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Hand Painted Tencel
Hand Painted Tencel - a
laceweight yarn (32 WPI) with saturated color, the high sheen and hand
of silk without the price!
Put-up is in two sizes: a
8 oz./1680 yd. skein,
ample yardage for a laceweight shawl and a
1.5 oz./325 yd. skein for smaller projects.
Yarn spun from 8/2 Tencel fiber
is a natural yarn manufactured from wood by-products in an environmentally friendly method. Tencel has a heavy drape, wonderful sheen
and silky hand and natural, cool comfort of cotton. When finished it
has a peach fuzz-type appearance and hand.
Tencel is equally
suited for weaving, knitting and crocheting. Weave a scarf
or shawl with this yarn and receive "the weaver's handshake!"
Suggested weaving sett is 20-30 EPI. Use one of the complementary mill dyed
colors in
8/2 tencel for weft. Knitted stitches
over lace average from 6-1/2-7 per inch on a size 5 U.S. needle.
I've not crocheted with this yarn but many have with dramatic
results.
See
chart
located with large skeins for weaving project yarn requirements. For more
tips on weaving with tencel see
Issue
#4 of
Heritage Yarns Newsletter.
See
Tencel Facts for
other nice-to-know things about tencel.
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