Luna linen/silk | fingering weight

A lustrous yarn that makes every day things better

Luna linen/silk is an unusual blend of linen (plant fiber) and silk (protein fiber). It's dense and soft, drapey and sturdy, all at the same time. I've never known a yarn like this. In fingering weight, it makes filmy soft fabric that flows around your body. In worsted weight, it makes a plush fabric that's heavier but somehow also cooling.

For Lather washcloths, Luna makes the kind of Very Special Thing that becomes a gift: for a new baby, for a treasured friend, for yourself. It's the good china and the fancy napkins, but in something as homey as a washcloth.

I used my own 25g skein of fingering weight for one color, and a worsted weight for the second color. I made two cloths and still had plenty of my fingering weight yarn remaining. (My cloths are about 8 by 6 inches, and I used a US size 5 needle. If I was using Luna fingering by itself, I would use a 2.25 mm needle. This yarn feels closer to laceweight than fingering when working with it.)

Fiber: 65% silk, 35% linen
Yardage: ~120 yards (110 m) per 25g quarer-skein
Structure: 3-ply

Colorways:

• Molly (earthy brown-pink)
• Moonlight (creamy silver with gold dots)
• Raii (electric green)
• Tea Rose (light, clear pink)
• Wolf Moon (light brown-grey)