u/i-love-cheeeese

Need advice and opinions. I don’t have much experience with indie dyers. I bought this at a knitting convention, it’s The Lab Fibres smooth fingering in deep eggplant. 50% silk 50% merino. I bought it because of its beautiful shine. As I am knitting, the work seems to have less vibrancy and shine than the ball. Even with light handling it’s becoming fuzzy and white halo is appearing which is hard to capture.

I am noticing if the yarn untwists slightly, it’s totally white inside. The dye hasn’t penetrated. I like stitch definition. I like bright, vibrant colour. Wondering if I should stop and frog or continue. If you have experience with dark hand dyed yarn, is this normal? Does it become less vibrant with time?

Link to yarn: https://thelabfibers.com/products/deep-eggplant?variant=46679500292351

Loops & Threads Silky Soft rayon from bamboo yarn from Michael’s Canada. Fell in love with the colours and knitting the Tambo Tee with it. Beautiful shine, silky smooth. BUT each skein has had no less than 5 knots. It’s near impossible to weave in the ends invisibly. The ends keep coming back out, because it is too silky and smooth. I started to split the yarn and weave in different directions but it’s still bulky enough to show in the front. And the ends are coming back out. Each set of ends took me minimum 15 mins to weave in nearly and it quickly comes undone.

I would recommend this yarn for crochet, but not for knitting.