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Posted by Georgia on November 10, 2006, 6:39 pm
OK, you're talking me into it: Here's the description:
"Soft, spongy bouclé yarns offer lightweight comfort to mid-calf socks. Knit
in a diamond Fair Isle pattern using an extra-fine wool blend. 57% Italian
wool/43% nylon. USA."
From the photograph they appear to have the same thickness as what I get on
#1 needles with that 75/25 yarn, though they appear to be a tighter gauge
than what I get.
Thanks!
Georgia
> >I wanted to buy some Fair Isle socks for DS--and yeah, $16 plus shipping
> >would be much less of an investment than the time it would take to knit
> >them--and I saw some in the Garnet Hill catalog. But they turned out to
be
> >43% nylon, and that seemed like too much. So I turned to Google...and
read 8
> >pages of results, which were almost completely about patterns for
knitting
> >your own. In fact, the only men's socks for sale on those pages turned
out
> >to be the Garnet Hill ones, and some that weren't even a Fair Isle
design.
> >Hmph! If I started now, I'm not even sure I could finish them by
Christmas.
>
> You might want to reconsider. The nylon will add durability.
>
> Looking at some vintage sock yarn, I find that 50-50 wool/nylon seemed to
> be quite standard. Modern sock yarn goes from 75-25 to 80-20, but it's
> also thicker. Does he like thick socks, or would he rather have thinner
> ones that fit into dress shoes?
>
> $16 for real Fair Isle is a bargain! If they're the specially dyed yarn
> that just vaguely resembles it, then it's not such a bargain, but still,
if
> they're good looking it's not impossibly high priced for a good wool
blend.
>
> =Tamar
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