Featuring - Darn Good Yarn
New Post has been published on http://www.thatsmommagick.com/crochetzombie/2018/07/17/featuring-darn-good-yarn/
Featuring - Darn Good Yarn
*Post contains affiliate links. Any purchase made via my links will earn me a little commission (at no extra cost to you) and helps me to keep making my written patterns and video tutorials - thank you in advance if you make a purchase via my links*
When I think I of yarn, I try to think of what kind of yarn I want to work with. I want to work with a yarn that is colorful, and fun. Something that when I look at it, it fills me with excitement and makes my muse scream out creativity!
There are other things that it looks at too. Is it acrylic, wool, mixed fiber, recycled? Is it sock weight, medium weight, or bulky? Sometimes I’ll ask myself what project I have in mind or am I just planning on designing with it? I’ll be honest, sometimes I just want it stash. LOL, you get it!
Price is also something to think about, as well as finding the price you are willing to spend will depend on the project you are going to be making with it. If you are wanting to make a nice warm sweater for a family member, you may want to invest in a nice wool, but if you are making toys for your kids or pets, you may be better off with some less expensive acrylic. Lots of stuff to consider.
I bet you think that that’s good to stop thinking right? Well, that is true and false, and a personal decision.
For me, I like to get my yarn from many companies. Everyone has a favorite yarn and/or company. For a long time, I have loved Vanna’s Choice from Lion Brand, but I also have a love for Knit Picks. Both companies are well known and have beautiful yarn, hooks, and needles. Their prices are good and both have wonderful customer service.
Though I love both companies and have for many years, I recently discovered a little company with a beautiful product…
CLick on image to head to Darn Good Yarn
Darn Good Yarn was founded in 2008 by Nicole. She is an extremely creative person who has a passion for helping others. Which helped her create the yarn company that helps others. All the yarn is made by hand, from ripped sari scraps, which are sewn together by people in India and Nepal. This gives people steady and reliable work, which in turn provides a sustainable income.
This little yarn company provides not only better and safer jobs to those who need them, but also prevents sari scraps from ending up in landfills and the oceans. Which in my eyes is a pretty awesome thing!
DGY is also partnered with Schenectady ARC, which is a non-profit, dedicated to providing people with disabilities, with gainful employment. Though they are a very small business, they are a making a big difference in the world. Saving well over a million pounds of waste one skein at a time.
They have wonderful people in their head office in all areas. Each one has a special skill they offer up. I have had the amazing opportunity to speak and work with 2 such ladies. Keri who is their Marketing Director and Katie their Fiber Arts Specialist. Both are amazing, easy to work with, and extremely devoted to Nicole's Dream.
I think I should get to talking about the really good stuff. The YARN!
I have had the opportunity to work this some of their yarn and I LOVE IT!
If you were not aware yet. I Recently worked with DGY on a design for their yarn of the month which went out on July 1. It was Silk Retreat fingering weight silk yarn. And it was beautiful to work with. Very easy to work with and such pretty colors. I designed a beautiful summer shawlette with it which they included in their monthly subscription kit for the yarn.
Click on image to purchase the kit
Click on image to purchase the kit
I was also sent a yarn I fell in love with on their site. “Sparkle Collection Lace Weight Silk in Watercolors.” It is the most beautiful yarn I have ever seen! It is a little finicky getting it from hank to cake or ball, but it is well worth it. This yarn is easy to work with and so pretty when crocheted or knit.
Click on Image to purchase the yarn
They offer so many yarn options, colors and much more. Patterns, materials clothing, yarn bowls (Which I want one so bad btw. lol)
Their customer service is fantastic and their “Start With Love” guarantee is awesome, with excellent communication with their customers on every detail of their order as well as returns and exchanges with no hassle.
To say DGY is an Awesome company would be an understatement. They have everything and more that you would ever want in a yarn company.
That makes them DARN GOOD!
I hope you enjoyed this read. Be sure to check out all the links and when you head over to DGY be sure to let them know who sent you!
dailybridgerton
janainaart
areudirty
baratheonpilled
titsay
prguitarman