Let's Review: Malabrigo Nube and Giveaway!

At the beginning of summer Malabrigo kindly sent me 5 wonderful samples (pictures are borrowed from their site) of their new spinning fibre Nube and lets just say I know why it is called 'cloud' because it was wonderful to spin. But I'm getting ahead of myself here so lets go back to the beginning. 

809 Solis
139 Pocion
48 Glitter
66 Lavanda
43 Plomo
I sat and petted the 5 samples time and again, trying to decide which one to give away and it was really very difficult, but I finally made a decision. 

Next I had to decide which one to spin first. I was torn between Lavanda and Plomo, these two are my kind of colours. Greys and purples are my big loves. There was another issue as well, I have never spun multi-coloured fibre before. In my 3-4 years of spinning I've never spun anything but solid colours. Additionally, I have no clue what I should use 113 grams of yarn for. I would love to get about 400m out of 113 grams, but that isn't a lot to play with when you look at what I normally knit. Oh, the knitting, I don't knit with multi coloured yarn either! But nevertheless I feel so drawn to the Nube. 

After staring at the Lavanda and Plomo for hours I noticed that it was really the same colours. The Lavanda is purples with some greys, the Plomo is greys with some purples. This is when I knew I had to make a swatch. So I grabbed 10 grams of each and spun them, then after a proper rest I plyed them together, one strand of each colour and it turned out beautiful in my opinion.  


The 20 grams total resulted in 90m of 2-ply yarn and if I spin the rest consistently then I'll have 990m when I finish all the yarn. This is enough to make a garment of some sort I should think.


So how was it to spin? Great! The darkest purples were a little harder to draft, but everything else drafted so easily, that it wasn't a concern at all. The colours faded into one another wonderfully and while my skills took a little while to get into gear, it was easy to spin consistently when I got into the right groove. I can't wait to spin the remaining of the Lavanda and Plomo.

But who am I kidding? I bet you have been sitting there going, "yes - fine, now what about that giveaway?"

You have a chance of winning the Glitter, 113 gr. / 4 oz. of 100% merino fibre. You can earn one entry    by following my blog on bloglovin or blogger and leave a comment saying that you do so. You can also earn entries by sharing this giveaway on your blog, facebook, twitter etc. and leave a link for it in the comments. Please only leave one link per comment. You can share the giveaway as many ways as you want, each way will earn you an entry.


A winner will be randomly chosen on Friday 11. October 2013, the giveaway is open to all nationalities.  This giveaway is now closed and the winner has been found.

48 Glitter

25 comments:

  1. I shared your giveaway on one of the Big 6 on Rav.
    -Katie

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  2. I also shared it in The Chittery Chattery Swap group because they are awesome sauce.
    -Katie

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  3. I followed you! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  4. I just shared on FB (Maxine Rothman) not really sure how to link that here.

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  5. I followed you - what a great giveaway. Thanks so much. and the yarn you spun is beautiful!

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  6. Following the blog.
    tktl on Ravelry

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  7. Just shared in my group RosyRetro Yarns & Fibres on Ravelry

    http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rosyretro-yarns--fibres/2056198/151-175#158

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  8. Just shared in my group here

    http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/rosyretro-yarns--fibres/2056198/151-175#158

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  9. (i don't spin, so please don't enter me for anything...)

    i just wanted to tell you that was a fantastic idea to combine those two colors...your yarn is *so* beautiful. it caught my eye right away on the page. very nice work, miss peaches!

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  10. So smart to combine the 2 purple/greys! I absolutely love how the yarn came out. Can't wait to see what you'll make with it... I can't imagine you'll want that lovely yarn hanging out in your stash for too long :)

    PS - I'm following you via Blogger :)

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  11. I read your blog often but I just figured out how to officially 'follow it.' I'll share on facebook. I wish you many new followers. :)

    And GORGEOUS yarn!
    -LRami

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  12. Following your blog by RSS feeds cuz that's the only way I know how to do it!

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  13. Just started following you on Bloglovin. :)

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  14. I've been following you for a while, so posting! Thanks! And thanks for sharing your thoughts! :)

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  15. I followed your blog on feedly. Your sample spun up beautifully.

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  16. I also shared your giveaway on faebook, but my privacy settings are pretty high, so I'm not sure how to link to that in a public forum...

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  17. What an amazing giveaway, and I not only get a chance to win, but I get a new blog to follow, yay! I added you to my bloglovin list.

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  18. Love it! following your blog

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  19. followed you on blogger! thanks for the giveaway!

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  20. Shared on FB

    sherryglover1 on RAV

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  21. Following your blog.

    sherryglover1 on RAV

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  22. I follow your blog on BlogLovin

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