The Tradition
Day 19 is called Volcancitos and the tradition comes from El Salvador. These are small fireworks in the shape of a cone (or Volcano!) which are lit, and grow from a small sparkler-type display to a larger eruption. They're very popular with children... we have no idea why! There are no laws in El Salvador regarding the buying and selling of fireworks so anyone can buy them and set them off, including children and they can be set off anywhere and everywhere and at anytime. There are a lot of accidents and fatalities around the use of fireworks but they are still unregulated.
The Fibre
The actual fibre content is 75% Merino (Begonia, Loganberry, Pumpkin, Sunset, Gooseberry, Buttercup), 25% Rainbow Trilobal Nylon. This is a blend of Merino and Nylon that is very very volcano like and it does look quite a bit like a firework. We've blended a few different orange shades of our 23 micron Merino here and the Nylon in this is a Rainbow Nylon so the shine that you're getting is actually multiple different colours of the Rainbow Nylon coming through. Because you've got Nylon in it you can use it for a sock yarn, it will be hard wearing. This is more of a traditional Merino and Nylon blend that people have come to know. It is lovely and soft and the 23 micron Merino is next to skin soft and the Nylon does not detract from this at all. As you pull it apart you can see all the different shades coming through mimicking all the little explosive colours from these Volcanitos apart from one, which is not quite as hot and a lot less interesting.
My Thoughts
I like this one. It's quite soft and with the nylon content this could be a great sock yarn, not that I knit socks! My immediate thought was that this one might work well with the one a few days ago for the Festival of the Rooster, the colours are somewhat similar to some degree. I'm not sure if that is what I will do but it might be an option. The camera on my phone captured the colours reasonably well at the time but my proper Canon camera has done a much better job.
The information that has been printed on the bags is not always correct and there are no fibre content percentages, these have been provided on the chat boards. The percentages that they gave on the chat boards seem to be correct today.
What I have done with my bags is to write the actual fibre content on the bag using a gold gel pen in the gap immediately below the printed details, pretty much the only thing that will show up on black are the metallic gel pens. This is why I have not taken "new" photos of the bags.
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