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General Info BMFA yarn question…..
Notorious Sock Knitters | February 07, 2008
I was just wondering……I was looking around on the web site, and I notice that none of the heavier weight yarns that they sell are superwash. (Or none that I saw anyhow, am I missing something?) So….I got to thinking about why. Is this because there is no market for it? Or does making it superwash somehow compromise the quality of the yarn? I was just thinking ahead to some projects I’d like to make, but I would really prefer to use superwash yarn. I didn’t see anywhere on the web site to provide feedback directly back to them. Any thoughts?
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As an example Twisted is a heavier weight yarn that is 1/3 superwash and 2/3 straight merino. With it you can see the difference between dye takeup for untreated merino and superwash. There is a big difference in how they take up which dyes. That’s a quick and dirty “why” however Tina is the one in the know. Market share is also a Tina question. But in my opinion one of the reasons is that BMFA is a small company and may not be big enough yet to have all yarns for all projects. They are adding things but last I heard there was only Tina and one other person doing the dyeing for everything. Adding a yarn probably adds a lot more work than they can produce at this time.
For feedback you can use the “contact” button at the top of this page or there is a similar button on the BMFA website called “support” that gives you the phone #’s and e-mail address. I’ll leave the more complete answer to Tina. Happy Knitting, Alice
The Socks that Rock Heavyweight is out heaviest superwash yarn. This is true for several reasons. One of which is there are just sooo many lovely yarns I want to be a part of the bmfa line up and so little time. The other issue is that heavier yarns come in bigger hanks from the mill and it is a lot harder to get the dye all the way through in an appealing way on a large superwash hank. Superwash changes how the dyes is taken up and honestly it changes from batch to batch. So really just a business decision based on ease of production and usage.
We actually did have one awhile ago (Worsted Wear) that I liked quite a bit and am considering bringing back.
There is a Support heading on the website where you can contact us directly.
Hope that answers your question.
Thanks, good info! I will try some feedback. -a
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