Another luscious fingering weight yarn arrived this week: Dream in Color’s Smooshy with Cashmere.
Smooshy with Cashmere is an aptly-named blend of 70% superwash merino, 20% cashmere, and 10% nylon. It’s hand-dyed in variegated and semi-solid colorways, deliciously soft and squishy, perfect for next-to-skin wear.
We first ordered Smooshy with Cashmere about a year and a half ago, and it quickly found its following. Some knitters have used Smooshy with Cashmere for socks, for which it’s plenty hearty, but many more have used it for openwork shawls and scarves–a Multnomah or Holden Shawlette would be perfect, and both of those patterns are available as free downloads from Ravelry.
It would be equally an lovely yarn for a special baby gift–think Purl Soho’s Little Baby Sweater or one of the sweet, simple garments from Susie Haumann’s booklet All You Knit is Love.
Come by the shop to pet the Smooshy with Cashmere and plan your next project. See you there!
Crystal on said:
Would this be good for crochet projects too?
Julia on said:
Absolutely! Fingering weight yarn makes a lovely, lightweight crochet fabric. A quick advanced pattern search on Ravelry revealed over 6,500 crochet patterns calling for fingering weight yarn, from shawls and scarves to blankets and baby things. You might look there for crochet inspiration with Dream in Color Smooshy with Cashmere in mind!
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