- Content: 65% cotton, 35% nylon
- Weight: #4 Medium Worsted
- Size: 100g
- Length: 218yds long
- Gauge: 16 sts x 20 rows = 4″ (10 cm)
- Knitting Needle: US 7-9 (4.5-5.5mm)
- Crochet Hook: US I/9-K/10.5 (5.5-6.5mm)
- Shop: Cotton to the Core Worsted at Amazon
- Cost: $$
- My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Review:
The yarn was fun to work with. It satisfied my hand dyed wool yarn envy. Being very allergic to animal fibers can be super frustrating as a knitter.
The Cotton to the Core seems to be made up of a chainette white cotton base, filled with unspun acrylic fiber. There were a few knots… maybe 4 in total in the five skeins that I used. There were also a few chunks of fiber that looked tweedy but weren’t consistent so I just pulled them out (maybe 4-5 total). The halo made the yarn super grippy… so frogging was a challenge. I had to pull apart the yarn in spots, but that does mean stitches didn’t drop when I went back to pick them up.
There was some variation between the skeins in terms of how fuzzy they looked and coloring, so I did alternate skeins in the straight stockinette areas. I didn’t worry about it when I was doing short rows or working the ribbing.
The yarn is light weight for the thickness and super fluffy. The finished sweater is very warm. The halo is a tad itchy around the neckband, but I would definitely work with this yarn again.
