i specifically bought berrocco hip hop yarn to try out the harmonys. i figured the colors are similar to those in the needles so if i wasn't distracted confused or bothered, i wouldn't have any issues. it's also a really wooly super bulky yarn to test the slippyness. i'm making it into scarf for my sister. i did promised her one before she started to piss me off...and now i'm not annoyed anymore so i should actually do it. (sidenote: i really need to stop promising to make people things....it makes me look like a flake when i take too long) i'm working it in afghan stitch. i don't know if that's an actual stitch or stitch name but hey, that's what the free stitch handout from the LYS says at the top.
so far so good.
although i completely disagree about options cables not having memory....mine are pretty tightly coiled still. not as bad as the takumi bamboo cables, but annoyingly twisty just the same. the harmonys are heavier than i'm used to but much slicker than bamboo...not as slick as addi turbos though dispite some of the reviews i've read. they're so pretty! and the points! the hip hop yarn not only verigates colors but also thickness....i've had no problems getting under the thickest and thinnest parts. i'm in love.
that said, i think i'm going to buy the nickel plated set first though and probably wait til my birthday for the harmonys. i've gotten pretty excited lately about knitting quasi fast and i don't want to go back to wood. i'm going to buy a set of size four tips though to work the print o the wave shawl in. i think fast would be a bad idea there.
aaaah love it! ok. back to my scarf.
oh. and in case you're curious....here's a picture i took yesterday on the afghan's progress. so much left. *sigh*
i wish i could figure out how to link/post pictures with flickr. if i could get down to one photo sharing site, that would be awesome.
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