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cimoreneI bought some dk-weight alpaca-blend sock yarn from Norwegian brand Sandnes, and it's called Spøt.
SPØT!
My intuition that this sounds hilarious from the Swedish point of view as well was borne out by Wax's reaction. I tried an inter-scandi dictionary and wiktionary to no avail, but finally a text search turned up the info that "spøt" is Nynorsk (the less common (?) closer-to-traditional-less-modern (?) standard Norwegian - they have two) term for "knitted fabric".
ETA: Spøt produces an incredibly soft and squishy sock, in spite of 20% nylon. Alpaca's silkiness and airiness make it feel a bit fluffier and smoother on the skin than pure merino (it's 40/40), but the merino still provides that buttery, cushiony surface/density/springiness that merino is known for. These socks are great! I'm wishing I'd chosen a more basic pattern so I could finish them faster - I'm stuck doing cable twists on the front center motif now which is slowing me down since I have to check that I'm twisting the right direction and at the correct interval... I should've left the cable socks for Wax, who is so much faster than me, and just hurried through so I could be reveling in my new bluey Norwegian-fir-green heathery socks.
SPØT!
My intuition that this sounds hilarious from the Swedish point of view as well was borne out by Wax's reaction. I tried an inter-scandi dictionary and wiktionary to no avail, but finally a text search turned up the info that "spøt" is Nynorsk (the less common (?) closer-to-traditional-less-modern (?) standard Norwegian - they have two) term for "knitted fabric".
ETA: Spøt produces an incredibly soft and squishy sock, in spite of 20% nylon. Alpaca's silkiness and airiness make it feel a bit fluffier and smoother on the skin than pure merino (it's 40/40), but the merino still provides that buttery, cushiony surface/density/springiness that merino is known for. These socks are great! I'm wishing I'd chosen a more basic pattern so I could finish them faster - I'm stuck doing cable twists on the front center motif now which is slowing me down since I have to check that I'm twisting the right direction and at the correct interval... I should've left the cable socks for Wax, who is so much faster than me, and just hurried through so I could be reveling in my new bluey Norwegian-fir-green heathery socks.
