MISSONI Shanghai Yarn by Filatura di Crosa, made in Italy.
Color 205, lot 405.
147 yards, 50 grams/1.75 oz per ball.
Gauge: 16 st, 24 rows per 4 inches using 5 - 5.5 metric needles.
51% Cotton, 34% Silk, 15% polyamid Blend. Handwash recommended on label.
The color is an attractive, sophisticated, muted blend of creams, pale yellows and pale slate blues, twisted with a single dark thread. The texture is firm and slightly nubbly.
This would probably make a fantastic summer scarf or enhance a sock project.
Discontinued many years ago even before Missoni got out of the retail yarn business. It probably wasn't real common even then...
Color 205, lot 405.
147 yards, 50 grams/1.75 oz per ball.
Gauge: 16 st, 24 rows per 4 inches using 5 - 5.5 metric needles.
51% Cotton, 34% Silk, 15% polyamid Blend. Handwash recommended on label.
The color is an attractive, sophisticated, muted blend of creams, pale yellows and pale slate blues, twisted with a single dark thread. The texture is firm and slightly nubbly.
This would probably make a fantastic summer scarf or enhance a sock project.
Discontinued many years ago even before Missoni got out of the retail yarn business. It probably wasn't real common even then...
Some time in the late 1990s I purchased three balls of this stuff on whim at NYC yarn shop that sold a lot of high-end yarns and frequently discounted out-of-season or discontinued items. I liked buying a little of this and a little of that, figuring eventually I'd knit something striped or block-intarsia or whatever...never did, of course. They ended up staying in the yarn bag, quietly doing no harm, until I unearthed them the other day.
They may yet end up in my ebay store, or I may fondly keep them for their inspirational quality.
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I am looking for just one ball of Missoni Elba colour 609 to finish a project - does anyone know where I may get one?
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