First, a little background: in 2006, a yarn shop out of Chestnut Hill, PA, decided to get Debbie Bliss’ Cashmerino yarn scientifically tested by a lab and found that although the label states the yarn contains 12% cashmere, it in fact has none. I could not find a concrete reason as to why this shop went ahead and tested the yarn, although one blogger speculated it was because they were angry at Knitting Fever, the company who produces the yarn, because they stopped doing business with the shop for some reason. After the initial shock, not much was heard about it until now. The Knit With, the shop out of PA is suing Knitting Fever, Designer Yarns, Filatura Pettinata, Sion and Diane Elalouf, Jeffrey Denecke, Jr., Jay Opperman, and Debbie Bliss. The knitting bloggers are feverish, and ravelry.com is flooded with posts on the scandal. I am going to weigh in here.
I am taking a controversial, and for those who know me, perhaps even a shocking stance on this issue. Debbie Bliss yarn feels great. It’s super to work with and I buy it for the feel and the price, not the content. It is pretty much my one exception as a purist, so I don’t care if it’s 25% microfiber or 80%. So what if there is no cashmere? I know people don’t like to be lied to, but can we really be shocked? It’s not like this yarn was so expensive that people got robbed out of their money. It was always too good to be true. And I doubt too many people would have refused to buy the yarn in the first place if it didn’t claim to have cashmere in it. It feels great, it’s washable, it’s affordable, and the colors are exquisite. I for one stand by Debbie, despite her fraudulent ways.
What do all of you think about this? I’d love to hear your take.
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This is outrageous, but I like your stance. Miss Bliss's lies make her quite a controversial character, but you are right the color and feel old Deb brings outweigh the lies.
I do not care whether or not it has cashmere in it or not. I'm sorry they were not truthful about the content of the yarn but I love the yarn and shopped today to get as much as I could for future projects. I love the patterns, yarn and I will cherish all my books by Debbie Bliss. I'm getting ready to have my first 2 grandchildren in a few months, I need to have the yarn for my wonderful knitting projects. Mistakes are made and we learn from them.
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