I try to use merino wool and nylon yarn to knit socks. But I have also used 100 % nylon and it seems to work well also. Now I'm noticing lots of other materials like polymide or "poly" something-or-other in yarns, silk and bamboo in sock yarns. Can any of you give me your opinion on using any of these types of yarns to make socks? I always try to use Fine, Fingering, or Sport, #2 size yarn. This size fits into my shoes better, and, of course, the shoes of those I give them to.
difference in nylon, acrylic and polymide?
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Polyamide is NOT the same as nylon! They have different names because they're different fibers. They have different chemical make-ups and are different structurally and functionally. Every one of the fibers mentioned so far is different from all the others. That's why they have different names.Passionetta said:
What they have in common is that they're all fibers.
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That would explain why wool, silk and nylon can all be dyed with acid dyes, but you need special dyes for all other synthetics.Conchalea said:
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Not all of us had a course in chemistry.
I didn't.
I've tried to learn it from books, but most of what is available is textbooks, and they do what I call "talking to themselves."
"Talking to yourself" is when you know the subject well, but leave out important basic parts because they're SO basic that on a subconscious level, you expect everyone to already know them. Like leaving out a discussion of the effects of gravity on an instruction to pour something into a container.
Whatever they left out of those books, it turned the rest of it into gobbledygook. I suppose it's OK for textbooks to do that because they assume they'll be used in a classroom and you can ask the teacher.
I did love the discussion on how amino acids polymerize into long chains that sometimes cross-link in ways that form tiny machines that do things. It sounds like nature has already made it's own nanobots.
I didn't.
I've tried to learn it from books, but most of what is available is textbooks, and they do what I call "talking to themselves."
"Talking to yourself" is when you know the subject well, but leave out important basic parts because they're SO basic that on a subconscious level, you expect everyone to already know them. Like leaving out a discussion of the effects of gravity on an instruction to pour something into a container.
Whatever they left out of those books, it turned the rest of it into gobbledygook. I suppose it's OK for textbooks to do that because they assume they'll be used in a classroom and you can ask the teacher.
I did love the discussion on how amino acids polymerize into long chains that sometimes cross-link in ways that form tiny machines that do things. It sounds like nature has already made it's own nanobots.
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