{"id":5638,"date":"2020-11-28T08:28:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T07:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=5638"},"modified":"2020-11-28T08:37:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T07:37:02","slug":"blending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/blending\/","title":{"rendered":"Blending"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m not very fond of knitting socks. Yet socks are quite essential. I’m definitely not fond of plastic in sock yarn. Yet a strong fiber is quite practical to prevent holes in the socks. Fortunately, there are other strong fibers than plastic. This is the story of a simple blending process that hopefully will result in durable socks in natural materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A small scale sample yarn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On my 2019 wool journey<\/a> I experimented with a sock yarn where I blended rya lamb’s wool and adult mohair. I ended up with a strong 3-ply sock yarn sample. I started out with 6 + 4 grams of fiber, which did help me find a process and a suitable yarn for socks, but in a very small scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n