Nimbus Self Striping Sock from Trailing Clouds

Nimbus Self Striping Sock

from Trailing Clouds
Light Fingering ?
465 yards
(425 meters)
100 grams
(3.53 ounces)
28.0 to 32.0 sts
= 4 inches
US 0 - 2½ or 2 - 3mm
75% Wool - Bluefaced Leicester (BFL)
25% Manufactured Fibers - Nylon / Polyamide
plied
yes
Care: Superwash
Color: Self-striping
Dye: Hand dyed

Nimbus is a delightful base for comfortable, durable socks. A light fingering weight, there are 425m (464 yards) of yarn in a 100g skein. The composition is 75% British superwash Bluefaced Leicester wool, and 25% nylon.

The Nimbus base yarn was formerly known as Mind the Gap, after one of the most popular colorways.

popular colorways

Alma

16 stashed

5 projects

Bergman

11 stashed

6 projects

Blithe

23 stashed

15 projects

Candy Girl

9 stashed

6 projects

Catch Me If You Knit

9 stashed

3 projects

Colette

10 stashed

6 projects

Darling

10 stashed

13 projects

Duchess

17 stashed

11 projects

Funny Peculiar

18 stashed

4 projects

Juno

7 stashed

7 projects

Lipstick Powder Paint

9 stashed

4 projects

Lolalegs

14 stashed

14 projects

London Underground

18 stashed

29 projects

Meandering

9 stashed

4 projects

Mind The Gap

741 stashed

879 projects

Pompadour

23 stashed

16 projects

Primary Secondary

47 stashed

29 projects

Southwold

8 stashed

6 projects