Sugar Cane

OMG.  Sugar cane yarn is the softest, smoothest, shiniest yarn in the whole wide world!  I can't find any manufacturing information on the interwebs, which only strengthens my initial feeling that it must be made with rainbows and fairies and unicorns and happiness.

My Sugar Cane Yarn:
My silver Araucania Ruca looks metallic.  But it's not.  It's 100% sugar cane. 

*This is the Periwinkle, not the Silver, but it's a good illustrator of the Shiny.

•  Texture: It's the softer, splittier cousin of cotton/seaweed/corn yarn baby.  5 Yarngasms.
• Durability: It's holding up after several wears.  I am a little worried about the snagging; catch it on anything and it shreds like cotton candy.  3.5 Yarngasms.
• Frogability: It's so pretty and delicate and lacking a lot of twist - it's not going to hold up to repeated froggings.  1.5 Yarngasms. 
• Drape: It shows off openwork like seaweed, but just a little lighter to wear.  It would be a really nice summer project yarn.  4.5 Yarngasms.

My Project:
The Ruca is a perfect yarn for a dressier project because of the Shiny.  I decided I needed a snazzy little cardi and found The Betty Minisweater.  I had never done a Roman Stripe stitch.  It was fun and the tiniest bit challenging. The stitch looks very similar to a crochet stitch, which means I get a lot of people asking about how I crocheted my sweater.  They are amazed when I explain that I did it with two pointy sticks.