[randado]

I have been gifted a HUGE amount of yarn from a dear friend's mother who no longer knits. She purchased yarn from her worldwide travels, there is yarn from UK, New Zealand, Italy, France etc.

My gf only brought me what she described as 1/8th of the stash....goodness....

I'm trying to begin to categorize and research as I have never heard of most of these.

One in specific that I can't find info on is Gamine, The summer tweed from Reynolds, tag says made in France exclusively for Reynolds Yarns. It's a 40 gram/60 yard hank of 55% cotton 27% Viscose, and 18% wool. There are approx 20 hanks.

Has anyone ever heard of this? I'm thinking about patterns and wondering about the drape, etc.

 

[raedean]

wow.this is greatly exciting.u are gonna have lots of fun.
wonderful.

 

[Jeannie2009]

Wow and then wow again.
I'm wondering if a search on Ravelry might show some exciting patterns that could be made with the different types of yarn?

 

[rosaposa13]

How lucky are you ??? All good colors too. Let us know what you end up creating with that lot please.

 

[Peggy Beryl]

According to Ravelry, this discontinued yarn is an aran weight 10ply, 8wpi, and packed 60 yards to the skein. The suggested needle size ranges from 7 to 10 1/2 U.S., and the recommended gauge is 8 stitches = 2 inches.

 

[Chrissy]

Lucky girl! Have fun with that lot. :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

[In Memory of Scottybear]

What a lovely friend you have. Are you going to make her something with some of this yarn?

 

[Nana Mc]

Happy Knitting!

 

[jeannietta]

What a nice gift. She is lucky to have a friend like you who will appreciate her mom's stash. Looks like beautiful yarn. You will have so much fun!!

 

[Naneast]

Happy knitting! :thumbup:

 

[DonnieK]

Oh Wow! For a yarnaholic this is not a good picture to see! I feel like I must hurry and buy more before it is all gone!

What a marvelous friend you have! Have fun and please let us see what you are making with all of it.

 

[Swtthng]

Afghans!

 

[iShirl]

How sad to have to give up knitting. But it will live on in your hands. She had an amazing (In my opinion) and am happy you will use it. I hope we'll see some pictures some day in KP.

 

[SouthernGirl]

that's a lot. happy knitting

 

[God's Girl]

What a wonderful gift. I am always on the lookout for stuff at yard sales and thrift shops for the charity work I do and you just got a boat load delivered to your door !! Truly terrific.

 

[extreme]

OMG! ....You are so lucky!
Enjoy... Enjoy ...Enjoy !!

 

[Cdambro]

Wow! Have fun.

 

[jdsanford5]

Just like winning the lottery, congrats and happy knitting ;-)

 

[SavvyCrafter]

Very nice gift! Hopefully someone will be able to answer your question about the yarn. Enjoy your treasure!

 

[Grapejelli]

I think your stash just exploded!! You won't get bored for a long, long time. Good for you!