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• Manufacturer: [Mango Moon]?
• Composition: 100% recycled silk
• Cost: about £11 for a 150 yard/140g skein (April 2007)
• Stockists: Loop

Made in Nepal from recycled sari silk. Knits on needles of about 5mm. Every skein is different. It's a very inflexible yarn, like knitting with thick cotton. But it's beautiful.

Gauge results:

• Kake gets 14cm = 22 st, 30 rows (10cm = 15.5st, 21.5 rows) in stocking stitch on 5mm needles.

Patterns:

• Kake's Recycled Silk Scarf — uses two skeins of Mango Moon silk
• Mango Moon shrug — uses 1 skein Mango Moon silk or rayon plus 400 yards/100g fingering weight kid mohair
• Unbiased bag
• Himalayan silk pillow — crochet
• Sari silk journal cover — uses about 50g of recycled silk yarn
• Lapel flower — uses about 25g of recycled silk yarn
• Triangular tote — PDF pattern, photo — uses 400g/330-360 yards of recycled Himalayan silk
• Various patterns on the manufacturer's website
• Various patterns from a stockist

See Also: Yarns