SpaceCadet Maia is a fingering-weight, plied, 80% rayon from bamboo / 20% Merino wool yarn with 400 yards per 100 gram skein. Maia is a simply stunning fingering-weight yarn. Named after the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades, Maia is spun with bamboo for incredible sheen and amazing drape. The soft colors and "iced" appearance is due to the way the bamboo takes dye, and makes it the perfect yarn for elegant and eye-catching patterns and garments. SpaceCadet's dyeing is a cosmic adventure, where they mixing each shade by hand to see where the color takes you.Ê