Silk Blends

Bamboo, Camel and Yak

 

 

Silk/Bamboo - An innovative yarn combination of 60% silk and 40% bamboo that is a natural waxen moonglow shade.  This yarn drapes beautifully and has wonderful stitch definition.  It has 512 yards per ounce and the skeins vary in size from 3 to 3.5 ounces. 

Recommended needle size single strand - hand knitters size 0000-2 USA needles or 1mm to 3mm needles.  Unless a machine knitter has a fine gauge machine, I do not recommend this yarn for machine knitting. 

Price - $6.00 per ounce

The skeins vary in weight, so please mail me at Dimity@aol.com for price info.

 

 

Silk/Yak - From the plateaus of Tibet comes this most exotic of fibers – a fine yarn blend of 55% silk and 45% yak. The yarn is a natural dark taupe with a silken sheen. This lace weight yarn has 475 yards per ounce – almost cobweb weight – and is on skeins that weigh approximately 3.5 ounces.

Recommended needle size single strand - hand knitters size 0000-3 USA needles or (2mm to 3.25mm needles), machine knitters tension 4 with 2 strands on a 4.5mm machine. 

Price - $7.15 per ounce    

Sale price $6.50 an ounce + free shipping till 11/20/09 or current inventory is sold.

The skeins vary in weight, so please mail me at Dimity@aol.com for price info.

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