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This looks great! I've been tempted with chunky yarns for a jumper, however the next one in my queue is fingering weight so I'll have to wait a bit.
Is the acrylic comfy to wear? Or does it get too hot?
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Both comments are showing for me! Thanks for that, the cable jumper I'm doing right now is a merino/acrylic blend and it's getting very heavy and thick so I'm getting a bit anxious about how wearable it'll be. I guess it's all learning.
I hope you get many wonderful wears from your jumper and have a lovely Christmas
It's not the sort of thing I'd wear when I'm doing something energetic, but that goes for most warm jumpers and not just acrylic ones! The fabric isn't as dense as it would be with smaller stitches and the double height stitches for the yoke probably help a lot with cooling things down too, so I've not had any problems wearing it for just normal day-to-day wandering around.
This Stylecraft yarn in general is by far my favourite acrylic though, I've used the aran weight version for cardigans and stuff in the past, so I already knew I liked it. Some other brands definitely feel more "plasticky" somehow so I'm not sure how those would have worked for something like this.