The beautiful organic cotton from Pakucho, via ecobutterfly, is on clearance, and marked down as far as I can mark it.
I have a swatch.
The Pakucho Organic Cotton is in the Moka Chocolate colorway. 100% Certified Organic Cotton, Sport Weight, 24 stitches and 36 rows to 4 inches with a 3.75 mm needle (US 5).
Left. Knit on size 4 KnitPicks circulars, 23.5 stitches to 4 inches, which is 5.875 stitches to the inch; the swatch measures 6.25 inches wide and 6 inches long, and has 37 stitches and 48 rows.
Right. Hand washed in Eucalan, it blocked out a bit larger than pre-blocking size, to 6 7/8” by 6”. It relaxed and squared up nicely. Gauge is now closer to 5 stitches per inch, which is a bit of a surprise.
The fabric is soft and supple; drapey, even. I’ve never blocked cotton before, and I’m pleased.
Currently I’m trying to knit a swatch with smaller size 3 needles, but it is heavy going. This cotton does not like the size three needles. Your mileage may vary! What I’m calling a size 3 is actually Kollage square 40″ circular needles. They measure as threes using any of my measuring devices.
Now that I have all these measurements and statistics, I am ready to try machine washing. Cold water first, then hot.