Just a quickie post to show you my next Commuting, “Knit on the train” sock project.
I found a new yarn lurking on John Lewis’ shelves and had to give it a go. It’s Wendy “Happy” sock yarn. I think that is a terrible, cloyingly sugary name for sock yarn but maybe I just have no sole – that was a joke! Sole/Soul?? Taking about socks? Geddit???
I can hear my readership now, “Soul? Dunno. No sense of humour though!” 🙄
Here is the questionably named yarn.
It’s a 4ply and made up of 75% bamboo and 25% nylon. Don’t be put off by the nylon content – I know there are some “100% pure fibre only” purists out there – the nylon is necessary to make it hardwearing enough for socks. Importantly for me (and for Ben who has been know to destroy handknits by bunging them in the tumble dryer) it is machine washable and tumble dryable.
So what’s it like to knit with?
Soft and silky to the touch and gives excellent stitch definition. It is made up of 4 fine strands but doesn’t seem excessively “splitty” like some pure bamboo yarns.
I’ve not done much on the first sock (the plain boring Regia pattern again)
But here it is…
It’s feeling pretty special so far….
Good to know that this is nice yarn – I was tempted by some in my local John Lewis a few weeks ago – I think I may go back for it now!
I bought some of the same yarn, possibly even the same colour (also in John Lewis!) to make a summer top – just something plain, I thought. I can’t wear wool near my skin, and bamboo feels so pleasant, although 100% bamboo is the spawn of the devil because it stretches so much. I had to bin a newly-finished cardi last summer because it stretched so much despite careful handling. It’s interesting to see how the colours come out when knitted, so thank you for showing us your sock. Happy commuting!
Ooh cool I’ve been looking for a decent high bamboo content sock yarn.
Yep I agree “happy” does sound rather irritating. It’s like the result of something that’s been badly translate from chinese.
Thanks for sharing, this yarn looks lovely, great colours and your sock is looking good :o)
I’ve bought a ball too – check out my blog for the colourway – and hopefully soon a photo of the socks, which are underway.
I bought a ball of that recently, too – and I think the same colourway! (Scorpio) I think I’m going to enjoy knitting with it, and wearing the socks. I might even buy some more for (fingerless?) gloves.
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