Over the line

I'm a yarn snob of sorts. I don't like the fluffy stuff. And now you know how I feel about knitting with railroad yarn (even though the scarf came out beautifully, if I do say so myself)... I like natural fibers and really soft wools. I don't like the scratchy itchy stuff, and I'll even turn up my nose at some cotton blends. At the same time, though, I'm quite happy with a $2 ball of dishcloth cotton. I care more about how it feels when I knit than how much it costs.

Silk, seaweed, soy, bamboo... I'll take any of them, if they knit up well.

But there is one thing that I just cannot bring myself to try: Possum.

I don't know -- maybe I just have too many memories of these feral creatures creeping around my house when I was growing up. Nocturnal, vicious, sneaky... I just can't imagine wearing anything made of this fiber. Yick.

How about you? What won't you knit with or wear?

Comments

[Robyn]

Lately, I am a snob to most acrylics - except for this one brand that is not soo bad for baby items (since babies spit up and you need items to be washable!) And I'm a complete snob when it comes to Fun fur. UCH. Oh - and I am a snob to chenille - can't stand the way it feels touching my hands. I won't knit with chenille - I think that's what it's called.

[Lisa]

Too funny about the possum. I know the exist in abundance around our house, but other than seeing them dead along the road occasionally, I've never run into them too often. Until a couple weeks ago. I was downstairs at night, sitting in my office, and I heard this noise on the porch. I thought it might be the cat or that the dog got loose again (as he had earlier that day) so I went out to investigate. Turned on the porch light and looked out through the sliding glass doors to see a little possum wandering around. Really, I thought he looked quite cute (reminded me of the little girl possum in "Over the Hedge" LOL). I took a couple pictures of the little guy through the window, but I wanted to try and get one without the glare of glass, so I opened to door -- assuming he'd get scared and play dead -- but no, he just ran away. So much for the "play dead" thing. :}

[dawn]

I love to knit with anything and have great success with wire, curling ribbon and the like so I'm not much of a snob. I don't knit well enough to be picky. But I would love to try knitting a scarf with musk ox wool, it is so incredibly soft and being Canadian and all... here's a link... http://www.mountainshadowfarm.com/qiviut.htm

[maria]

Lainie, thank you SO MUCH! It was just such an amazing day. I can't wait for our next class together ;)

[anonymous]

What are your favorite colors? What colors won't you wear?