Thursday, February 3, 2011

Sock Yarn

Everyone has a favorite type of project; the kind they find themselves coming back to time and time again. Some people primarily knit sweaters, others knit mittens or hats. A particularly avid group of knitters are sock lovers. They love the portability of the project, the quick gratification of completion (although let’s not get into second-sock-syndrome), and the multitude of possibilities in yarns and patterns. The other thing they have discovered? Hand-knit socks are very different from anything you can buy in a store. They are so much better – custom-fit, warmth, breathability, and whatever color/pattern suits your style. There really is no substitute!

To fill the dreams and busy hands of sock knitters, we stock a huge variety of sock yarn for your pleasure.


Here’s a list of fingering weight sock yarn in house today:

Adirondack Silky Sock
Alpaca with at Twist Socrates

Berroco Comfort Sock

Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine
Cascadae Heritage

Cascade Heritage Paints

Cestari 2-ply Sock

Cherry Tree Hill Fingerpaints

Claudia Hand-painted Yarns Fingering Weight

Conjoined Creations Flatfeet

Crystal Palace Mini Mochi

Crystal Palace Panda Cotton

Crystal Palace Panda Silk

Crystal Palace Panda Soy

Dream in Color Dream Club Starry

Dream in Color Knitosophy
Dream in Color Smooshy

Dream in Color Starry

Fleece Artist Merino 2/6

Frogtree Pediboo

Handmaiden Casbah

Jawoll

Jawoll Aktion

Koigu

Louet Gems Fingering

Malabrigo Sock

Mountain Colors Bearfoot
Mountain Colors Crazyfoot

Opal Hundertwaffer

Pico Accuardi Dyeworks

Plymouth Sockotta
Prism Saki

Regia 4-ply Sock

Regia Flusi

Regia Hand-dye Effect
Regia World Ball Color

ShiBui

Skacel Flying Saucer

Skacel Fortissima Mexiko Cotton Stretch

Skacel Sockina

SkacelTrekking XXL

Twisted Sisters Petite Voodoo

Is this enough sock yarn for you? No, because we have another great one coming soon…madelinetosh tosh sock. This lovely 100% superwash merino comes in “luscious glazed solid colorways”. We’re looking forward to tosh sock’s arrival. But, we obviously have a lot of choices to keep us busy while we wait!