Yarns to Love
4 Words for You: Laneras Secretos Sock Yarn
We introduce this yarn today as our Spirit Of RhinebeckTM Brand-New Amazingly Special Yarn.
Discovering a yarn is one of the most wonderful things about knitting.
Today, we shine the ol’ MDK flashlight on a new sock yarn—and by new I mean did not exist until the past year.
It comes from a pair of people who are working hard at Laneras Yarn Co.
We met Nikki and Jay in June, where they presided over a technicolor dreamworld of color at the big yarn trade show. Once we started talking with them, we learned a lot.
We learned that Jay grew up in Uruguay, where he attended farming school and learned to care for sheep. Now in southern California, he and Nikki have built a collaboration with a masterful yarnmaker who operates one of the finest mills in Uruguay.
They develop their own yarn bases.
The wool is from Uruguay.
Nikki and Jay dye all their yarns by hand in small batches.
We learned that Secretos Sock is a yarn with four plies: three spun with an S twist, one with a Z twist. The energy this creates means that Secretos Sock has a delicious bounce to it.
Secretos Sock is all wool, no synthetics. It is superwash.
We learned that we had to add Secretos Sock to the MDK Shop.
And now, it’s here.
For Socks, and for Pretty Much Anything
We picked this palette for its deep, rich colors.
We have a riot of color in our other MDK Shop sock yarns, so this set of colors is what we call Calm. Serene. Meditative. These colors will lower your blood pressure by ten points. They’re for the sock wearer who wants socks that are mostly one color. You know: people like Hubbo. And, sometimes, me.
But socks are only the most obvious thing to make with this yarn. When our shipment arrived, we saw big batches of each color. Clearly, Secretos Sock will make absolutely glorious pullovers, accessories, anything where you’re after a deep, saturated vibe.
Maybe you don’t go to fiber festivals. Maybe the scent of kettle corn sets off the wheezing. Maybe you’re enjoying a bright October day in the comfort of your home. We’d be delighted to lob a skein or two of Secretos Sock in your direction, if you’re looking for a discovery and a new yarn to love.
We hope you can tell how excited we are about this yarn. We’re resisting the urge to put exclamation points all over the place.
Your writing never fails to delight me, educate me, and inspire me too! Thanks for this article.
The colors are so yummy. Thanks for this new yarn!
It’s beautiful! How many yards/skein?
Nvm – I found it! 440 yds – nice! Thinking of Joji’s new Cedar sweater in that yummy gold color
And I thought I had all the sock yarn I’d ever need.
Ha! Is that even a thing? Enough sock yarn.
Oh, those colors! I swoon.
Busy swooning over my Moose On the Loose that just arrived!
I really liked these colors so I went to their website. Wow! Stunning colorways.
Thanks for the info that they have more colors! I missed out on Rhinebeck from MDK so I took a look. Hopefully Kay and Ann continue to stock this yarn, and maybe even get additional colors— Grindylow, Fergus, Poet, Sequoia, and Infamous stood out to me in particular.
It is dangerous to discover new yarns, but so much fun!
omg i met them and their yarn at stitches west! their sock was on display but not for sale yet so drooling was the only option. so so happy you found each other!
Interested in learning more about how they mixed S and Z twisted plies? I don’t understand how the yarn stays together if they aren’t single-spun in one direction and then plied in the other?
No idea how they did it but if you look at the close up photos you can spot the strand with the opposite twist. It sort of stands up a tiny bit above the other plies. Looks as if the knitted fabric would have a bit more texture than with a yarn where all the strands have the same twist.
Gorgeous colors! Kay will have a hard time deciding which to use for the next collection of haute couture for Olive!
OK, so there is never a time when I am not “after a deep saturated vibe.” Those deep, glow-y jewel-y colors suck me in every time, especially in person, at a Fiber Fest. And I love green. Given all that, it was probably inevitable that the vibrant “Gillyweed” green color would jump out at me. I only had eyes for it…until I clicked on your shop link. Wow. Wow! WOW!! Each and every color is absolutely stunning!
yes. that green. totally agree.
Translation of Vrinda Pada? I found:
— Vṛnda (वृन्द).—a. Many, numerous.
— Pada (Foot) Pāda is the Sanskrit term for “foot”, with derived meanings “step, stride; footprint, trace; vestige, mark”
Soooo, could it be that this is sock yarn named “many feet?”!!!
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I have never been a sock knitter. A few pairs and MEH. But as the yarns become more incredible, I am knitting a pair for a special friend and I am enjoying the process.
I only knit for very special people because of the time, the expense and this friend could not be any more special. When my daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in 1992, she was the first person to call because I had a 4 year old son who needed to be picked up at school. She has a son who is profoundly disabled and I was able to knit mittens that would stay on his hands as he has no muscle tone.
I’m so grateful that I can knit and show my love for special people in a unique manner.
Love the lush colors and the Harry Potter references.
Well dang! Looked yesterday and was thinking Rhinebeck + Avatar would be perfect for a colorwork sweater, Norui, that I’ve had on my list for a while. Alas, Rhinebeck is already gone! I hope you all will restock it— what a beautiful combination of reds and golds.
However, there are so many beautiful shades of this yarn! I decided to go with Always and Gillyweed as I love purple and green together.