Loveknitting.com Review

 I am so excited to bring you a yarn review from loveknitting.com! They contacted Emily and I offering an opportunity to collaborate and we pounced on it!

Loveknitting.com carries a very large variety of yarn weights and blends, everything from lace to bulky and baby to luxury. They carry some exclusive lines to them such as Paintbox, Milla Mia, Willow and Lark and Main Street Yarns, each offering diversity in choice for projects. Paintbox and Main Street are mainly acrylic or cotton yarns. Paintbox offers extensive colour choice and Main Street larger put-ups. Milla Mila is 100% Merino or 100% cotton yarns that are highly plied making them lovely round yarns, great for cabled projects.
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I instantly Oooooo’ed over the Willow and Lark line. It offers a variety of fibre choices including blends of merino, cashmere, alpaca, mohair, silk and viscose. The mohair made me think immediately of Andrea Mowry’s Bird’s of a Feather Shawl that I need to knit so so badly. I requested my yarn for the project and LoveKnitting graciously agreed but we got mixed up in communication and colour choice. Regardless I received the most stunning skein of Malabrigo Mechita in the Plomo colourway and one ball of Willow and Lark Plume in Thunder. Unfortunately it wasn’t quite the right color combo nor the correct amount for Birds of a Feather. Willow and Lark Plume is a mohair silk blend that is phenomenal. It’s so great I had to knit with it right away.

I looked at the other yarn brands LoveKnitting carries, took some mental notes, and went stash diving. I surfaced with a skein of Lorna’s Laces in the Cinnamon Kane colourway I’d received in a Soak kit quite a while ago. I thought they would pair beautifully together, held double, in Hunter Hammerson’s hat pattern Constellate. And they did not disappoint! The halo of the W&L Plume blended so nicely with the browns of the Lorna’s laces giving the hat muted, veiled look, that I feel works so well with the pattern. LoveKnitting also has an extensive library of patterns that you can purchase through their website. ​

Overall it was a great experience working with LoveKnitting.com and I’ve ordered the rest of the yarn for Birds of a Feather as well as yarn for a Brioche Hat I’m learning to knit in May at a knitting retreat and some yarn for a yarn swap partner! I’m sure I’ll be back again. If you’re interested in ordering from LoveKnitting.com you can use my referral link to get 15% off your order! https://loveknitting.mention-me.com/m/ol/xv0bm-karla-lockwood Also free shipping to Canada on orders over $75.

I received two skeins of their house brand Willow and Lark Woodland. It’s a sturdy two ply light worsted and it comes in 25 different colours. I Picked their Honeycomb and Marmalade colourways to make the Mood of March hat by Katrin Schubert. When it arrived, it was in a cute mesh bag that I promptly put to use as a project bag, and the ball bands hold all of the typical information plus a fun fact to keep you entertained. I learnt all about why mint is paired with lamb.  The colours were bang on to what I thought they would be based on the website. It’s a bit tweedy which gives it a bit of a rustic appearance but the 50/25/25 Merino, alpaca, viscose has a great hand to work with. ​

The hat knit up about as fast as you would expect two colour brioche to knit up but the yarn made it easy to come back to. Despite being lightly plyed, I didn’t find the yarn to be splitty at all. It knit up with ease and was nice to work with. I did find that it shed a bit while it was knitting up. I’ve since finished and blocked the hat. Woodland stayed true to its form and didn’t change much with blocking. Finished, it has a slight halo but not enough to retract from the brioche pattern. My hat is beautiful and keeps me nice and warm. It’s going to be a staple in my wardrobe for a long time to come.

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