Sirdar Baby Bamboo

Anna · Sirdar Baby Bamboo

My LYS has just got some of this in and it's [i]gorgeous[i] I haven't knitted with it so have no idea what it's like to knit with, but here are some initial observations. It isn't a tape yarn like the other bamboo yarns around at the moment (which I know puts some people off), it's lovely and soft to handle, it has a sheen reminiscent of silk, the colours are divine and it doesn't look as if it will split or unravel when being knitted. Even better it has a bog-standard DK tension, so will knit to any DK pattern.

I'm torn between knitting something from the The Most Luxurious Sublime Hand Knit Book or using it to knit Ivy. The Sublime tension is identical, whereas the Ivy would require swatching, so I'm leaning towards a Sublime pattern. Decisions, decisions, what to choose hmmm.......

pictish

Thanks for that Anna Wink

- I think I will be trying this soon. I'm glad it's not a tape yarn Cool

cazzie

Sounds lovely Very Happy

Might try it for DD...

gilraen

DK.............Vanessa in Bamboo?.........mmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds like a plan Wink

Thanks.

franney

I totally agree, i was cooooing over it yesterday and the colours really are gorgeous and they all go together really well too Smile

loobyj

I really didn't need a rave review for it. Laughing

I've been drooling over the colours on the GK site and in the back of my mind thought that some of the colours would look fab as a little granny square blanket.

And now you've said it's lovely. Rolling Eyes

Just a thought - do they sell Sirdar in Hobbycraft, I know they've got Sublime which is part of Sirdar isn't it?

lj

Cathie

I've been drooling over that as well, I wanted to make my friends little one something out of it but the pattern book wasn't in stock. Soon as it's in I'm going to indulge as my little ones are in the size range as well.

Cathie

gilraen

Could you sub this for RYC soft Bamboo? I'm hopeless at working this out Embarassed

RYC Bamboo Soft £3.95

This yarn is 100% bamboo and is extremely soft. Patterns for it can be found in RYC Classic Nature.

Tension: 25 sts, 30 rows, 10cm.

Needle size: 3.75mm/9UK/5US

Meterage: 102m (112yds)/50g ball

Composition: 100% Bamboo

Sirdar Baby Bamboo DK £2.90

Baby Bamboo is Sirdar's new, incredibly soft double knitting yarn. Made from natural bamboo and wool, it is perfect for wearing next to a baby's delicate skin. It is a true double knitting yarn so it will knit to all Sirdar DK patterns.

Needles: 4mm (UK8, US6)

Tension: 22sts, 28 rows, 10cm.

Content: 80% bamboo, 20% wool.

Ball size: 50g, approx 95m.

pictish

You MIGHT be able to if you used the Sirdar on 3.75 or 3.5mm Cool

gilraen

Worth buying one to try then Wink

thanks

pictish

Definitely cos that would save a fortune Cool

gilraen

Especially if you needed 17 balls of RYC Bamboo Soft Rolling Eyes

Fi

Might have a fondle tomorrow if lys has any in.

pictish

Aha I think I now the one you're planning then - it doesn't have floppy sleeves by any chance does it?? Wink

gilraen

Well Kathryn has me hooked Embarassed

http://kathrynsknitting.blogspot.com/

pictish

It's a LOVELY pattern and I have it in last months SK I think it was. I love that colour too.

Jo028

Just to let any potential purchasers know, Em's Stitches have now got this in stock at £2.42 per ball with free postage Very Happy

http://www.ems-stitches.co.uk/shop/index.php?cat_id=172

pictish

Oh no

*tries to forget she saw that*

Anna

I got some of this (in lilac) from my lys. £2.50 a ball and I get 10% discount when I buy it on a Wednesday evening, at my sewing class - plus a £10 gift voucher I was saving from Christmas until I found something I really liked. All in all quite a bargain! The only drawback is that I have to wait until they next place an order with their supplier, as I wanted more than they had in stock Sad

Still, it gives me chance to finish my current project!

Jo028

Anna, that is a bargain Very Happy

I've been stalking Em's every day & finally they have it!

loobyj

Pah - I'd already got some from GK. And it's lovely, though possibly a bit splitty! And I'm already a third of the way through a crochet blanket cos it's so lovely to work with. And soft and sheeny. And did I mention lovely?! Very Happy

lj

gilraen

I swatched this and some RYC to check my tension. On my Addi 3.75mm I get the same tension stitch wise but one more row than the RYC. That said I really want to knit it in RYC now I've swatched. Smile

Jo028

Gilrean, have you tried the shop Ali mentioned that's closing down, they might have some left & everything's half price?

pictish

I know they had some RYC stuff but I didn't ask about the bamboo.

gilraen

Thanks I'll look Smile

Jo028

I think you have to phone them for orders & their email was up the swanny yesterday, they'd had 138 emails in & it had crashed!

gilraen

Thanks, I'll wait until next month before ordering. I've got to 'pace' myself Wink

I went a little 'mad' over the weekend............ Embarassed

pictish

Are you going to tell us 'how'? Laughing

gilraen

I went to a real live yarn shop with rows of Lion and Lamb............I'm so weak!

I also got Tofutusies and Nancy Bush's Knitting on the Road. Embarassed

pictish

Lion and Lamb in a SHOP!!!!! Shocked

Oh my goodness - I understand now Wink

gilraen

I knew a knitter would understand...............I bought 4 skeins of Motherlode..... Smile

pictish

Just had to say that I got one ball of the Baby Bamboo today - I really MUST stop going to the Sirdar shop in my break Rolling Eyes

- and it is incredibly nice to knit with - it is very soft and has a very silky feel and a slight sheen to it. It's 80% bamboo and 20% wool and the colours I saw were all very pretty muted pastels. The patterns are only baby ones but you can knit it to any Sirdar DK pattern.

I really didn't want to know this at the start of my stashalong Shocked

loobyj

It is lovely... I'm crocheting a granny square blanket in Babe, Willow and whatever the pale blue's called. All 48 squares done over the weekend, just have to finish edging them in cream and sew it all together. To give it a bit more drape I've used a 4.5mm hook.

Am wondering about making Tahoe from the latest Knitty in it - stitch tension is the same as the DB Cathay and the row tension slightly less, but the pattern knits it to a looser tension anyway.

lj

pictish

That'll be gorgeous I bet lj - looking forward to seeing it. And I think Tahoe will work well with the bamboo too. I'm looking around at patterns this morning but am on this stashalong now Twisted Evil

Jo028

Right, I give up, I've got to get some of this, I want to make this from the Luxury soft cotton book. I want to see the colours before I order it though Very Happy

pictish

I was looking at that one this morning Wink

I don't think you'll be disappointed with the colours Jo they are gorgeous - I got a ball of the pink - Babe Razz

craftylady

Ooooh, I've got to get some of this quickly. The other thread about Sirdar selling off their yarns division is making me jumpy, I'd hate not to get some of this, I've got it lined up for Martha in the Sublime Angora book.

pictish

I know - I'm getting all worried about this and the Sublime going now Rolling Eyes

Jo028

Maybe I should wait for their sales to start then Wink

pictish

I'm surprised you haven't found a supply yet on ebay.de Laughing

Jo028

LOL! if it's made in Italy, it may well turn up at Hartmuths!

pictish

Ah well it's made in China Shocked

so maybe not Sad

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Jo028

I got some! I managed to narrow it down to 2 colours & had the darker pink, but I've now got to get the other one aswell - the ming blue. How lovely is it? I've had to put it away, it nearly unwrapped itself & cast-on, all by itself!

pictish

Isn't it just BEAUTIFUL Jo Cool

I nearly went to my little wool shop after work but it was raining Rolling Eyes

How can you be on a stashalong when there is lovely stuff like that coming out Laughing

mogiebear

I'm waiting for" Ming" too! It was a difficult choice colourwise, they all look nice.

Jo028

I nearly tore the poor woman's arm off in Cucumberpatch, she was walking to the display to put it out, it had literally just been delivered!

franney

I was playing with some today in my LYS, she'd had a delivery of some knitted-up garments from Sirdar and among them was a hooded cardigan in baby bamboo, it's sooooooo beautiful knitted up, and the construction of the cardigan is fantastic, we had it inside out and were admiring the seams on the sleeves and how tidy the edge was where the colours were carried up Rolling Eyes

Anyway, i

it and i also love all the colours and would love to have a baby to knit for with some Very Happy

loobyj

Hopefully be some pics of my blanket after the weekend - in sleepy blue, babe and willow edged with cream. Think it will be yummy and soft and snuggly.

lj

craftylady

franney

adee

this stuff is just gorgeous to knit with! I made a baby hat with an i-cord knot at the top (trying to avoid calling it an umbilical cord hat lol it makes me feel sick Rolling Eyes

) and it was so soft and lush

Glynis

I was within a whisker of buying some for my mother to knit with, but chickened out.
(Sorry poultry owners, but you know what I mean Smile

) The reason being that I thought it might prove to be a bit splitty, especially with her hands being a bit stiff these days.

jessica

I bought some Bamboo and Silk mix from Hartmuth for baby things it is so lovely and really soft. I have also knitted Leaf from Sublime that i also got from them and it is really lovely. I did however sub the hems with seed stitch cos I thought the picot edge hem was a bit bulky.