Yarn of the Week 9-11-08

Yarn of the Week

This week’s yarn of the week is Cascade’s sock yarn Heritage and Heritage Paints. This is one of the most popular sock yarns we stock here at the store, and our customers knit a lot of socks! The Heritage yarn is springy without splitting as you knit it. It has a smooth feel and comes in over 30 gorgeous colors, both solid and variegated.

Heritage is made up of 75% Superwash Merino Wool and 25% Nylon. Superwash Wool is perfect for socks and is amazingly soft. The Nylon is added to the wool to keep the integrity of the garment. Many people used to knit a strand of Nylon along with their wool for socks so that the sock wouldn’t wear out with continued use. Now many sock yarns are a wool and nylon mix so you don’t have to knit with two strands of yarn.

The gauge for this yarn is fingering 7-8 stitches per inch on a US 2-3, though they also knit up quite well on a US 1. Remember to swatch for your gauge when knitting socks so they don’t turn out way too big or too small.

The yardage for this yarn is an amazing 437 yards, and you will not believe the low price for this yarn; come into the store to check it out!

Look for upcoming articles about knitting socks, one of our favorite projects!

Also as a bonus for today’s article, be sure to take a look at the fiber and gauge search on Cascade Yarn’s website. It’s very helpful when looking to make a particular project with Cascade’s amazing product range!