By purchasing yarn from String Theory, you’re lifting up a number of small and female-owned businesses. We help women in Rwanda, who survived the genocide, educate a new generation. We help women in Uruguay find meaningful work without leaving their rural homes. We help a family in New Hampshire maintain a mill, a tradition spanning hundreds of years. We help restore the Patagonia Grasslands by encouraging sustainable farming.Every yarn we stock makes a positive impact.
Manos Silk Blend DK
$21.00
Soft and shiny, Silk Blend gives good stitch definition to cables and other texture patterns. Its jewel-like colors work beautifully in stranded colorwork designs.
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Fiber Content
70% extrafine merino wool, 30% silk -
Yardage
approx. 150 yds / 135 mts per 1.75 oz / 50 g -
Gauge
22 - 24 sts = 4" / 10 cm -
Needle Size
US 4 - 6 / 3.5 - 4.25 mm -
Care Instructions
Hand wash in cold water. Dry flat.
What you can make
- Sowerby Pullover - Manos Silk Blend + Cabrito
- Sara Basic Fingerless Mitts - free pattern
- Welted Fingerless Mitts - my absolute favorite mitt pattern
- Passe-partout - triangle shawl with different textures.
- Escama del Dragon - free cowl pattern that looks great with variegated yarn
Impact:
With each purchased skein of Manos del Uruguay yarn, you will be helping a woman to support her family. Each skein is signed, so you will know who made your yarn, and from which village it came. You will be supporting the hand-crafted rather than mass-produced, and contributing to an economy where the workers control of the means of production.