u/sombrerie

I don't know how visible it is in the photos, but I have a ball of cashmere (recently frogged, so please excuse the wrapping job) that appears to have dandruffy scales all over it. I've been unsuccessful so far in my internet searches about it, and would love to know if you've seen this before.

Why I think it's not moths: I've had this yarn for about 6-7 months. I'm not sure I remember it always being flaky, but certainly for the last several months. In April I started knitting with it again (as remnants from a project) and noticed the scales (again?), freaked out, and unwound/rewound the entire thing. No evidence of chomping, no actual moth bodies that I could identify, just dandruffy scales/flakes. Stored with other yarn, the scale thing hasn't appeared to spread to other skeins/balls. Maybe I'm wrong about how moths work, but all this together makes me think it's not moths.

Things I think it might be: Maybe literal dandruff? I don't have noticeable dandruff and neither does my partner, but I suppose it's possible that there was a pile of dandruff somewhere that I happened to drop my yarn into??? I was thinking it might also just be a thing cashmere has (scales), but the internet hasn't been forthcoming about that. It's a slightly more rustic-marketed cashmere (https://lovefestfibers.com/collections/yarn-kits/products/meelam-pashmina), so I was thinking maybe it was the cashmere version of VM in sheep wool yarns?

So much has been said already about some knit designers having... less than great requirements for test knitters ("at least 3 modeled photos and 3 instagram posts the day of launch!"), but this was a whole new one for me.

Screenshots are from a Kay Hopkins test knit on Yarnpond. I really like some of Kay's patterns, but reading these test knit requirements kind of soured me on those patterns. If I'm a tester, I have to give the pattern five stars? And if I don't, you won't publish it? That's certainly *a* choice. And "Neckline should be at least steam blocked" followed by 'but I didn't steam block mine' is very funny to me.

I know I don't have to sign up for this test knit (and I'm not planning on signing up for this one), I was just surprised at how brazen this was and wanted to share.

I bought three balls of Candide in Sucre Glacé for a test knit, but when they arrived I realized I hadn't paid enough attention before ordering and the texture really isn't for me. Took a gamble on a yarn my LYSs don't carry and it didn't pay off ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Hoping they can go to a loving home instead of languishing in the back of my stash.

Candide is marketed as a wool and recycled cotton blend. Ball band lists 70% wool, 28% recycled cotton, and 2% "other recycled fibre." Sucre Glacé is what I would describe as eggshell white, something that's warm but not extremely warm. I think the pictures make it out to be a touch warmer/creamier than it actually is, although of course your experience might differ.

I'm looking to trade these three balls (including one blocked swatch, blocked with scent-free wool wash) for something that feels fair. I'm thinking 100-150g of natural fiber yarn? I prefer non-superwash and at least some wool content, but am ambivalent on most everything else. Non-smoking house with no pets (although I'm very fond of cats, so please send photos if you have cats).

Note that these came to me slightly underweight. One ball (the one used for swatching) weighed in at 47.9g pre-swatch without the ball band, the others are 47.7g and 51.7g, for a total of 147.3g pre-swatch without ball bands.

Reposting since I forgot the username and date in photos!

I bought this to pair with the Creme colorway for some colorwork and the color ended up not being quite right for the project. Galet is a really warm grey, imo (your perception may vary, of course). It feels like a baby clothes color, if that makes sense?

The yarn itself is very nice to work with, 90% wool and 10% silk. I used a tiny bit to swatch, but the rest is yours if you pay for shipping from California (about $5-7 according to PirateShip). Scale says 51.7g remaining.