The Latest from Hobbii

I did a little shopping over on Hobbii's web site because they had some very good sales, I love their mixed fiber mystery bags, and I also want more of their very nicely priced acrylic yarn packs for some gift projects I'm planning to make for the holidays this year. Let's see what they sent me.

I ordered another skein of Tea Time XL acrylic worsted in Rooibos so I could make a cardigan out of that (and I might need more), a mixed fiber mystery bag, and two ten packs of We Heart Yarn in Aqua and Gray (which were less than ten bucks each, but the gray is no longer available.)

Here's what was in the mixed fiber mystery bag -- a very nice variety of two types of blend yarn.

I received six balls of Novara, a blend of 40% cotton, 20% acrylic, and 40% Microfiber PL in rose pink, light blue and a medium gray, which is a thinner worsted weight yarn spun with tiny sequins in it.

I also got four balls of Lido yarn, two in a variegated pink, taupe and cream, and two in variegated pink, cream, green and blue. These are super pretty yarns, too. The label is written in Swedish, but if my translations are correct the content of the fiber is 36% wool, 28% Cotton, 18% linen and 18% bamboo. There is no weigh symbol but it's about the same as the Novara. Neither of these yarns are listed on the Hobbii web site so I imagine they're discontinued, but I definitely got enough to make some small projects.

This should keep me out of trouble for awhile. :)

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