**(Our Honeysuckle Soakers are made under license from Ladybugz Farm. They are hand crocheted, one at a time, using fine wool yarn and are available in sizes Small through Large. For more information or to order, please contact us to request a 2009 Sisu Family Store Catalog. Honeysuckle Soakers are not yet available online, but will be in the coming weeks as we get our online Hyena Cart store up and operating.)**
This weekend I stopped by the local second hand shop and dug through their bin of yarn. I was looking for any high quality 100% wool I could find to make woollies for our Sisu store (woollies are diaper covers or soakers made entirely of wool). I'm always on the lookout for soft, quality wool yarn for this reason. Imagine my delight when I spyed seven skeins of a very soft, colorful wool yarn called Rowan Colourscape. At $3.99 per skein I thought it was a stretch, but something told me to go ahead since I had a $5 off coupon. I bought the entire lot of it, brought it home, and immediately set to work on a size small woolly.
The yarn was sensationally soft and easy to work with, and the variegated coloring was absolutely stunning. I declared to my husband that I had found a new favorite yarn and that I was going to look it up online to see if I could scrounge up any more of it.
Well, I found it. The yarn is made by Rowan, a company in the UK , and the color sequencing was designed by Kaffe Fassett (some big designer, I guess). The wool roving is fed through specially made machines and manufactured in limited quantities to produce an astoundingly luxurious chunky yarn. My jaw dropped when I saw the price tag: $23.95 per skein.
My heart goes out to that poor frustrated knitter who swept the entire bag containing her unfinished project and beautiful unused skeins of Rowan Colourscape out to the consignment shop. Imagine her indifferent or heavy heart as she walked away from over $200 in yarn. On the other hand, I'm quite delighted and thankful for the bargain the Lord led me to. Now I get to help outfit babies with lavish diaper soakers on the cheap. Finds like this help make Sisu Family Store what it is--a place to find quality, handmade goods that minister to local families and economies.
So...if you know of any frustrated, downright depressed knitters or crocheters who want to liberate themselves from the bondage of their top-of-the-line wool yarns, give me a shout. I'd be happy to relieve their suffering.
The yarn was sensationally soft and easy to work with, and the variegated coloring was absolutely stunning. I declared to my husband that I had found a new favorite yarn and that I was going to look it up online to see if I could scrounge up any more of it.
Well, I found it. The yarn is made by Rowan, a company in the UK , and the color sequencing was designed by Kaffe Fassett (some big designer, I guess). The wool roving is fed through specially made machines and manufactured in limited quantities to produce an astoundingly luxurious chunky yarn. My jaw dropped when I saw the price tag: $23.95 per skein.
My heart goes out to that poor frustrated knitter who swept the entire bag containing her unfinished project and beautiful unused skeins of Rowan Colourscape out to the consignment shop. Imagine her indifferent or heavy heart as she walked away from over $200 in yarn. On the other hand, I'm quite delighted and thankful for the bargain the Lord led me to. Now I get to help outfit babies with lavish diaper soakers on the cheap. Finds like this help make Sisu Family Store what it is--a place to find quality, handmade goods that minister to local families and economies.
So...if you know of any frustrated, downright depressed knitters or crocheters who want to liberate themselves from the bondage of their top-of-the-line wool yarns, give me a shout. I'd be happy to relieve their suffering.
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