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\"\"<\/a>The temperature has begun to heat up in my California mountains, so I picked up a yarn that I knew would give a little less warmth then others in my stash. I chose a merino, linen blend yarn. This means that it has a fine, or soft, wool combined with a plant based fiber that has been around for thousands of years.<\/p>\n

Linen is created from the stalk of the flax plant. The stalk is essentially long strands that are held together by a \u201cglue\u201d that is created by the plant. The \u201cglue\u201d is dissolved, in years past it was done with a fermentation process, the stalk was placed in a watery solution and allowed to rot. This broke up the \u201cglue\u201d and allowed the long, fine strands to be gathered and spun into a yarn. Once it was turned into a yarn, it was called linen.<\/p>\n

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Milo by Manos del Uruguay<\/p><\/div>\n

There are certain characteristics with linen. It actually repels dirt and is stronger when wet. If it gets wet and dries quickly, but it does wrinkle easily. There is a particular luster quality, and is cool to the touch. This definitely fits the description of a summer yarn to me.<\/p>\n

The yarn I picked up was Milo by Manos Del Uruguay, it<\/a> is 65% merino and 35% linen. Offering a generous 380 yards\/350meters, for a 3.5 oz\/ 100 gram hank, in a super fine weight yarn. Honestly it does not remind me of a super fine weight, or lace, it seems to have a bit more body then that and I feel comfortable working it up on a 4-5mm crochet hook. It has a nice feel in the hand, and definitely has that \u201clinen luster\u201d quality.<\/p>\n

After washing it actually becomes softer, and I feel it will make a great shawl, but it could work into a nice camisole, or wrap. I think the fiber blend is really at a point of mutual benefit. The is just enough merino to allow for strength while being balanced with enough linen to give it a interesting and stand out quality. This one will do well on my hook and I look forward to seeing what it will become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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