all the time. Their yarns are ends of lines,
> closeouts, etc. The silk/cashmere yarn was $4.98 US/$5.78 CDN a
> ball! I only used not quite 2 balls.
>
> I had tried Googling the yarn, but it must have been discontinued as I
> couldn't find it. It is Diamond Desire, made in Italy for Diamond
> Yarns. It's a DK weight, 150 metres. It's actually 75% silk, 25%
> cashmere... I originally overstated the cashmere, but it's so soft,
> who worries about 5%?
>
> I also bought 6 balls of the cafe au lait colour to maybe make a
> shawl, and have decided if I do, I'll put beads on it to jazz it up.
> The colour is quite boring in comparison to the cherry red.
>
> Shelagh
That was a bargain. The cafe au lait may be more neutral than the red
but it will be more versatile for "mixing and matching" with different
outfits.
Elann is a lovely site and I must admit I downloaded their free crochet
pattern for a bedspread.
Bernadette
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