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    Targhee Sock | Wardrobe Essentials colorways

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    This might become your favorite fingering weight yarn.

    Targhee Sock is a bit different than what you’ll find at most hand-dyers’ studios.

    This yarn is a plush, worsted-spun American Targhee wool that creates fabric with body and bounce. Colors on it are matte rather than glossy, and speckles are a bit muted.

    It's a perfect choice for nearly any lightweight sweaters, for colorwork, and especially for socks and shawls.

    Targhee Sock is a robust fingering weight yarn. It works best for items where you want body, rather than drape. Think: socks, hats, snuggly shawls.

     

    Yarn specifications

    Targhee Sock
    90% superwash Targhee wool & 10% nylon
    465 yards | 115 grams
    3-ply construction
    superwash

    Gauge
    My ideal sweater gauge for Targhee Sock is 24 to 26 sts to 4 inches, which I usually achieve on a US size 3 or 4 needle (3.25 to 3.5 mm)

    My ideal sock gauge for Targhee Sock is 32 sts to 4 inches, which I achieve with a size 2.25mm needle.

    Provenance
    American grown and spun

    Why I love Targhee wool

    Targhee wool is a spectacular fiber that makes full-bodied, durable, warm, and beautiful sweaters. I dye a sock weight and a worsted weight.

    Things to know about Targhee:

    • It's hard-wearing and next-to-skin soft.

    • Dye colors look softer and more muted.

    • It has body (rather than drape).

    • It's "sticky" which makes it perfect for colorwork.

    Targhee is one of the newer sheep breeds and its wool is three-quarters fine wool (like merino) and one-quarter long wool. The long wool reduces pilling and the fine wool makes it next-to-skin soft.

    Read more about the Targhee sheep's fascinating history here.

    Do you need to alternate skeins?

    For socks, no. For garments and shawls that use more than one skein, yes. All of my yarn is dyed by hand in small batches of four skeins. There will be variations in color intensity and placement. I think that’s part of what makes each skein perfect – they’re not identical. If you will be using more than 1 skein in your project, alternate skeins to blend any color differences.

    Caring for your finished item

    My yarn should always be hand-washed with a gentle wool wash and cold-water rinse.

    Depending on the difference in chemistry between your local water and mine, there may be some color residue in the wash process. Washing and rinsing in cold water will help to minimize this.

    Always let your knitted item air dry to prevent shrinking or felting and to keep your item looking its best.

    Customer Reviews

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    Em
    Gorgeous Yarn

    Love the color and yarn base. I had trouble choosing just one so I selected three colors.

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    TD
    Another Beautiful Skein!

    This was my chosen color for a recent Beatrix Box, and I loved it so much that I ordered a third skein so that I could make a garment. The skeins are so subtly speckled and absolutely gorgeous in hue. It is always a treat to receive yarn from Little Skein!

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    Holly
    Beautiful

    This yarn is so soft and takes color beautifully. Pictures don't do it justice, even though they're great!

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    Angela
    Gorgeous!

    I’m in love with this yarn base, and Anne’s colors are so beautiful! The tonality is so gentle and pretty and the speckling is masterful! This base makes truly magical socks, but this color might need to be a hat. Decisions decisions!

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    Angela
    Lovely color and beautiful base

    I’m got 2 skeins if Targhee Sock in the Fog colorway in a Beatrix Box, and fell in love! I had to cast on the Nourish Shawl which takes both skeins, but I wanted socks in this color too so I ordered some more. Grey is my favorite color, and this is a good grey! It’s tonal, but very gently so. It’s a very soothing shade.