Bamboo Knitting Yarn
I’m going to have to plead ignorance here because I don’t have a clue about knitting. I don’t know how to knit and I don’t understand why people knit. Some of my best friends are hooked and love to tell me about the latest item they are making or some great yarn they bought, so I get that people are interested in knitting.
My only experience with knitting came from when I was very young, maybe six or seven, when my grandmother tried to teach me to knit. I’m left handed and my grandmother, who is right handed, thought it was best to teach me how to knit left handed. Is there even a difference? Anyway, she couldn’t do it and when I just tried to copy her she stopped me and insisted I should learn to do it the ‘left handed way’. So for her it was left handed or not at all. Well, it was not at all, thanks Nanna. I know she meant well but she’s never understood that I can do many things right handed as well as left, but anyway…
So I gather one of the keys to a great garment is the fibre. Shirts of Bamboo has a 100% bamboo fibre yarn which they claim is as soft as cashmere and silk but as durable as cotton. You can also put clothes made with this bamboo knitting yarn into the washing machine and dryer. That’s surprising; I would have thought hand washing knitted clothes was the way to go but I guess not.
This 100% bamboo yarn comes in the following colours:
- yellow
- black
- red
- white
- blue
- green
- natural (no dye)
Visit Shirts of Bamboo for more information.
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Amazing! I had no idea that bamboo could be made into fabric! What a versatile species it is.
I bought some bamboo yarn a few weeks ago. I didn’t know it was bamboo, I usually want something based on how it feels. It’s the softest yarn I ‘ve felt in a long time. I’m going to crochet a scarf.
jw
Glad you like it!