Mauka
Price range: 21,50 € through 34,00 €
Fluffy and satiny
This yarn is made from 70% kid mohair from South Africa and 30% tussah silk from China. Renowned for its softness and incomparable finesse, kid mohair is harvested from young Angora goats. Combined with wool or silk, it allows for the creation of soft pieces, a true haven of softness!
Mohair provides a vaporous appearance enhanced by the shine and luminosity of silk. This precious and subtle reflection gives a particular depth to the colors. This yarn will allow you to create magnificent soft and light pieces. Knitted alone, it is perfect for making sweaters, vests, shawls and winter accessories. It will also bring additional softness and a beautiful halo to a piece made in duo with a lace or fingering wool yarn, or even DK for warm and cozy accessories like a hat for example.
Particularly volatile, it is not recommended for baby clothes. Furthermore, we recommend that beginners choose a thicker, more defined yarn that will enhance the visibility of the stitches. Mauka is aimed at experienced knitters who want to create refined knits that are both warm and very light, as well as very delicate and feminine pieces or lace.
Features
Natural fiber color or hand dyed
Composition: 70% kid mohair – 30% tussah silk
Weight: approximately 100 g
Length: approximately 300 m
Sample 10 cm x 10 cm: 23 stitches x 30 rows
Recommended needle size: 3 – 3.5
Women's size 38 sweater: 5 skeins ±
Typology: Fingering – Sock
2-ply yarn, spun in South Africa
No primer or softener. Untreated Super Wash
Packaged in skein or ball (optional)
Uses
Fil de demi-saison, fil d’hiver, tricot, crochet, fil simple ou doublé, sans traitement.
What is a Fingering / Sock type yarn?
A great classic in the world of knitting for delicate style creations. Perfect for a large number of projects, fingering is suitable for light and fine sweaters, vests and shawls as well as for baby clothes and accessories. Neither too thick nor too warm, it has a perfect finish for textures. The skeins are between 350 and 400m for 100g. The yarn is fine and can be knitted with 2.25mm to 3.25mm needles or 2.25mm to 3.5mm hooks. This is the ideal yarn weight for making socks and mittens. If you are looking for a "sock yarn", choose one that contains ramie (replaces nylon) to reinforce its strength, especially at the heels and toes.
Maintenance tips
To care for naturally dyed fibers:
– Wash and rinse your item carefully by hand, separately, in water at 30°C maximum.
– Use an organic vegetable soap or a mild natural detergent, neutral pH. A few drops of organic baby shampoo without soap will also take care of the wool and the color.
The use of soap or detergent with a pH that is too high, vinegar, baking soda, etc. is to be avoided, as this would permanently affect the color.
– Do not wring. Dry flat (to avoid deforming your work) away from direct sunlight.
We recommend using Eucalan detergent available in our shop, haberdashery section.
Informations
Bath
We dye small quantities of yarn at a time. All skeins sold under the same reference come from the same batch. As this is an artisanal work, there may however be slight variations in shades between these skeins.
Each batch is unique, it is impossible to obtain exactly the same shade from one batch to another. Remember to alternate the skeins in your projects and make sure to order enough yarn for your project.
Don't worry
Despite numerous rinses and careful washing in the workshop, some colors (especially the most intense ones) may still slightly stain your hands when making your work or color the water when you care for it. This is simply excess dye, the final result will not be affected. There may also sometimes be a little plant powder stuck to the fibers that will come off on its own.
Colors, photographs and screens
Particular care is taken in the production of photographs to be as close as possible to real colors. But natural colors have rich and subtle tones that computer screens (computers, tablets, smartphones) cannot reproduce. The perception of colors can therefore vary depending on the screen, sometimes creating a slight discrepancy with the real color of the object.
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