Tussah Tweed from BC Garn

Tussah Tweed

from BC Garn
Light Fingering ?
273 yards
(250 meters)
50 grams
(1.76 ounces)
24.0 to 32.0 sts
= 4 inches
US 1½ - 2½ or 2.5 - 3mm
100% Silk - Tussah
plied, tweedy
Color: Tweed
Dye: Machine dyed
Put up: Winding required
Source of fiber: Italy
Milled: Italy

Tussah Tweed is an exciting and exclusive yarn with fine tweed nepsies and a very interesting stitch definition. It is processed from the cocons of wild butterflies which are allowed to flee the cocon before it is processed into silk. Thus Tussah Tweed can be called a “cruelty-free silk”. Tussah Tweed is very stable and feels a bit rough at the beginning, but gets softer and softer the more you wash and wear it. For this reason, it is not only suitable for hand knitting, but also for the knitting machine, for weaving and embroidery.

popular colorways

1 F Tt

33 stashed

41 projects

2 Tt

55 stashed

75 projects

3 F Tt

38 stashed

38 projects

4 F Tt

26 stashed

22 projects

5 F Tt

50 stashed

71 projects

8 Tt

20 stashed

19 projects

9 Tt

37 stashed

38 projects

10 Royal Ocean

77 stashed

95 projects

11 F Tt

20 stashed

18 projects

12

27 stashed

34 projects

13 F Tt

36 stashed

31 projects

14 F Tt

28 stashed

33 projects

16 Ftt

33 stashed

28 projects

17

33 stashed

47 projects

19 Tt

40 stashed

57 projects

20

44 stashed

36 projects

21 F Tt

18 stashed

18 projects

22

33 stashed

32 projects

24

26 stashed

24 projects

26 Moosgruen

22 stashed

24 projects

29 F Tt

35 stashed

45 projects

30 Ftt

54 stashed

58 projects

31 F Tt

53 stashed

59 projects

32 Berry Cream

39 stashed

56 projects

35

32 stashed

51 projects

38

21 stashed

20 projects

41 F Tt

42 stashed

31 projects

45 F Tt

21 stashed

23 projects

46 F Tt

33 stashed

36 projects

49 F

11 stashed

21 projects

Blue

15 stashed

31 projects

Pink

25 stashed

39 projects