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Welsh – White (Top)
Classification: DOWN-TYPE WOOL
Combed top with a very minor amount of veg. The colour is ivory-white, liberally sprinkled with pure-white hairs and the odd light-brown as well. This is Welsh Mountain, a lofty fibre that makes terrific tweed fabrics, blankets and rugged outerwear.
Micron count is in the range of 32 to 40, with a staple length from 2 to 6 inches. We can't locate any information in regards to felting properties.
PRODUCT of UNITED KINGDOM
Wool 60/Flax 40 (Top)
60% Wool / 40% Flax
Very clean combed top in an interesting heathered blend of ash-grey, soft tan and cream. Staple length is around 5 to 6 inches. This blend is softer than you might imagine, with what is obviously a Finewool of some type and a good grade of flax. It seems well-prepared and should be easy to spin. We wonder if it might just work for lace weight yarn. Feels plenty soft enough for midrange to outerwear garments.
This could be dyed with acid dyes for a streaky effect. Might it work for felting??
Wool Nepps – Paint Box
These are fun little "bits" of wool, used by felters as an embellishment and used by spinners for blending to create tweedy yarns.
Nepps are tiny little round balls of wool, about 2 to 3mm (1/8 inch) or so in diameter.
Assorted colours.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Wool Nepps – White
These are fun little "bits" of wool, used by felters as an embellishment and used by spinners for blending to create tweedy yarns.
Nepps are tiny little round balls of wool, about 2 to 3mm (1/8 inch) or so in diameter.
Natural undyed white.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Wool Slubs – Paint Box
These are fun little "bits" of wool, used by felters as an embellishment and used by spinners for blending to create tweedy yarns.
Slubs are kind of like the cheese curds of wool, mainly sort of skinny sausage or torpedo-shaped pieces around 1 to 2cm (1/2 to 1 inch) in length.
Assorted colours.
PRODUCT of ITALY
Worsted-One Merino Natural – 1-Lb Value Pack
100% Superwash Merino. Worsted weight, 1-ply.
Approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 205m (225yd).
Gauge: 3.75-5mm needles. 4.5 to 5 stitches = 1 inch, or as pattern requires.
Laundering: Machine or handwash cool, tumble dry low or dry flat.
A good choice for easy-launder mittens, scarves, sweaters and especially garments for children. This is an extremely soft, gently-spun single-ply yarn that almost resembles a Lopi-style yarn but without the scratchiness. It's slightly thick-and-thin. Because of the gentle spinning we've found the skeins sometimes have a knot or two where they have been repaired during spinning at the mill.
This yarn takes dye beautifully, whether you are using acid dyes, food colouring, Kool-aid or even natural dyes. Just bear in mind that Superwash yarn strikes with acid dyes so quickly that it can be very tricky to get a decent solid tone. Use that to your advantage like we do, to get interesting semi-solids or go crazy with hand painting. We highly recommend this yarn to first-time dyers!. If you reskein your yarns, do so slowly with this yarn or snagging on the swift will cause breaks.
PRODUCT of CANADA
Worsted-One Merino Natural – skein
100% Superwash Merino. Worsted weight, 1-ply.
Approximately 115g (4.06 oz), 205m (225yd).
Gauge: 3.75-5mm needles. 4.5 to 5 stitches = 1 inch, or as pattern requires.
Laundering: Machine or handwash cool, tumble dry low or dry flat.
A good choice for easy-launder mittens, scarves, sweaters and especially garments for children. This is an extremely soft, gently-spun single-ply yarn that almost resembles a Lopi-style yarn but without the scratchiness. It's slightly thick-and-thin. Because of the gentle spinning we've found the skeins sometimes have a knot or two where they have been repaired during spinning at the mill.
This yarn takes dye beautifully, whether you are using acid dyes, food colouring, Kool-aid or even natural dyes. Just bear in mind that Superwash yarn strikes with acid dyes so quickly that it can be very tricky to get a decent solid tone. Use that to your advantage like we do, to get interesting semi-solids or go crazy with hand painting. We highly recommend this yarn to first-time dyers!. If you reskein your yarns, do so slowly with this yarn or snagging on the swift will cause breaks.
PRODUCT of CANADA