Patons Classic Wool Roving Yarn Review

Bought this because I needed a bulky yarn to make a quick sweater and I also wanted it to be inexpensive. This yarn cost more than I was willing to pay for a mass brand and while it was cheaper at JoAnn's and elsewhere, they didn't have the colors I wanted. The yarn wasn't bad at all. Other reviewers said it felt like real vagrancy. No, that is not so. There is a yarn twist. I also had no problem splitting it up as some others have mentioned. My biggest complaint is that they didn't clean the…

Wanted to add this update - the socks I made shrinked incredibly so I would suggest no garments to wear made of yarn tumble dry. Original Review - I've never crocheted with wool yarn and wanted to try it and it was so cheap I agreed. It's a little tricky to work with as its microfilaments are constantly separating from the main string. Not as bad as I crochet, but a real pain when I had to pull out a few rows. Tiny loose threads secured the seams and kept them from unraveling. Also, the socks I

I bought two skeins of this Classic Roving in Frosted Plum and started knitting a hat for my new coat. Everything was going well until I was almost halfway done, at which point the yarn suddenly got a lot thinner. It was about half the size it should have been and got so thin in places I thought it might break. I knitted a few more rows hoping the yarn would return to its normal bulk #5, but that never happened. I knitted on size 10 needles and the first 3 1/2 inches of this hat was knit in…