When Stitchcraft Marketing contacted me to see if I would be interested in knitting something out of Manos del Uruguay Alegria Grande I jumped at the chance.  Alegria Grande is the worsted weight version of the Alegria fingering weight yarn that I previously reviewed.  It has the same fiber content (75% superwash merino and 25% polyamide) and comes in 197 yard/100g skeins.  Fairmount Fibers was absolutely lovely and sent me a skein in the colorway of my choice, which happened to be Tannat.

As soon as the skein arrived at my house I decided it had to be a Calliope Cowlette, the new pattern release from Carina Spencer, that is made for variegated yarns!

I was really pleased with the Alegria Grande.  The yarn was super soft and squishy, and in the worsted weight had a nice bounce.  While Alegria Grande is available in semi-solid colorways (HELLO GORGEOUS SWEATERS!) it also comes in many variegated colorways perfect for that one skein project.

(Technically my project took 1.5 skeins but who’s counting?)

I found the whole process of knitting this cowl to be a “just one more row” knit. That is, I always wanted to do one more row, or see a few more stitches of color.  I’m so pleased to have a wonderful cowl for my fall wardrobe.

A special thank you to Stitchcraft Marketing and the folks at Fairmount Fibers who sent me a skein of Alegria Grande (retail: $24.80) for free. I received no other compensation for this review. All opinions and photos are my own.