What could be more refreshing than a tall cool glass of milk? Imagine four easily recognizable words- homogenized, partly skimmed, and low-fat translating into a knitting yarn. It has been done with some pretty ingenious thinking, a swish of modern engineering and of course, plenty of green pastures filled with herds of grazing cows to start the whole milk ball rolling.
Cool Refreshing Milk
Somewhere along the way, Bamboo, Soy, Corn and other plant-based fibres emerged into the yarn industry as part of a new breed of bio-synthetics. Not far behind, another incredibly lustrous fibre materialized- this one is actually made from milk! First dehydrated and then skimmed, milk proteins are extracted and processed into something called a slurry, which is pumped through tiny holes of a spinnerette (think of a sieve). This produces fibre filaments which are spun into glossy fibre-
Diamond Yarn features eight delicious milky blends in the current collection, all smoothly stirred and ready for pouring onto the needles and knitting away.
CREAM FOR MILK by Rosarios- milk, cashmere and silk merge together in a worsted weight yarn available in six shades
LATTE by Ella Rae- microfibre, baby alpaca and milk sourced viscose come together in a chunky weight available in twenty colours
LECHE by Queensland Collection- extrafine merino, microfibre, milk and silk fused together in a worsted weight yarn available in twenty colours
MILK & HONEY by Viking Garn- cotton and milk combined in a double knitting weight in sixteen shades of variegated and solids
MILKY SOFT by Ella Rae- a fifty/fifty blend of milk and cotton in a double knitting weight available in twelve shades
MILKY WAY by Diamond Luxury Collection- viscose and milk together in a worsted weight tape yarn available in eleven shades
SILK 4 MILK by Rosarios- milk, silk and cashmere in a worsted weight yarn available in four variegated colours
SOLE LATTE by Rosarios- pure milk fibre in a worsted weight in seven variegated colours
Petula in Latte
Dip your needles into Latte from Ella Rae, a smooth chunky yarn made up of microfibre, baby alpaca and milk sourced viscose in a range of twenty tempting shades.
Viking Garn Book #903
Cosy and stylish in Milk & Honey from Viking Garn- here is a lightweight cardigan in a blend of milk sourced viscose and cotton, comfortable and incredibly tactile.
Cardigan in Leche
From Queensland Collection, an attractive contrast between texture and lace in a round neck cardigan knit in Leche- a worsted weight blend of microfibre, milk sourced viscose and silk available in twenty striking colours.
