Daruma's GENMOU is a 3-ply 100% merino wool yarn, with a ply of untwisted, carded wool, while the others are thin tightly-spun threads that holds the wool together. This unique construction makes the yarn airy and extremely light, while at the same time, makes the yarn wavy and resulting knit fabric very smooth. It is DK weight, warm, and great for wraps, garments and accessories.
使用針：棒針6～8号・かぎ針7/0～7.5/0号標準ゲージ：19～21目・27～30段（メリヤス編）
日本製 made in Japan
羊毛に少し撚りをかけただけのウール100％の毛糸。原毛の風合いに近いのでとてもふわふわとして柔らかく、軽く編みあがります。 カラフルな差し色カラーもあるので、編み込み模様の作品づくりでも色合せを楽しんでいただけます。
The texture of GENMOU is very light and airy and surprisingly looses volume when you knit it up due to the untwisted nature of its fibres. It's very soft to touch and I really admire the colour selection despite only coming in 23 colourways.Check out the product page for GENMOU here.
Hello,Thanks for taking the time to read this blog post!I thought I'd take this opportunity to introduce myself properly and the idea behind 'The Yarn Archive / 针织产品' and how this project has taken over my life (in the best way possible) the past few months.My name is Cindy and I'm a British Born Chinese, daughter to a first generation immigrant family, My parents migrated to the UK from South China during their late teens and met here before starting a family. Whilst my Mum had the support of her family as they migrated together as a unit, my Dad came to England solo so he had little support when he first stepped foot into the county. Representation for my cultural roots and hertiage is something that I'm passionate about, especially when I feel like there's a lack of that here in the UK.
As for why I've decided to create 'The Yarn Archive', it all started off with a discussion with my Mum. She's an avid crocheter and was asking me for recommendations on Chinese or other Asian-branded yarns to try, and that's when I realised I couldn've name one singular brand off the top of my head. Curious, I started researching if these sorts of brands are even available here in Europe and that's when I noticed the lack that there weren't many options to choose from, if any.That's when 'The Yarn Archive' was born. I wanted to raise awareness around the diverse range of Asian-rooted fibres that have not been discovered here in the West. From thorough research, there were so many unique brands that created such beautiful fibres and I thought it would a shame for it to be only experienced by knitters in Asia.
For the next few weeks, I started to work on this website from scratch and ordered samples from various brands from China, Japan and South Korea. My time would be split between market research, learning how to build a website on Shopify and contacting different brands to learn more about their products. A lot of time was also spent on testing and swatching different yarns ranging from Tibetan Yak to the most random combination of materials. It was exciting to play and experiement with so many different brands, motivating me further to make this project possible.
After a lot of experimenting (and budget constraints), I finally settled on first doing a soft launch of under 20 products to see what the reception will be like. I'm a little nervous on how you guys will respond to the yarn brands I've curated but I'm also confident that you'll enjoy what will be avaialble so far!As always, I'm grateful for all the support so far and I hope you continue to join me in the journey to champion and discover new yarns from Asia and beyond!Love,Cindy
