Urth 16 Worsted Yarn Review + Finished Gloves
Last week I shared a progress update on the Patriots-colored gloves I’ve been knitting for my friend Ben and said I’d be back with the finished pair. The gloves are officially done, which means I finally have enough thoughts on the yarn to give it a proper review. The main yarn I used for the gloves was Urth Yarns 16 Worsted in the shade BL50. Urth Yarns 16 Worsted is described as "a luxurious yarn made from 100% extrafine 16-micron Superwash Merino," but I didn’t need to read any of that to know it was a luxury skein. Before I even picked it up, I had a feeling it was going to be one of the more expensive yarns in the store and avoided that wall of hanks at first. Eventually, after perusing the other skeins of dark blue yarn, I made my way back to that wall and picked up the perfect shade of Patriots blue. It was noticeably softer than the other skein of superwash merino I was holding, in a way that made me a little nervous to ask the price. Each skein is about 220 yards a...
