Andrea, one of our Ruche staff tried out the knitted linen called "Daffodil Saki". This is available in 8 colours. Black, navy, daffodil yellow, tangerine orange, dark spearmint, natural/stone, light grey and off white. And here is what she had to say about it ..
It was a fabric I’d been eyeing off ever since I first saw it, and with gold/mustard being such an ‘in’ colour, this season, I just had to try it. I used to have a grey swinging vest I brought years ago, and virtually wore it to death. Because I loved the style, I cut it up and used it as a pattern. –probably breached every copyright law there is! The linen knit was beautiful to sew, and has ironed up really nicely. My only problem is with the armholes – they’re a bit to big and gape, so now I’m armed (excuse the pun!) with that piece of knowledge, I can fix it on the next one I make. This fabric falls beautifully, and is so well suited to anything that requires ‘draping’. I love this vest (apart from the extra large armholes), and it adds a bit of brightness to the winter greys and blacks. I’ve even been wearing it with other colours too- looks great with purple and cobalt blue believe it or not!.. My next project is to try this fabric, perhaps in a different colour to make a cowl scarf. Because it’s such soft fabric, I believe it will behave perfectly. It’s nice to have something thick and woolly in the scarf line for winter, but for spring, I think this linen knit would be just the right type of fabric to have a scarf made of…
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