cowgirlblues Proper Sock

Proper Sock is a yarn designed specifically for making everyday wearable socks. With 25% nylon it’s durable. And the 75% wool gives a beautifully soft feel. Hand knit socks have seen a huge revival recently. It’s a profound act of love to knit someone a pair. They won’t care if you use shorties, the magic loop, or good old-fashioned double pointed needles. As long as you knit them. So grab a good pattern and get going!

• 100 grams/385 yards (approximately)
• 75% South African Superwash Wool, 25% Nylon
• 3-ply fingering weight
• hand-dyed, variegated
  
• Recommended needle size:  US 2/2.75mm

20 gram mini-skeins for heels & toes also available.

cowgirlblues is a Cape Town-based dye house and design studio specializing in South African wool and mohair created and run by Bridget Henderson.  

South Africa is the second most unequal society in the world (according to the World Bank’s country ranking. The unemployment rate is approx. 29%, although in many areas it’s higher than this. We have many problems with our basic education system, and the historical inequality of our apartheid political system means that people of colour are disproportionately affected. When I started out, I did all the work myself, and I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty doing whatever is required.  As the business has grown, I have been able to employ people and my obvious choice has been to create jobs for unemployed women of colour. It is incredibly empowering to be able to work and support your family.  And I think it has been a liberating process for all of us. It is going to take a long time to create a truly equal society here in South Africa, and all we can do is take it one step at a time.

As an educationally and economically empowered person I feel it is my civic duty to make a contribution to changing our society. Creating jobs and empowering all the women who work for me is the best way I can do that at the moment.