Summer Yarn 🧶Tips & Tricks for Knitting with Cotton, Linen & Silk

[@Belenshares]

Thank you for posting this video. I was about to buy cotton merino blend for my summer yarn, and you have made me change my mind up. I used to live in Maryland and now I live in Southern California where the summer extends all the way till the end of October. I will be looking now into a cotton, linen, silk blend of some sort.

[@edinacole6382]

For the past few months I have been knitting with cotton/cashmere yarns from several companies and absolutely love them. While they arent great for summer, they are great for winter in my warmer climate. I get the best of both worlds with this blend and a very happy

[@Practically_Inspired]

Love this! I made a top that I love from Quince and Co sparrow linen. Doesn’t get wrinkly like a woven linen. Made another top from WAK Pima cotton, it’s nice, but worsted weight is warm even in cotton. Trying Purl Soho Cattail silk now. Magpie Equinox sport is very high on my list of yarns to try soon. Love the wash ability of these summer fibers.

[@judithtaylor6916]

Appreciate feedback after washing if your knit when completed.

[@dorothyrainey1141]

Thanks for the info! I need to adjust my knitting because I moved from the northeast to the south!

[@Janknitz1]

I made a jacket for my daughter of KnitPicks Lindy Chain. It was hard to get tension right and felt like knitting with wire, but softened like butter after washing. Knit back and forth with no seaming. No bias noted. Tip: make a large swatch and HANG your swatch for a week or so. It grows in length. It got 30% longer!!! I accounted for that and the jacket was just the right length.

[@knitgirl.7676]

I also live in MD - close-in DC burbs. I simply can’t wear any of these fibers in the summers here. I also spend a lot of time in a second home in the Outer Banks of NC- even worse. I got over the wrinkles in woven linen years ago - most of my summer clothing are linen. I do like these fibers in the spring and the fall. Good tips for knitting with them. Also, I am a big fan of Sandnes Garn Line. It is a good mix, easy on the hands and affordable.

[@lovemesomeslippers]

Now that I have a lot of linen I can’t go back! It’s steamy in summer where I am so have of the wrinkles drop anyway.

[@laetitias2312]

Thank for the info! Enjoy your weekend

[@uteburragekruse9767]

Schachenmayer Alva is a lovely wool, silk and cotton blend. Thanks for the video, very interesting ❤

[@mimarimani]

Ooh, just the kind of info I've been looking for, thank you :)

[@MediaPeruanaKnits]

Love to hear that!

[@artandbooks5850]

Thank you! Good info.

[@MediaPeruanaKnits]

Happy knitting!

[@shannonelliott9230]

Linen sounds a bit like hemp.