Features of slonim yarn

For quite a long time, Belarusian yarn has gained popularity among Russian craftswomen due to its excellent qualities and quite affordable price. The Slonim Worsted Spinning Factory, which has been producing its products since 1977, offers high-quality yarns for various products - both for the creativity of novice craftsmen and for experienced artisans in the field of knitting.

Slonim products have a number of characteristic features, which favorably distinguish the products of this Belarusian manufacturer.

1. A stunning catalog of colors, an abundance of any tones that one can imagine, and most importantly - all available colors can be selected as "flat" and "as deep as possible".

2. Products are sold both in packages and retail... It is usually produced in 50 g reels and 200 m in size.

3. Budget cost products.

4. The packaging describes the composition products and advice on how to wash the finished garments.

The Slonim factory produces bobbin-type yarn. This means that the Belarusian company produces it on bobbins, and after that, specialized stores wind up the threads in small skeins on their own. In addition, there are rolls with the winding of the factory itself, they are slightly different from those options that the sellers themselves wind up. Winding is usually carried out in 4 or 2 threads, the “clean” footage of Belarusian yarn is 3,200 m per 100 g.

Among the disadvantages, consumers note the frequent absence of packaging on the skein of yarn.

There are a large number of varieties of this bobbin yarn, the composition is also quite diverse - both semi-wool and semi-cotton, acrylic and other components.

Yarn in bobbins for machine knitting:

• from chemical fibers (50% viscose, 50% acrylic);

• from chemical fibers fixed (50% viscose, 50% acrylic);

• semi-wool (50% wool, 50% acrylic);

• p / w fixed (30% wool, 70% acrylic);

• p / w semi-crescent (30% wool, 70% acrylic);

• p / w semi-crescent combined (30% wool, 70% acrylic);

• combined (50% cotton, 50% acrylic).

Yarn (thread) for hand knitting:

• cotton (100% cotton);

• from chemical fibers fixed (100% acrylic);

• from chemical fibers fixed semi-crescent SoTtrend (100% acrylic);

• from chemical fibers, fixed, with the "Angora" effect (15% PA mod, 85% acrylic);

• p / w "Pastoral" (20% wool, 10% PE, 70% acrylic);

• p / w semi-crescent (50% wool, 50% acrylic);

• b / w (100% wool);

• p / w (20% wool, 80% acrylic);

• from chemical fibers with natural ones (20% linen, 80% PAN);

• from chemical fibers with natural (50% PAN, 35% viscose, 15% linen).

This manufacturer has just a gorgeous color scheme. There are bright, juicy tones, and muted, many shades of the same color for every taste. It is especially pleasant that products of different composition have a wide range of colors, all of them come under a certain number to make it easier to select colors when ordering. The only negative - in this case, the tones of the same color are not in order in this digital scheme. For example, among light shades close to white (001) or creamy (715), you can also choose:

• 890 - silver;

• 721 - waterfall;

• 981 - blue distance;

• 891 - Angora;

• 893 - Elbrus;

• 868 - white sand;

• 038 - harsh;

• 046 - super white;

• 097 - frost;

• A7 - pearl.

Knitters assure that absolutely any model of knitted product can be knitted from this yarn. The front surface fits perfectly, braids, arans hold well. Reviews often contain examples of knitting - various sweaters, hats, dresses, sundresses, sleeveless jackets, experienced needlewomen from this yarn even manage to knit warm coats. Openwork products come out very well from this yarn.

Reviews of knitters about slonim yarn are mostly positive. Most often, such positive points are noted:

1. the yarn fits very well into the canvas, evenly, and after washing the product looks like an industrial one;

2. since there is no twist, the fabric does not stretch much and does not deform after washing.

Many buyers call this yarn "unkillable", it can be easily washed in the washing machine and nothing will be done with it.