1/8.5 Cotton Gima
Habu Textiles
Item #: A-174
Laceweight
Suggested needle size: US no. 1 - 3 for single strand
My Color: 13 SAX
My Source: The Knit Stop, Indianapolis, IN
Retail Price: $6.45/oz.
Stitch pattern: Openwork Edging, from Barbara Walker's First Treasury of Knitting Patterns (note: I executed this improperly, but the bottom repeat is what the edging should actually look like on a garment).
From the Habu Textiles website: "This is a cotton, which feels like paper. "Gima" literally means "fake linen" in Japanese. It feels like linen paper if you do not know it! Great to knit in single. Beautiful warp & weft yarn for weavers also. Looks beautiful in simple stokinette, but also great in seed stitch or just garter (very three dimentional). It may feel stiff in the beginning, but will soften greatly."
As they say, this does feel like linen, only not quite as hard textured. It did soften as I used it, but was rather stiff again after washing and blocking. It would work well as a lace item.
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