Do You Have a Folio?

The title page of
the Shakespeare
First Folio, 1623

If you're wondering, the word 'folio' has several meanings -- but all of them involve books and printing.

Most simply, a folio is a way to arrange sheets of paper or pages into a book.  Each sheet is folded only once.  

Alternatively, a folio could consist of one or more full sheets of paper, on which four pages of text are printed -- two per side.

However you slice it, it seems that a folio is a collection of pages -- and sometimes that collection is in and of itself a collection.  To whit: the Gutenberg Bible and Shakespeare's First Folio -- or collection -- of plays.

Or perhaps it's just your personal collection of knitting and/or crochet patterns -- particularly if (like me) you're "Old School" and don't carry them around in digital format on an iPad or on your 'phone.

I'm not sure that a digital format can be referred to as a 'folio', because the pages aren't actually printed.  But perhaps that's just splitting hairs.

However you collect them, if you are a yarn-crafter you are sure to have a "folio" of patterns somewhere.  Even if you design your own, they're best written down so they can be proof-read, followed, shared, sold (or purchased) and collected -- whether in a binder somewhere in your home, or on a bookshelf, in an online file of pdf documents, or in your Ravelry digital "library".

Almost a month ago, Yours Truly wrote a post in this space about the names that yarn companies sometimes choose for their yarns.  

Sometimes, those names make perfect sense.  Sometimes...we don't 'get it'.

That might be said of the yarn we've chosen for this week's Super Special.

For whatever reason, the Good Folks at Berroco named it "Folio" and "Folio Color".  It's 65% alpaca and 35% Rayon/Viscose.

It's a lovely double-knit (#3 US) weight that's meant to be hand washed and dried flat.

It has beautiful drape for lacy shawls, but also works for hats, scarves, cowls and tops.

None of this seems to have anything to do with books or printing -- except that you could, if you so wished, print up to fourteen pages worth of pattern ideas for it.  That would yield several 'folios' for your personal collection, and keep you busy enjoying this yarn for...well...a long, long time.

And at the Super Special Sale price (75% off!)...why not?

Berroco Folio and Folio Color

50 grams = 200 metres (219 yards)

65% Alpaca

35% Rayon/Viscose

Regular Price: $12.00

Sale Price: $3.00!

and - 12 minutes later it's ALL GONE!
Last week's sale will replace this week's sale
so you get another chance at the poor little orphans that need a home!

*Written by Margaret, who's been collecting knitting patterns for so long that her "folios" encompass several binders...but we won't go there, will we?!  😉