One of the yarns I've been wanting to try from Hobbii is their fine multi-stranded cotton. I went with Azalea in the green to blue colorway Persil because it is a 52% cotton 48% acrylic blend, which I generally fare better with over pure cotton, I liked the gradient, and it was on sale.
The cake is 200 grams/7.0 ounces with 874 yards. I also selected the free Aurora Scarf pattern that specifically uses one cake of Azalea from Hobbii's web site.
First impressions of Azalea: Love the Easy Start center pull tab. Yarn manufacturers, please start doing this for all yarns, thank you very much.
This is not for beginners. This four stranded fiber is not twisted, and if you don't keep your tension consistent and tight it's going to pop single strands all over the place.
This reminds me of crocheting with cotton thread, just with a bit more challenge involved. It took me a few minutes to adjust to the fine strand and how to manage it with my hook.
I think it might be worth practicing a bit before you start a project with Azalea if you've never crocheted with thread. I made an entire tablecloth out of Aunt Lydia's thread back when I was younger, but that was my only experience working with crochet thread.
Once I got a few rows done I fell into a rhythm that made it more comfortable. It's a bit of a novelty for me to work with something this delicate. I do prefer worsted weight, but it's nice to see I can manage a thinner fiber. I did have to frog a couple of stitches because the yarn popped single strands on me, but there was no issue with that.
All that said, this is really not an easy yarn to work with, and if you have problems with maintaining tension you might want to pass on it.
I'll post my final thoughts on Azalea once I finish the scarf.
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