As a knitter and a yogini, I admit that I'm both a bit uncomfortable and yet sort of thrilled at the confusion between the real precepts of yoga (The Yamas and Niyamas being the two main bases of the 8-Fold Path). Of these, the Yama Aparagraha or "non-possessiveness" and the Niyama Tapas or "detachment" and the material world of yarn and all the related goodies that we love to collect for our craft create the greatest contradiction to contend with. So I guess this new offering from Berroco leaves me the most confused and excited. It's called YOGA
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It's a completely synthetic yarn, contains no natural fibers whatsoever. No cotton, no silk, no wool. Just pure artifice. I have to find this and give it a feel to see if it would be possible to wear this next to skin. The color card is sensationally great looking, and the names of the colors are pure marketing BS: Swami, Shakti, Om, Ashram, etc.
I find it pretty interesting that the yarn company even dared put out a synthetic yarn and associate it with something as zen as yoga?
Posted by: Emy | February 21, 2006 at 09:05 PM