Red Heart Tiki

[Sue89]

Has anyone worked with Red Heart Tiki before? My mom saw it at Walmart and bought a ball of it for me to experiment with. It's like a fine nylon thread with little squares of fabric attached every half inch or so, and it's multicolored. It's gorgeous and there was a free pattern available for making a skinny scarf with it using one ball and an N hook. I'm just wondering how I would successfully weave in the ends, since it is a fine thread and the large hook creates very open loops. Won't the ends just fall out, or will I need to tie a knot when I'm done? I won't be tackling it until after Christmas, but I'm just curious if anyone here has used this before.

[Julie]

I'm regretting not buying any when I was at Wal-Mart yesterday. Mitzi has purchased some though and made a scarf with it. If I'm lucky enough that they still have it when I go back (not next week I'm sure) then I'll have to buy it.

[Sue89]

That's it! That's the exact same color I have, too! Thanks for the link. It's nice to see what it's going to look like. Now I can't wait to get to work on it (but I will have to).

[Julie]

Yeah, that's probably the best color for me, too. ) The others I could see for my sister or niece but I just sent them scarves. I'm selfish, I know! :hee

[Guest pattym37]

Does anyones have any ideas on using this yarn? It is beautiful but my 8 and 10 yr. old granddaughters are having a hard time. Suggestions will be most appreciated.

Thank you!

[Julie]

My Wal-Mart had a free leaflet for a poncho made with the Tiki. They carried it with baby yarn and it's very cute. I checked on the RH site and they don't have it up yet. I'll try to grab one if you like and drop it in the mail for you.

[woolandflax]

Definately, it is much easier to work with if you use it along with another worsted weight or even sport weight yarn. I'm on my second project using the Tiki now and I just adore it, I'm so wanting them to make more colors though, I need some in purple and some in a bright red!! :)h It gives this wonderful shimmer to whatever you're making and is softer than I thought it would be.

 

~Rebecca

[emeraldmoon]

I saw it yesterday at Walmart, I didnt get any. There was also another tiki too, but it was more like the micro-spun.. I had no idea how much they were because they didnt have them marked and also there was no price sign hanging anywhere.. I will probably try to get one of each this weekend..

[Julie]

They were either $3.84 or $4.84 at my Walmart.

[Julie]

And it says on the label that one ball will make a scarf - the leaflet for the poncho called for 3 ball.