From "Retropioneers" on eBay:
Brunswick Sayelle, Bulky Yarn 3 Skeins ++ Vintage
This yarn is so cool. It is a bulky yarn from Brunswick. There are three (3) skeins, each is 100 yards, 2 ounces. There is also an extra ball which weighs 1 ounce, so it's probably about 50 yards. This is a bulky yarn. The color is a beautiful forest green. The labels on the skeins say "100% Orlon Acrylic."
Sayelle is an older name for duPont's orlon fiber. Some yarn companies still make orlon acrylic yarns, such as Red Heart and Caron. I still mentally associate these yarns with Woolworths, and groovy 1970s "ombre" color combinations (we call them multis now), and learning to crochet floppy hats and afghans. It's a bit crunchy, I think, a bit scratchy and stiff to work with. Still, I've got crochet medallions made from my very first skein of purple ombre and they look pretty good! (Well relatively to the color & texture.)
Most of the "orlon sayelle" stuff around seems to be vintage skeins dug out of closets and attics and posted for internet sale...most modern yarns just say "acrylic."
Thank you muchly for use of your description and picture, Retropioneers!
3 comments:
might you have any Germantown on hand, I have a friend who is short one skein. She is using Saffron, but would consider another color in despiration.
need 323 Candy pink (Sayelle) yarn.
lot is 94391 c
net wt 4 oz
also states "Art.T- 303 if that helps
I need Lion Brand Sayelle #245 springtime ombre. jlcookaz@cableone.net
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