I’ve had a ball of this yarn colour for a while and decided to finally use it. I don’t think I’ve ever properly knitted or crocheted something with this type of yarn. Chenille has always seemed to be a bit too luxurious to me as it reminds me of velvet and the price is normally too high. Perhaps I wasn’t so wrong about the luxury part :
Chenille was first manufactured in France in the 1780s, by weaving a leno or cross weave fabric and then cutting it into strips to make the Chenille yarn. Alexander Buchanan, a foreman in a Paisley fabric mill, introduced the fabric to the UK. He mass-produced the fabric to make ‘fuzzy shawls’.
I bought this 100g 100% polyester yarn cheaply at Aldi’s supermarket this year for about £1.50 or about 9 Steem. Inside the label there are instructions for making a baby blanket, but I’d need quite a few more balls to complete a ‘blanket’ size project. The yarn is ‘super bulky’, ie very thick, and soft to the touch so it’s possibly ideal for that purpose. In fact I don’t think I’d wear a sweater or cardigan made with this very thick yarn which is thicker than the fleece of a sweatshirt.
I was also interested to read about the after care for this yarn and how it may need to be dry cleaned, and not to be hung to prevent the garment from stretching.
The after care instructions on the photo of the label above were a bit off-putting; they show a cold wash at 30 degrees Celsius so I’m even less likely to make a garment out of a yarn that needs so much care.
Despite all the limitations I was still curious to find out what working with this yarn was like, and as you can see from the close-up below it doesn’t look like yarn as such. It’s not made up of two or three twisted lengths of yarn; it’s more like a ribbon sewn down the middle with furry edges : very flat and thick.
This chenille yarn is thick but it's flat so it does go through the eye of a sewing needle.
I had to use size 6 mm knitting needles for the project and did not care about the gauge (this time!).
Next time I'll tell you what I've made. Thank you for reading !
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