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    King Cole Firefly Yarn Review, Mesmerising Metallics & Pattern 6444
    When King Cole kindly sent me some of their new King Cole Firefly yarn to review along with pattern 6444, I’ll be honest, the timing was perfect. I was isolating with Covid, I needed something achievable, and a quick aran weight knit with mesmerising metallic colours was exactly the right prescription. I spend most of my knitting life designing for babies and children. Eighteen years of DK weight, small stitches, and even smaller buttons. So knitting something for myself felt like a proper treat, and Firefly felt like the right yarn to do it with. I’d been eyeing up this… Read more: King Cole Firefly Yarn Review, Mesmerising Metallics & Pattern 6444