Because online and even printed photos of yarns can be, shall we say, less than accurate, one way to see the actual yarns is to participate in a co-op. A co-op is when one person buys every color of a particular yarn, then splits each one up into various shares. People sign up for a particular share size, like ten, five, or even just one gram. With ten grams, you can make projects (like contrast toes on socks), but even with just one gram, you can see what color a yarn really is. Knowing the actual color of yarns helps make colorwork projects much easier, whether that’s a complicated twelve-color Fair Isle pullover or just a hat in your favorite team’s colors.
Each person in the co-op will pay the appropriate percentage to the person buying the yarn, then the buyer orders it and splits it up. Once it’s all split, the buyer ships off the shares, sometimes around the world.
For those who like to keep permanent samples, sample cards make it easy to organize the colors. Punched-hole hang tags help make sure you know what color each little sample is.
For the best protection against general klutziness, print on 110-pound cardstock.
I’ve been involved in several Knit Picks co-ops.
CotLin, Spring 2019
Stroll, Spring 2019
The two new Tweeds coming on June 4, Prussian Heather and Sequoia Heather, are already in the PDFs.
- Punched-hole tags (all five lines on one page)
- Solids/Heathers sample card
- Tweeds sample cards
- Glimmers sample card
- Hand Painteds sample card
- Tonals sample card
Wool of the Andes Worsted, Spring 2019
Includes two Sport weight colors, Saffron and Thirst Heather, which are the only ones not also in Palette and WotA Worsted.