Opinions wanted please

Hi Everyone,

I've found a website

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that has some lovely looking soft chenille yarn on it. I would like your opinion if you have used this before and how it would be in afghans for children. I remember some saying that some chenille sheds and I don't want that to happen. This company is located in Texas.

Thanks for the help.

Hugs,

Nora

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norabalcer
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Cotton chenille sheds like a wooly dog on a hot day, and it worms, too.

Synthetic chenilles are by and large stable, as far as it goes. I've made a lot of chemo caps with Snowflake (I know, the snob has her weaknesses) and a few other polyester and nylon "chenille" yarns and haven't heard of one cap with problems.

Wonder if that place has a storefront...

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Wooly

Every chenille I have ever crocheted or knitted has shed.

If Wooly is talking about the Sirdar Snowflake brand of yarn it is ABSOLUTELY wonderful. It's not marketed is a chenille - they call it "Ultra Light Fashion Chunky". Feels like air, looks like cotton candy. I just finished my first every knitted shawl with it and it was self fringing and just went together beautifully. Looks delicate, but it's not. It survived me and my cats regular attacks during the making of it.

I just bought more in bright yellow to make another non-fringed shawl.

Jenn in CA

Reply to
Jenn

Nora, I haven't used this particular yarn, but I did knit a sweater from Rowan cotton chenille several years ago. There hasn't been any problems with shedding from it. DA

Reply to
DA

I have never knitted with chenille, so can't give an opinion, however I have woven with it and not always with great success. The very expensive Rowan cotton chenille, for a scarf was a dissaster. I must be honest, I am not sure if that was me or if it was the yarn. It did worm like mad. Nora, I would buy one or two balls of the stuff and try it out..... knit and wash it and see how it works out

Els

Reply to
Els van Dam

I have crocheted with it ,,, BRRRRR it slipped ran away , but i have to admit did it with mittens , as i can`t touch this mirjam

Reply to
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

Hi Wooly,

The place is located in Cyrpus TX, and it doesn't list any store hours on their website.

Hugs,

Nora

Reply to
norabalcer

Okay, I'm intrigued.... what is a self-fringing shawl and is there a picture of it somewhere for us to see? :o)

Gemini

Reply to
MRH

There is, do a Google search for it, but what it is, when you bind off, you don't BO the last 2-3 stitches at each end of the row. You drop them instead, and you get a fringe.

sue

Reply to
suzee

Nora,

I have never worked with it either. But I have bought a few sweaters over the years that were made from chenille. It is so soft, I can't resist, but you need to be so careful in washing. The "fuzz" is left over after a wash and then you have a bare spot in the sweater, and now it is something that you can just wear around the house.

Then again, I detest hand washing (lazy) and use the gentle cycle on the machine, which may just be too much for the garment.

Have you looked at the really soft baby yarns that Walmart carries. I was in there the other day, DD and I like one in particular, but cannot remember who makes it. It was thick and soft.

Diane

Reply to
seasidestitcher

I know exactly what you mean about the sweaters becoming only something you can wear around the house. One year for Christmas my two sisters and I (without each other knowing in advance) bought my Mom chenille sweaters... (the one from me was baby pink, the one from my oldest sister was charise (sp), and the one from my second sister was navy blue/black mixed)... this happened from time to time with us all getting her the same item. ;o) Anyway, the only one that survived that I can still wear anywhere (my Mom and I wore the same size tops... I am much taller than she was, so we couldn't exchange jeans or slacks) is the navy/black one... simply because it had a higher neck and my Mom had a problem wearing sweaters that were high in the neck, they made her feel like she was choking. The other two were worn a few times, and like you I washed them in the gentle cycle of the washer because I hate hand-washing... so they have numerous bare spots and cannot be worn anymore. :o/ I remember the one I bought being quite expensive, so I wasn't impressed that it didn't last too long.

Gemini

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MRH

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