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Satin smooth single-ply fingering weight with nearly radiant plant-dyed color
Each packet of Habu Textiles 1/5 Silk Roving contains 77.5yd/0.5oz, 60% wool, 40% silk. We suggest 3mm/US 2 as a starting point for a standard stockinette fabric - for lace, choose your favorite size.
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If you've been looking for an especially elegant yarn, a yarn that combines inspiration with quality, lustre with strength and warmth, you've found it. Habu's 1/5 Silk Roving is so filled with possibility that it is almost magical.
Look at it. If you didn't know the fiber content, we feel certain you'd guess that it was 100% silk - how else to explain its perfect sheen and smoothness? (I know this to be true because this is what I thought when I first saw it, and I had the real thing in front of me!) But then, look closer. It has a loft and warmth that goes beyond silk, something that is explained once you learn it is made from 60% wool.
What you are seeing comes from extraordinarily careful fiber selection and preparation, from an exceedingly well-chosen twist for these partnered fibers, and from dye stuffs from Mother Nature's cupboard that lend their complex color in ways that are also soft and deep.
The result is a yarn that you can rejoice in using alone and also celebrate with other yarns to add contrasting textures and weights. What your heart can envision, this yarn can become.