Good Quality non-Wool sock yarn

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Permalink Reply by Florence A. Carlisle on March 1, 2010 at 6:04am

Cascade Fixation is a great cotton yarn. I have knit a lot of socks from that yarn. It is $3. to $5. a ball. It take a ball for ea. sock.
I have found it online and also at LYS's.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Bibeault on March 2, 2010 at 8:11am

The Bamboo yarn sounds great, is it only available online or do some LYS's carry it?

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Permalink Reply by Florence A. Carlisle on March 2, 2010 at 10:25am

Thanks for the heads up on the bamboo sock yarn. I went into that site & ordered some. A knitter can't have to much sock yarn ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Florence A. Carlisle on March 2, 2010 at 12:37pm

Well, I do go into the LYS more than I should. I teach for them so I do have a little of an excuss. Yes I did get more than one ;-). I also ordered a beginner qrochet book from them.
I have a lot of sock yarn because socks are my thing. I will post them when I get them off of the needles. I think I will make that my signature ( Knit from your stash) LOL

Knit from your stash ;-)
Florence

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Permalink Reply by Lauri Slaybaugh on March 3, 2010 at 8:46am

what is LYS?

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Permalink Reply by Florence A. Carlisle on March 3, 2010 at 9:32am

Sorry, LYS is 'Local Yarn Shop'.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Burnett on March 2, 2010 at 2:27pm

I'm so glad that someone suggested the bamboo sock yarn! It is great stuff.

I actually second the Cascade Fixation as well. If you have never used it, it has "stretch". It is really incredible. You knit up the sock and then it stretches much like those "magic mittens" you can buy anywhere. You know, the tiny ones that fit everyone. Fixation does something really similar to this. You get a great fit because of the stretch conforming to your foot.

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