This is by far my favourite cotton yarn. Its been around for a long time. Butterfly Super 10 comes in very wide variety of colours. It is mercerized so it is strong and this adds a silky sheen to the yarn. It knits smoothly and beautifully. Because it is DK / 8 ply it can easily be substituted for wool or other materials quite easily without recalculating the pattern, which means you can make warm weather versions of sweaters and cardigans.
You might need more yarn than is indicated if you substitute cotton yarn for wool or acrlic, as cotton is slightly heavier. You might also notice that it tends to hang more than lighter fibres because of its weight.
Although it isn’t the smoothest most luxurious cotton yarn around, there are definitely more expensive really nice cotton yarn available, it is extremely good value, at this time it retails for about S$15.00 (US$12.00) per skein for 125g, which makes it very good value. Great for summer knits, bags and cushions etc.
The only drawback of this yarn is that is sold in skeins. It must wound up before you can knit / crochet with it. This takes about 15 minutes with ball winder and even faster if you have a swift and ball winder. By hand it takes about 40minutes.
Butterfly Super 10
Manufactured by: EL. D. Mouzakis
Weight: 125g / 230m
Weight of yarn: double knitting / 8 ply
Knitting needle size: 3.5-5.5mm
Tension: 22st = 10cm / 4in
Price: S$15.00
Made in Greece.
Rating: A-
