Playing With Yarn
Published on December 26, 2019

Scheepjes Skies for My First Shawlette Pattern

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Hello! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! Hope you are well, and are able to squeeze a bit of hooky in during the busy holiday. I am going to make time to unwind and craft!

Lucky me, I have a lovely yarny package to share – it’s two hanks of Scheepjes Skies*, one Light and one Heavy. And guess what! Since I just wrapped up my first ever Mandala design, I decided to go for it on another non-blanket make, and so this yarn will be turned into a Shawlette. Yes! Blanket-obsessed me is making some progress on branching out!

Okay, a mandala and a shawlette are still 2-D shapes – a circle and a triangle – but still! Hey maybe one day I will venture out into the 3-D realm and make a hat or a stuffed animal… One step at a time though as just the thought brings my heart rate up lol… I’m super comfy with 2 dimensions.

But anyway!! Enough about me, and more about this yarn! There are lots of yummy goodies in this post that I use and love. Be sure to check them out!

Scheepjes Skies

This yarn has two weights, Light and Heavy. A while back, I got some Skies Heavy* of my own – pictured above – and I really love this gorgeous yarn. The Heavy weight coordinates well with Cahlista*, and you know how much I love to mix and match yarns and things in my designs. I even dove right into a blanket with Skies Heavy and Cahlista – a remake of my Questlove design (US and UK terms).

This yarn is buttery soft and does not hurt my wrists like some other 100% cottons do. Also it doesn’t have that high sheen that many cotton yarns have. I prefer my yarn without any sheen, so these are perfect!

For folks who just want to try one of every colorway, and due to the popularity of the other Scheepjes Colour Packs*, there is also a Skies Assortment Pack in both yarn weights! Find shopping info below.

I have compiled a list of resources where these yarns can be found. You can just choose your favorite place to shop, and in a few clicks, you’re on your way to a lovely yarn sesh. Of course, you can also find these yarns at a Scheepjes Retailer near you!

Scheepjes Skies Light

These links below, as well as any link in this post marked with an asterisk * are affiliate links, and shopping through them will allow me a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support my work greatly!

Skies Light Yarn Details

  • Fiber Content: 100% Premium Blend Cotton
  • Hook/Needle Size: 3mm
  • Yarn Weight: Fingering
  • Ball Weight: 100g
  • Length: 340m

Skies Light – 100g Hanks

Skies Light – Assortment Pack

Scheepjes Skies Heavy

These links below, as well as any link in this post marked with an asterisk * are affiliate links, and shopping through them will allow me a small commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support my work greatly!

Skies Heavy Yarn Details

  • Fiber Content: 100% Premium Blend Cotton
  • Hook/Needle Size: 6mm
  • Yarn Weight: DK
  • Ball Weight: 100g
  • Length: 170m

Skies Heavy – 100g Hanks

Skies Heavy Assortment Pack

Winding the Hanks

To prepare for my Shawlette WIP, today I am winding my hanks so I can pop them in a yarn bowl* and crochet away. You can find this beautiful and sturdy swift at WoolWarehouse* or Deramores*.

Hand-Winding Trick

When you wind Skies hanks by hand, if you wind too tightly, the yarn could stretch with that unnecessary tension. I like to hold the ball in progress and wrap the yarn around my hand and the ball, then when I remove my hand, the wound section gently contracts for the perfectly wound ball. This helps you to keep your tension under control, and your yarn happy.

On to the Second Hank!

And now for the Skies Heavy hank – I took maybe a zillion pics of these yarns, because I just could not help myself. You have to admit, it looks super scrumptious!

Check out the two yarn balls up close! I love the fading shades on these two colorways, Heavy No. 108 Circumcumulus, and Light No. 113 Altostratus.

Ready for My Shawlette

Yay! I am so ready to start my Shawlette WIP. My idea is to use the Skies Heavy for the upper part, in a simple stitch like US double crochet, and then use the Skies Light as a lacy lower half in some delicious lacy stitch. Peep my yarn bowl*! I pulled out all of my luxe crafty supplies for this yarn winding sesh as a way to treat myself during these sometimes stressful holidays.

I’ll show you my Shawlette WIP very soon! For now, you enjoy the rest of your holiday during this weird time between Christmas/Hannukah and New Years. This is the best time of the year in my opinion. Just short and sweet enough of a time off, and I know I will be getting loads of hooky in. Hope you do too!

Just for Fun

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and lots of love from The Carmona Crew, and from the most stylish of our fur-babies, Lucky.

Happy Holiday!

Rachele C.

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