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photo courtesy of Lorna's Laces
A lovely new colorway from Lorna’s Laces. I fell for it at TNNA. ANY Lorna’s Laces yarn can be dyed in ANY of their colorways.
Colorway Picture of the Week: Giddings by Lorna’s Laces
I wonder if the yarn that went up in faelms was the old Wendy’s Fizz which was recalled by the manufacturer in 2005 because it would literally catch fire if even a spark hit it.Which incident reminded me & ties in with the yarn/name debate which you touch upon in a later post: there are several yarns named Fizz on the market today; there are other doubles too. I am not sure what Cascade’s problem is, when I had a yarn shop for almost 4 years I knew them to be excellent to deal with. KFI however was horrible, horrible, horrible. Cascade has excellent customer service, their yarns were always avaliable, the quality consistent. Maybe sadly their owner is suffering from paranoia?One of the reasons I got out of yarn retail was the incredible competitiveness that was starting to happen in 2006 when yarn companies realized that the market was starting to become saturated and everyone had to come up with more/better/bigger stuff for us to knit with. That was also the beginning of the cashmere controversy.My ideal yarn shop, if I were to open one again, would be one that has nothing but fair trade and organic yarns, and fair trade needles and bags and cases they are out there. We just have to put our money where our beliefs are; which is not easy if you have to make a living, unfortunately.Thanks for the space.