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Definitely Darn Good

When I got out this skein of silk yarn from Darn Good Yarn to test the fiber I went through my memory files to recall if I've ever crocheted with silk before now (I believe so, around 2004. I was experimenting with a lot of fibers back then.) As I recall I made one wrap out of recycled sari silk yarn, and I did love the colors yarn, but it was a bit nubbly.

This sport weight silk yarn is not nubbly or stiff at all. It has a wonderful texture and glides through my fingers like silk (of course!) The colors are vibrant and the changes are lovely. There's this little blip of orange between the yellow/gray and pink/gray sections that I find utterly charming.

It works up fast, too -- this is how much I was able to crochet in about an hour. I usually avoid yellow and pink yarns, which in the past were unhappy memory trigger colors for me, but thankfully I've gotten over myself and no longer avoid any colors. I like how this yarn is working up, too. I'll probably keep going until I use up the entire cake.

The colors remind me of Birch State Park, a place we went to when I was a kid for cookouts on holidays. There was what seemed like an endless forest there that I traipsed through looking for animals and bugs, and the bright Florida sunshine on the palmettos and pines with all the wildflowers looked a lot like the colors in this yarn. Good memories for once!

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