{"id":2288,"date":"2015-03-29T22:35:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T02:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2015-03-29T22:35:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T02:35:32","slug":"yarn-review-crystal-palace-panda-silk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/yarn-review-crystal-palace-panda-silk\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarn Review: Crystal Palace Panda Silk"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2289\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image_medium2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2289 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image_medium2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Crystal Palace Panda Silk\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crystal Palace Panda Silk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crystal Palace Panda Silk<\/p>\n<p>52% bamboo, 43% machine washable Merino wool, 5% combed silk<\/p>\n<p>204 yds\/50 gr.<\/p>\n<p>Gauge (sts. \/ inch): 7<\/p>\n<p>US Needle: 1<\/p>\n<p>Fingering (27-32 sts\/4 in)<\/p>\n<p>Machine Wash<\/p>\n<p>The bamboo gives a great feel and a luster, the wool gives a soft feeling core and the combed silk gives it sheen and strength.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.straw.com\/cpy\/yarns\/pandasilk-card.html<\/p>\n<p>I like this yarn.\u00a0 2 of the 3 fibers are very renewable. It&#8217;s got a nice soft feel and it&#8217;s a very smooth knit.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not very far into my first project with this yarn, but so far it&#8217;s been a good knit.\u00a0 There is no splitting in the yarn and it creates a nice flat fabric.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure once I get further in the piece will have a lovely drape.<\/p>\n<p>I am using one of the darker colors &#8211; Morgan Green.\u00a0 And I did notice that there was some dye on my fingers.\u00a0 So I would suggest care in wetting and washing as there will be some bleeding.\u00a0 And that is my only complaint.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2290\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2290\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image_medium2a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2290 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image_medium2a-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"image_medium2aCrystal Palace Panda Silk - Morgan Green\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crystal Palace Panda Silk &#8211; Morgan Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I will use this yarn again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crystal Palace Panda Silk 52% bamboo, 43% machine washable Merino wool, 5% combed silk 204 yds\/50 gr. Gauge (sts. \/ inch): 7 US Needle: 1 Fingering (27-32 sts\/4 in) Machine Wash The bamboo gives a great feel and a luster, the wool gives a soft feeling core and the combed silk gives it sheen and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216,232],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2288","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-knitting","7":"category-reviews","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taciej.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}