Independent's Celebration - Sweet Georgia Yarns

It's time for the next featured company for our Independent's Celebration!

This week's featured company is SweetGeorgia Yarns!

Since the shop got re-merchandised a few weeks ago, the SweetGeorgia Yarns display has been calling my name.  The jewel tone colors always catch my eye first.  And their hanks of sock yarn are big and squooshy, drawing me in and inviting petting. So far none of them have jumped in my bag and come home with me.  With two little kids at home, I don't get a lot of knitting done and I have a sizable stash, including lots of sock yarn.  But they look so pretty and feel so nice, I'm not sure my resistance will be able to last much longer.  Especially since sock yarn doesn't count as stash.  (Remember?  We talked about that earlier this year.) SweetGeorgia Yarns is a Vancouver based company that Felicia Lo started in 2005.  It began life as an Etsy shop with three hanks of yarn.  Over the course of the next year, Felicia expanded SweetGeorgia Yarns, and began distributing in shops and online to knitters worldwide. They produce a wide variety of hand dyed yarns and fibers in unique colorways and rich solids.  Their yarns and fibers are dyed in batches of four to twelve hanks.  They focus on using luxury fibers, including merino, cashmere, and silk, and creating colors that inspire and engage knitters and spinners. At Alpaca Direct we carry SweetGeorgia Yarns Merino Silk Lace and Tough Love Sock. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="128"] Merino Silk Lace Glacier.[/caption] Merino Silk Lace is a 50/50 blend of merino and silk.  This is a is a slightly heavier lace weight 2 ply yarn.  The silk adds a shimmer to the finished yarn that will make your lace projects extra special.  If you're wanting to knit a beautiful lace shawl or stole to dress up your wardrobe, this is the perfect yarn for the project. It comes in big 100 gram hanks of 765 yards. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="75"] Tough Love Sock Raspberry[/caption] Tough Love Sock is an 80/20 superwash merino nylon blend.  This yarn is soft and squooshy.  Knit at a tight gauge, it makes long lasting socks.  But, like all sock yarns, you can use it for a wide variety of other projects.  Soft enough for next to skin wear, you can use it for shawls and scarves, mittens and gloves, and even things for a baby.  The superwash merino means it can be machine washed, which is ideal for socks and baby things.  It comes in big 115 gram hanks of 425 yards, meaning you only need one hank for a pair of socks.  If you have small feet or knit ankle socks you might even be able to get two pairs.  Or you could knit a pair of socks and a pair of fingerless mitts.  The possibilities are only limited by your imagination. All SweetGeorgia Yarns are on sale July 17 - July 23. Check back next week to see our next featured independent - Malabrigo!