[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Comparison between Lion Brand Pound of Love and Caron Simply Soft

[Ruth Reynolds]

  I’M NOT A FAN OF HATS (ALTHOUGH, LIVING IN THE NORTHEAST AND HAVING TO SPEND TIME OUTSIDE WAITING FOR RIDES, I *DO* WEAR ONE), BUT WHAT I CAN SEE OF THAT SWEATER, IT’S **BEAUTIFUL**!

SINCERELY,
RUTH

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> On Apr 11, 2022, at 12:54 PM, Dorothea Martin via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello, Yarn Crafters,
> I thought you might be interested in my comparison experience. In the fall of 2016, I knitted two sweaters with my favorite knitting pattern: Inishturk Sweater and Tam Pattern:
> https://www.lionbrand.com/products/knitting-pattern-inishturk-sweater-tam-1
> with one sweater made in Lion Brand Pound of Love and the other in Caron Simply Soft. Both sweaters are white.
> Now it is six years later and both sweaters have had a good amount of wear. My Pound of Love sweater looks almost new, while my Caron Simply Soft sweater is ready for the trash. Of course, The Caron Simply Soft yarn is made to be--well,soft. It is lighter in weight than the Lion Brand Pound of Love yarn, coming in at 20 knit stitches to the inch, while the Pound of Love has a gauge of 18 stitches to the inch. The Pound of Love is a bit more tightly twisted, giving it a somewhat harder surface, which probably makes it wear better. In any case, I plan to buy more Pound of Love yarn and knit another sweater soon and you know where that other sweater is going to end up.
> Dotty Martin
> 
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