Today my Mom and I attended a virtual yarn tasting!
Hill Country Weavers in Austin Tx ran this Zoom event, which features a presentation by a representative from Blue Sky Fibers, who talked about a new yarn line that just came out and also some new colors for existing yarns. She showed all the patterns that have been created for the new yarns. This is Blue Sky Fibers’ 25 year anniversary, so apparently there are some exciting things in the works for this year. She hinted, but no details. Also the shop staff and some attendees shared items they had made with Blue Sky Fiber yarns.
But what is a yarn tasting without yarn samples? The event included yarn sample packets, which Hill Country Weavers had in the mail a record-breaking 1 hour after I placed my order!
Unfortunately, they didn’t get here until this afternoon, after the event was over, but there was no helping that. I have already started swatching my samples! They did a really good event – it was informative and fun. Definitely worth doing!
We had such a good time with it that I went poking around on the internet to see if there were any other such events out there. As luck would have it, there is! Berroco is distributing spring/summer yarn tasting kits, and there are a few stores out there doing virtual tastings. Here is one of them – there way well be others.
Have you been to a virtual yarn tasting or other online fun event? Tell us about it!
Quite A Yarn 
How fun! I’ve only done a yarn tasting at VKL.
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I hadn’t done a virtual one before either, but it was really fun!
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That sounds like fun! This is the first virtual yarn tasting I’ve heard about.
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Me too! It came up in my Instagram feed, and looked like fun 🙂
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No, but thanks for telling us about it. I like several of the Berroco yarns, and may order this sample.
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Let me know if you do – it looks like it’s going to be pretty cool!
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That sounds like a fun thing to do together virtually! I’ve never been to a virtual yarn tasting but I over the past couple of months I’ve been doing virtual sewing group with some quilting friends 🙂
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Virtual crafting groups are the best!
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What a fun idea. I hope these events continue now that states are lifting restrictions. It is a great way to spread the wealth of shops to knitters all over the globe.
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Yes! It gives so many more people a chance to attend things than would have been able to in person. I hope they do continue online activities too!
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What a great idea! A way to get your hands on new yarns without buying a project’s worth. So, which ones do you like the best?
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It is a great idea! We really enjoyed it, and it was interesting 🙂 Metalico is best out of the ones I sampled. It is 50/50 alpaca and silk. It is so soft and drapy! It wouldn’t be great for everything, but maybe a cowl or similar.
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Oh my gosh that sounds like so much fun. I’m thinking about signing up for the Berocco one you linked to. I do like trying new yarns.
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It was a lot of fun! I like trying new yarns too, and Berocco always has interesting ones. Let me know if you do – we can talk yarns 🙂
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I will let you know! I am so excited about knitting right now, which is weird, as I’m always really into knitting.
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I know what you mean! It’s like a sudden burst of extra enthusiasm. I am feeling like that right now as well. Maybe it’s all the new stuff happening?
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I have never heard of a yarn tasting before. I think I would enjoy a wine tasting more! 😉
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I wonder how it would be to do both at once? 😉
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