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Painterly

One of the new-to-me yarns I purchased from Premier in order to review it is Anti-Pilling Everyday Worsted Painterly. This is a 3 oz./85 gram skein with 153 yards/140 meters, so a bit on the smaller side for a worsted skein. I paid $5.49 for it.

It is listed as a #4 medium weight but its also on the skinnier side. On the label are the words "brush stroke print" so I think along with the line name they're going for an artistic vibe with this yarn. The colorway is Jam Session, and there are eight colorways available on Premier's web site.

I found the center pull with only a little yarn barf. Painterly is a very soft yarn with a very slight halo and faint sheen that is slightly reflective, and reminds me of Caron Simply Soft. I think it's a bit softer than that brand, though. As a one-night project I decided to make a no-pattern drawstring pouch with a variety of stitches.

The yarn has a very light, enjoyable hand and sings through the fingers with no snagging or pulling. It frogs fine, too. The color variation seems a bit chaotic, but I think that's deliberate, in order to give it a hand painted/artistic vibe.

I made the pouch with rows of single and double crochet, some spaced with chain stitches. I think this yarn looks best with dense single crochet stitches -- you lose the brush struck effect with double crochet or mesh stitches.

The finished pouch. I'm on the fence about the color variations and if they look artistic or just random. Leaning toward random, honestly. There are faint patches of what looks like dye migration here and there, and the dark red seemed to be the most frequent culprit in that department, but I didn't mind that. If you're looking for perfection, this is probably not the yarn for you.

I had this a small ball of yarn leftover from the project. If you do invest in this yarn I would advise making sure you buy enough for your project by determining the yardage you need and dividing it by 153 yards per skein, and perhaps adding one extra skein in case the yardage isn't consistent.

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