Can someone help me find the right yarn?

Brown Sheep Cotton Fine. 80/20 cotton/wool. Google is your friend.

I already Googled for "blue cotton yarn" and "cotton worsted yarn" as well as checking a number of places I know of that sell lots of different kinds of yarn to see what they had. (Didn't check Ebay, because it's murder hunting for a particular color)

If I had seen cotton/wool yarn, I would have bypassed it, anyway. I don't know if my son is going to want cotton/wool when the temps get over 100 here. Isn't that going to be a bit warm in the heat, or does that small amount of wool not make a difference.

I use Cotton Fine for socks, which I wear in 115F temps in Texas - my feet sweat less in Cotton Fine socks than they do in wool/nylon blend socks. If you don't mention the wool content he won't notice it.

There are plenty of places around that sell Brown Sheep. Googling for "Brown Sheep Cotton Fine" ought to find at least a couple with some of the blues on hand.

That's good information to know -- I am a relatively new knitter and would never have guessed. Thanks!

The best Summer threads is now Bamboo , but not for socks ,,, Ps a bit of wool in socks is good for the feet and does NOT make them sweat more ,,,,, Best anti sweat thing is Good washing with anti septic soap ,,, mirjam

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply spun a FINE 'yarn': ~~snipped~~

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Years ago one of my aunts knit a pair of wool socks for my Dad. He couldn't wear them at all. In fact he couldn't wear anything wool (someone also gave him a sweater once) because he would break out in a rash and itch like crazy. The doctor told him he was allergic to wool and to avoid it like the plague. The sweater was given away, I wore the socks a few times then packed them away in a drawer because I prefer to be barefoot or in sandals more than anything else... and I came to the conclusion a long time ago that I don't particularly like the feel of wool against my bare skin anyway (one of my sisters can't stand the feel of flannel... so to each his/her own). However, my son now wears the wool socks in the winter. Those things have a life of their own... they have to be at least thirty years old now and still in perfect condition. :o)

*hugs* Gemini

You might look at Elann as they have a couple of kinds of cotton yarn at reasonable prices. Go to

and then look their own brand yarns. You can also go to their product page and click on yarn and then sort by fiber to get all of the cottons they have. I noticed a cotton sport weight yarn called Lara that had three blues. They sell discounted yarn -- usually a good bargain. I am not connected with them but have used them a good bit as they are very reliable and have good prices. (However, I also like Brown Sheep yarn as was mentioned)

You might also google elann.com sonata and look at that one. It has lots of blue shades to choose from.

Look for Patons Grace. I recently bought a ball of it in azure (medium blue) at Michaels where the regular price was $3.99 for 50 grams. It's 100% cotton and has a suggested gauge of 6 sts/inch.

There's some wool I can't wear because it's scratchy. However, for me - I've found most wool/nylon superwash sock yarns to be great. I love my wool socks. Like you Gem, you'll rarely see socks on my feet in the summer, but now that it's starting to cool down, I'll start wearing them again. Since I started knitting socks for myself, I don't buy them at the store anymore.

Shelagh

Well, this is for a hat to go under a bicycle helmet, so is it also good for the head? LOL

Hmm. I didn't see that in either Michael's or Joann's yesterday, and I pawed one skein of every different yarn they had there.

Might be ,,,, i think the Bamboo is great , it breathes and is soft ,,,and absorbs humidity ,, but i haven`t worn it on head under something ,, make a sample and try !!!! mirjam

Well, hopefully you guys won't be mad at me. :)

We drove all the way to the other end of town, my 15YODS who I need the yarn to make a helmet liner for and I, so he could get driving practice in, and at the store on the other end of town (Beverly's), they had a much nicer and better supply of yarn (now I am going to have to go over there every time I want to look at yarn), and we ended up getting charcoal gray (It looks like a light charcoal gray to me, which was not what came across on my monitor) Cotton-Ease yarn to make his helmet liner with. I am hoping one skein will make two.

I did my gauge swatching while waiting at the vet's today, and after about 4 false starts on knitting in the round, I now have about 2 inches of hat done.

The other two stores (TSWLTH and Michael's) didn't have much of the Cotton-Ease in at all or else not where I could find it.

Anyway, we are both pleased that we could find an acceptable color that we could look at before purchasing.

One day I am going to get over to one of the yarn stores in my general community, but with the parking problems and/or distance and/or location, that may be a while.

Thanks bunches for your help and support.