BASES


 

Note: All blends that contain yak start out brown and is overdyed, which changes the shade.

Singles

AQUAE | 100% SUPERWASH MERINO | SINGLE PLY SOCK WEIGHT | APPROX. 575 YARDS / 115 GRAMS | 8-10 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 1-3 

AETHER | 70% SUPERWASH MERINO, 30% SILK | SINGLE PLY SOCK WEIGHT | APPROX. 438 YARDS / 100 GRAMS | 8-10 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 1-3 

EOS | 65% SUPERWASH MERINO, 15% YAK, 20% SILK | SINGLE PLY SOCK WEIGHT| APPROX. 520 YARDS / 120 GRAMS | 8-10 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 1-3 

Sock Weight

AURAI | 70% SUPERWASH MERINO, 20% YAK, 10% NYLON | 3-PLY SOCK WEIGHT | APPROX. 437 YARDS / 100 GRAMS | 8-10 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 1-3

EPONYMOUS SOCK|  | 100% SUPERWASH MERINO | 2-PLY SOCK WEIGHT | APPROX. 400 YARDS / 100 GRAMS | 7-8 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 1-3 

TERRA SOCK | 75% SUPERWASH MERINO, 25% NYLON | 3-PLY SOCK WEIGHT | APPROX. 463 YARDS / 100 GRAMS | 8-10 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 1-3 

GLITZ | 75% SUPERWASH MERINO, 20% NYLON, 5% SILVER STELLINA | 2-PLY SOCK WEIGHT | APPROX. 438 YARDS / 100 GRAMS | 8-10 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 1-3 

DK and Worsted

CHIONE DK | 100% SUPERWASH MERINO | 4-PLY DK WEIGHT | APPROX. 250 YARDS / 115 GRAMS | 5-6 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 5-7

HELIOS | 60% SUPERWASH MERINO, 20% YAK, 20% SILK | 3-PLY SOCK WEIGHT | APPROX. 380-400 YARDS / 90-100 GRAMS | 8-10 STITCHES PER INCH ON US 1-3 

CARE INSTRUCTIONS

FIBER

These are not colorways. They are dyed 2-4 at a time and when I'm out I'm out. You may be to order something similar in the future.

My fiber comes in 3 base types - they are no longer organic after I've dyed them as I use acid dyes.

1) Sustainable Falkland Merino, Organic Polwarth and blends

2) Underused breed specific fibers and blends - historically cream colored merino has been highly prized and grey and brown fibers are underappreciated outside of the handspinning community

3) Farm direct fibers from the Pacific Northwest and Northern California

Right now these include

  • MIXED COLOR BLUE FACED LEICESTER | 100% TWO TONE FACE LEICESTER (has both dark and light streaks)
  • SUPERWASH TARGHEE | 100% SUPERWASH TARGHEE (a breed developed for the pacific northwest)
  • RAMBOUILLET | 100% RAMBOUILLET (easily obtained from Northern California)

I may from time to have something else that needed dyeing up before I started this policy.

 CARE INSTRUCTIONS