tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345409957048753840.post5776578110911846046..comments2023-09-28T11:20:50.635+01:00Comments on Julia Hedge's Laces: Tamar and Gwindra: New from Blacker Yarns. . . Blithe Spirithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08212500567025366169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345409957048753840.post-58994806437093191702016-02-29T10:39:39.142+00:002016-02-29T10:39:39.142+00:00Thank you...I've become the tissue monster ove...Thank you...I've become the tissue monster over the weekend, I gorged on a plate of cheese on Friday afternoon (I'm like animal from the muppets when it comes to cheese) and I'm really paying for it now with a streaming nose and I sound like the people in those old Tunes adverts.<br />Your description of Tamar is so evocatvive I can almost imagine squishing it, and the lack of sheepy smell isn't the end of the world, I have noticed that if you pop a ball of particularly aromatic wool next to something that is a bit bland (not in feel just in smell) the sheepiness invades all....I'm totally jealous of your shawl and am making scribbles and thumbails of what I'd like to knit in Tamar myself. One of the good things about being a beginner is that not being able to actually do all that much means tackling new things is such an everyday event I'm not too scared of giving anything a try...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345409957048753840.post-68839196262148452442016-02-28T22:01:37.627+00:002016-02-28T22:01:37.627+00:00This is a great yarn review - both lovely and prac...This is a great yarn review - both lovely and practical, rather like the yarn itself. Thanks for including the colour card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345409957048753840.post-50524041236068357942016-02-28T17:35:10.441+00:002016-02-28T17:35:10.441+00:00Hello Erica,
No, the Tamar doesn't have a she...Hello Erica,<br /><br />No, the Tamar doesn't have a sheepy smell about it. Mind you I haven't sniffed the natural shades, but the dyed shade I was testing had definitely lost any smell. It's been an added bonus of trying out more natural shades in the Knit British KAL that I've realized how much those extra sheepy smells can add to the pleasure of the finished garment. I love bunching up the shawl and breathing in.<br /><br />So with Tamar you get softness and strength and deep colour, but no smell, alas. It's still a good trade-off, I think,<br /><br />Hope you get over your cold soon!Blithe Spirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08212500567025366169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345409957048753840.post-19640255367118276622016-02-27T20:22:07.751+00:002016-02-27T20:22:07.751+00:00Your shawl is just so beautiful, it looks wonderfu...Your shawl is just so beautiful, it looks wonderfully light and drapey as well as being warm.<br />I love the shades in Tamar and am proper head over heels for the palest yellow, it's such a primrose and cowslip yellow, it's on my list for next months wool allowance.<br />Does the Tamar have much of a sheepy scent about it? I'm sitting here with some of their naturally coloured wool and that's quite aromatic but I don't think their Classic range has much smell, I got some from Isla this week and the colours are gorgeous but it's not very sheepy smelling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com