Yarn Review Lion Brand Lion's Pride Woolspun

So over the Labor Day Weekend I was able to get my hands on some of Lion Brand's new Lion's Pride Woolspun yarn... not sure why they decided to go with the name Woolspun considering they have previously released two other yarns with the same name even though they have since been discontinued. Regardless I was still excited to finally add this yarn to my stash. You can see my video review of the yarn below.

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I Went To London To Buy Yarn....

I went to London... I brought Yarn.... I came home. #thatisall

Well not really all but that pretty much sums up my trip. :)



In front of I Knit London (thank God for Google Maps I almost didn't find this place).





I was not able to get as much yarn as I wanted as the conversion from Pounds to Dollars is almost doubled. But I was able to get my hands on some hand spun hand dyed lace weight silk yarn. It will be my very first time working with a lace weight yarn but the folks in the shop were very convincing that I could crochet a beautiful shawl.... now the hunt is on for a pattern. I also purchased some mercerized cotton not pictured; I got it mainly to compare to the mercerized cotton here in the states. I will let you know how it works up in another post as well as what I decided to do with the beauty below.

This yarn colorway was dyed just for the "I Knit London" yarn shop.

 

It was much colder than I expected and raining... but I did try to make the best of my impromptu trip across the pond... and me and the bestie did hit up all the tourist spots while there.

Just a little collage of the trip.

There are quite a few updates for Don't Get it Twisted Crochet so stay tuned!



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