Filatura Di Crosa - Centolavaggi

[franzi1981]

I thought I'll ask here... does anyone have any experience with Filatura Di Crosa's Centolavaggi?

According to my trusted LYS owner, it'd be perfect for the lace project I'm planning. But I don't know, something makes me think that this wool sounds very scary. Probably the 1400m / 100g thing more than anything else.

So, any experience? Any tips, do's and don'ts? Or does it just behave like "normal" 8-ply yarn? I never worked with any lace weight yarn.

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[anatsuno]

I bought it twice, but only one skein has been knitted so far, and since I knit it WITH another strand of another yarn, I can't really comment on using it alone. I used my swift and ball-winder to go from skein to ball each time without a problem, but yeah, I'd definitely advise you to use the external end to start knitting rather than the end from the center. The balls /would/ eventually collapse in a mess.

btw, it IS cobweb, for sure. very very very soft, too, since it's pure merino. The shawl I used it for is knit out of a strand of red centolavaggi and a pink-to-red strand of rougher lace weight Evilla yarn - I was banking on the merino cobweb softening the hand of my rougher lace weight and it worked like a charm; because I knit the whole shawl with big needles in garter stitch, it is also squishy and drapey. I love it! And might well do it all over again in green to use um my second centolavaggi ball. :))

have fun!

[franzi1981]

Thanks! I will :)

I'm a bit scared now of the winding, but I'm hoping I can borrow a swift from my mum's LYS and that should do nicely.

I imagine there'll also be lots of cursing, but what's knitting without cursing? *G*