Sock String - CHERRY

Description

Listing is for two skeins.

Fingering
75% Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon
4-ply
approx. 231 yards per skein

Gauge: 7-8 sts per inch using size 1-3 (2.25-3.25mm) needles

This yarn is so thin, it reminds me of string, and it's not as soft as our SoftSock. Self-patterning. It's machine-washable, but I would strongly suggest gentle hand-washing; lay flat to dry or block as needed.

Each skein of yarn that I dye is in a one-of-a-kind colorway unless I do two or three skeins at once using the same method for each.

Most of them are dyed using Jacquard acid dyes, but I will also use Wilton's icing colors or Kool-Aid (or a combination of two or three of those) to get the colors and/or effects that I want to achieve.

There are also a variety of hand-dyeing techniques and methods that I employ to create my yarn colors, but my preferred method is kettle-dyeing. I love the subtle variation of color and the gentle blending of the various shades that can be achieved with this method.

Yarns can be wound into center-pull cakes before shipping if preferred.

If you have any questions or ideas (thoughts, criticisms, praise), please leave me a message and I'll reply as soon as I can. Thanks for looking!

Added on Sep 17, 2009