Thank you Sandie P from Louisiana for these great crochete scarves. The first picture, the solids...all great colors. AND Sandie recently shared she'd tried out a new yarn. Red Heart Heat Wave. Very interesting, heat generating yarn. It's machine washable and comes in a 3.5 oz 198 yard skein. It's sunlight activated even on cloudy days according to the wrapper. I had no idea such a thing existed, but.........she did and tried it out. The feel is still soft. Someone with more physics background might understand how this is possible, goes it sure goes over my head. Thank you Sandie for spreading the info.
These two additional scarves are fun, the blend of the 3 colors on the left (not stripes, but blocks of color, love it!)and a very lightly changing colored of gray, taupe and purple on the right.
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They grey in the second picture is Lion Brand Scarfie. It has a little bit of wool in it. The Heat Wave was okay to work with. The grey was the best to work with. Always happy to help warm Ohio's homeless.
ReplyDeleteNice scarves Sandie P. I have been wondering about the Heat Wave yarn, how it knits up and if it is soft. I haven't been to the store to check it out. I just might have to get one or more. Have a Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI was most happy with the grey. Didn't like the blue at all. The maroon was okay, sort of like Super Saver.
DeleteI've been wanting to check Heat Wave out, but haven't seen it in the local stores yet. Acrylic is a petroleum product, so its fairly easy to manipulate. In this case, its similar to the idea of changing the "dna" so that it becomes energy absorbent, specifically solar energy. Fascinating and cool all at the same time.
ReplyDeleteKarla, what do you think about mixing this yarn with other yarns in the same project? That was why I used all three in the same scarf as I wasn't sure about mixing it with something else.
DeleteI tried to reply once before and Google wanted me to verify my information. I was unable to do so.
DeleteAnyway - there is no chemical reason to avoid combining yarns. There is a practical one if you are using multiple fibers, but there's an easy workaround to accomodate it. If you're using multiple fibers, often one drapes easier, and has more stretch. Eventually you end up having to adjust it. The simple solution is to make an extra wrap around your hook, which works a bit like weaving the tails when you tie on a new skein. If the fibers are the same (2 skeins of acrylic for example) you won't have to worry about it.
I posted more about the Heat Wave yarn in my Crochet Cabana blog post of 11/23/2019 if anyone needs more info. I don't know if Google allows links here. https://crochetcabanablog.wordpress.com/2019/11/23/heat-wave/
ReplyDeleteI added the post at my old blog as well.
DeleteI was able to copy and paste the link. Thank you for the link to your blog. It was interesting to read about the Heat Wave. I did know that JoAnns was the only store carrying it.
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