Showing posts with label bamboo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bamboo. Show all posts

Thursday, June 11, 2009

happy socks


These are for Elizabeth when she comes home from her stay in Adelaide.


They're knitted in Wendy's Happy which is 100% bamboo the label says (though the website says 75% bamboo and 25% nylon...)
It seems an incongruous gift for a farmer but I will tell her she must see what the opposition is doing - and maybe she'll plant bamboos instead of running sheep.

It's a soft, silky yarn and knits up beautifully - as long as you don't drop a stitch or split the yarn. Any dropped stitch slithers away and is diabolical to pick up again and the yarn splits into 5 little filaments, each of which waves in its own direction.

I'm going to stick to wool in future: I have ordered wool for the next 3 pairs of socks, though there are 2 balls of Maizey awaiting their turn and that's made from corn.