Cotton yarn: I’ve never been a big fan of it because it’s hard on my hands yet here I am currently knitting 3 garments out of cotton yarn. The sunshine and warm weather somehow makes me forget how much I disliked them the first time around. That, and the fact that I can’t imagine trying to carry around a sheepload of a half-done project in the sweltering heat of summer. (Hey, let’s face it. I’m never gonna finish a project in record time so summertime seems about right)

My current yarns-in-use include:

Cascade Pima Melange: Hate it. Splits like nobody’s business and feels like twine. No wonder it’s discontinued

Elsebeth Lavold Cotton Patine: Soft and lovely (only applies to Ivory-Beige-Natural colors because the thing bleeds like a mofo)

Katia Bamboo – A wee bit splitty but quite nice. The 60% bamboo content offsets hardness of cotton

And then there are the swatch samples I made so far with some other cotton yarns:

Rowan Cotton Glace

Rowan 4-Ply Cotton

Queensland Collection Cotolino

Reynolds Garden Tweed

and a few others that I’ve forgotten.

I’m still having issues with keeping an even tension, especially in stockinette. But then again, I’m not a machine. If I wanted smooth all stockinette stitch garment, I’ll just pay $20 at The Gap.