This probably isn’t something new to some of you. But it is to me! Nancy hauls tons of stuff to the meeting for us to go through and purchase.
This little item caught my eyes:
It’s TOFUtsies! (Better pictures here.)The name caught my attention. It is sock yarn in a blend of 50% Superwash Wool, 25% Soysilk Fiber, 22.5% Cotton and 2.5% Chitin. Chitin? What the?!? Chitin, made from shrimp and crab shells! Wow! And why would you put that in yarn? It’s antibacterial, that’s why. Good for the feet. I just had to get it because it is just so weird and fun! Plus it feels very soft. Cool to the touch. Probably good for Summer. 100g ball, 463 yards for $15. Not too bad. It won’t smell like seafood, will it? 
that is hilarious. who’d knew?!?! i would have picked it up just for the sake of it too.
Don’t leave them in the scorching sun for long
You never know…
I’ve heard some good things about the yarn, the way it feels, and of course I asked them about ‘scent’ when it was wet and there were no real complaints BUT both women found knots in their ball of yarn, both wrote the company and are being sent new yarn…hopefully yours will be knotless. (they each paid 18.00 for theirs and felt at that price….. no knots) I’ll be looking forward to hearing what you think of this yarn.
It does leave a little “salty” odor on your hands, but I didn’t notice that the skein actually smelled.
The color you show is the color I bought and that skein had 2 breaks and a misspun area. The replacement skein (in black/brown/ivory) had one break.
It does knit up wonderfully soft and stretchy. However, the number of flaws in the skein will keep me from buying anymore unless they turn out to be the most hard wearing, beautiful socks I’ve ever worn.