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LACE WEIGHT
Aubrey Lace
Weight: Lace - plied
Weight: Lace - plied
Fiber: 55% Bluefaced Leicester, 45% Silk
Yardage: 600 meters / 656 yards per 100g
This lush blend of BFL and silk takes dye beautifully, for vivid and gorgeous colors with a lovely sheen. It is ideal for shawls and lightweight garments.
This lush blend of BFL and silk takes dye beautifully, for vivid and gorgeous colors with a lovely sheen. It is ideal for shawls and lightweight garments.
Featherlite Merino
Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Fiber: 100% Merino
Yardage: 1200 meters / 1312 yards per 100 grams
This superwash lightweight merino takes dye perfectly for vivid semi-solids as well as artistic color play. It is great for lightweight shawls, scarves or even a sweater.
Silky Mohair
Weight: Lace / 2 ply
Fiber: 72% Mohair, 28% Silk
Yardage: 499 meters / 546 yards per 50 grams
This lace blend of mohair and silk is ideal for shawls and lightweight garments.
FINGERING WEIGHT
BFL Sock - DISCONTINUED
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Fiber: 100% Bluefaced Leicester
Yardage: 400 meters / 437 yards per 100 grams
This superwash BFL is great for lightweight sweaters, shawls, scarves, and colourwork projects.
BFL Soft Sock
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Fiber: 100% Bluefaced Leicester
Yardage: 400 meters / 437 yards per 100 grams
A softer version of superwash BFL. It is great for lightweight sweaters, shawls, scarves, and colourwork projects.
Bouncy Merino
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Fiber: 100% Merino
Yardage: 365 meters / 399 yards per 100 grams
This superwash high twist merino takes dye perfectly for vivid semi-solids as well as artistic colorplay. It’s very bouncy and a dream to work with. It is great for lightweight sweaters and shawls, scarves.
Comfy Merino
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Fiber: 100% Merino
Yardage: 400 meters / 437 yards per 100 grams
This superwash merino takes dye perfectly for vivid semi-solids as well as artistic colorplay. It is great for lightweight sweaters and shawls, scarves.
Merino Singles
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Fiber: 100% Merino
Yardage: 366 meters / 400 yards per 100 grams
This single-ply superwash merino takes dye beautifully, for vivid and gorgeous colours. It is ideal for shawls and lightweight garments.
Rolada
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Fiber: 75% Merino, 25% Nylon
Yardage: 425 meters / 465 yards per 100 grams
These sock blanks are perfect for dyeing gradients, stripes or some wild colorful combinations.
Merino/nylon blend makes them durable and ideal for knitting socks.
Silkpaca
Weight: Fingering - plied
Fiber: 70% Baby Alpaca, 30% Silk
Yardage: 400 meters / 437 yards per 100g
This lush blend of alpaca and silk takes dye beautifully, for vivid and gorgeous colors with a lovely sheen. It is ideal for shawls and lightweight garments.
Silky Singles
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Fiber: 70% Merino, 30% Silk
Yardage: 366 meters / 400 yards per 100 grams
This single-ply superwash blend of merino and silk takes dye beautifully, for vivid and gorgeous colours. It is ideal for shawls and lightweight garments.
Tibetan Singles
Weight: fingering - single plyFiber: 65% superwash merino, 15% yak, 20% silk
yardage: 480 meters / 525 yards per 120g
This lush blend of single-ply merino, yak and silk takes dye beautifully, for vivid and dark colors with a lovely sheen. It is great for sweaters and shawls, scarves.
Tough Sock
Weight: Fingering - plied
Fiber: 75% Superwash merino, 25% Nylon
Yardage: 400 meters / 437 yards per 100g
This blend of superwash merino with nylon takes dye perfectly for vivid semi-solids as well as artistic colorplay. It is a classic yarn made to the highest specification and produced for both handle and durability. It is ideal for socks and other hardwear garments.
Tweed Merino
Weight: Fingering / 4 ply
Fiber: 85% Merino, 15% Rayon
Yardage: 400 meters / 437 yards per 100 grams
This fabulous blend of superwash merino with viscose nups takes dye perfectly for vivid semi-solids as well as artistic colorplay. It is great for lightweight sweaters and shawls, scarves.
DK WEIGHT
Comfy DK
Weight: DK / 8 ply
Fiber: 100% Merino
Yardage: 225 meters / 246 yards per 100 grams
This superwash merino takes dye perfectly for vivid semi-solids as well as artistic colorplay. It is great for lightweight sweaters and shawls, scarves.
Cria DK
Weight: DK - plied
Fiber: 100% Baby alpaca
Yardage: 200 meters / 219 yards per 100g
Baby alpaca is a lustrous and silky natural fibre that is soft and luxurious. It is warmer than wool, not prickly, and bears no lanolin, which makes it hypoallergenic.
Tyrrell DK
Weight: DK
Fiber: 100% Polwarth wool
Yardage: 225 meters / 246 yards per 100 grams
Yardage: 225 meters / 246 yards per 100 grams
This New Zealand Polwarth wool is great for sweaters, shawls, scarves, hats and colourwork projects. The fibre is similar to merino but with more sheen, so sleek, springy and lustrous. It is worsted spun from long staple fibres to produce a yarn that is silky and smooth. Good stitch definition. Takes up the dye well to produce strong and vibrant colours.
Tibetan DK
Weight: DK
Fiber: 80% superwash merino, 20% yak, 20% silk Yardage: 225 meters / 246 yards per 100 grams
This lush blend of merino, yak and silk takes dye beautifully, for vivid and dark colors with a lovely sheen. It is great for sweaters and shawls, scarves.
This lush blend of merino, yak and silk takes dye beautifully, for vivid and dark colors with a lovely sheen. It is great for sweaters and shawls, scarves.
ARAN WEIGHT
Comfy Aran
Weight: Aran - plied
Fiber: 100% SW merino
Yardage: 166 meters / 182 yards per 100g
This superwash merino takes dye perfectly for vivid semi-solids as well as artistic colorplay. It is great for lightweight sweaters and shawls, scarves.
