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Nylon – Fake Cashmere (Top)
Nylon – Fake Cashmere (Top)
100% Nylon. Extremely clean combed top, possibly the whitest fibre we carry. Staple length is about 3 to 4 inches which makes this top-notch for blending with almost anything. Few would spin Nylon all by itself, but it has a great reputation for adding strength and durability to other fibres, especially when spinning yarns for socks. This is a fine grade that you won't even notice when blended in at a rate of 20 to 25% or so, by weight. Surprisingly, Nylon dyes beautifully with acid dyes. It also takes natural dyes well using the usual premordant methods for protein fibres. We love the moniker of "Fake Cashmere", but your fingers will never confuse it from the real thing. It feels more like those puffs they stick inside pill bottles. Maybe it is.
$3.50 – $27.00 Select options
Sock Blend – Superwash BFL/Nylon Top
Sock Blend – Superwash BFL/Nylon Top
80% Superwash Blue-faced Leicester wool / 20% Nylon Not suitable for wet felting!! Very clean combed top. Staple length around 5 to 6 inches. BFL is not as soft as Merino, but has excellent durability in a sock yarn. Spin Off Magazine did a whole sock issue a couple of years ago and BFL was the winner so far as the best choice for spinning your own sock yarn. We have the mill custom-blend this for us, to save you from having to do the tedious job of combining wool and nylon together in a thorough way. This dyes up beautifully, either before or after spinning. The ovory-white colour is also real nice just as it comes. Would also be a good choice for kid's clothing. PRODUCT of CANADA, made from imported fibre.
$6.00 – $46.31 Select options
Sock Blend – Superwash Merino/Nylon Top
Sock Blend – Superwash Merino/Nylon Top
80% Superwash Merino wool / 20% Nylon Very clean combed top. Staple length is around 4 inches. Like our BFL/Nylon blend, we have the mill do this up for us because it's an ideal no-brainer blend for spinning sock yarn. Takes dye beautifully, though the natural creamy-white is also lovely. White nylon is a pain to thoroughly blend into white fibre, so we've already had it done for you. Not suitable for wet felting. PRODUCT of CANADA, made from imported fibre.
$6.00 – $46.31 Select options
Socky-Talky Antique Bottle
Socky-Talky Antique Bottle
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

A tone-on-tone semi-solid, in medium and soft teal... that blue-green tone that is hard to describe. Some call it bottle green.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Bachelor’s Button
Socky-Talky Bachelor’s Button
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon. A close-to-solid in medium cornflower blue. PRODUCT of CANADA
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Socky-Talky Black Spruce
Price per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon. A semi-solid of deep and murky blackened olive-green with highlights of smoky sage green. PRODUCT of CANADA
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Socky-Talky Blackberry Wine
Socky-Talky Blackberry Wine
Price per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

Deep and rich beet-red is overlaid with black. Almost the colour of the local Thimbleberries, a type of blackberry grown here in Niagara.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Blueberry Cobbler
Socky-Talky Blueberry Cobbler
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

Customers seem to love this colourway no matter what base we dye it on. A medium cornflower-blue base is streaked and splashed with violet and grape-juice purple. Random-dyed, no predictable repeat.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Bluestone
Socky-Talky Bluestone
Price per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

Not as close to "Denim Jacket" as it looks, this is a medium-soft blue overlaid with black for a very moody, broody sort of effect. We did it to expand our range of "guy colours" and it's real handsome.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Bumblebee
Socky-Talky Bumblebee
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

Haven't we all wanted to knit bumblebee socks?? Glowing yellow is combined with black - well, really a deep midnight green but it looks black from 5 feet away. Not self-striping like a wasp, this will more likely pool like the patterning on a fuzzy bumblebee.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Citrus Zest
Socky-Talky Citrus Zest
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

Streaked throughout in a blend of lemon, orange and grapefruit. Looks smashing with a blue or purple companion yarn! Random-dyed, no predictable repeat.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Confused Hydrangea
Socky-Talky Confused Hydrangea
Price per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

Somewhat striping with soft pink and blue, streaked here and there with mauve, rose, violet, pale pink and a touch of white. When Hydrangeas are grown in neutral or slightly acidic soil sometimes they can't decide if they are pink or blue so they're somewhere in the middle.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Ink Blot
Socky-Talky Ink Blot
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

We like this colourway so much, we're now dyeing it on anything and everything! A rich sapphire-blue ground is overlaid in inky violet purple. Random-dyed, no repeat. We developed this colourway for Sherri Bondy's Jordan Scarf.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Leapin’ Lime
Socky-Talky Leapin’ Lime
Price per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

Bright chartreuse is overlaid with screaming lime green. This makes our "Lime Fizz" look like a pastel. Absolutely amazing combined with "Blackberry Wine".

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Loaded Hotdog
Socky-Talky Loaded Hotdog
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

A lively colourway, one of our originals that we've brought back again after a wee break. Mustardy yellow to chartreuse is splashed with relish green and ketchup red, just like a messy hotdog. Random-dyed, no predictable repeat.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Rose-of-Sharon
Socky-Talky Rose-of-Sharon
Price per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

Alan plopped a flower on the kitchen counter and asked me if I could dye it, so I did... pretty much nailed it too! A base of lavender-rose is splotched with deep raspberry, exactly like the flower.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Scottish Heather
Socky-Talky Scottish Heather
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

A tone-on-tone semi-solid, in rich lavender-wine with softer streaks. We developed this colourway for Sherri Bondy's Jordan Scarf.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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Socky-Talky Sweet Potato Curry
Socky-Talky Sweet Potato Curry
Price is per skein, approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 389m (426yd). 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon.

A sister colourway to Loaded Hotdog, but oddly enough using three completely different dyes. Yam-orange is streaked with spinach green and red-hot pepper. This is one of John's very favourites to dye. Random-dyed, no predictable repeat.

PRODUCT of CANADA

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