Hand Spun Yarns

Yarn thickness is spun as CHUNKY (approx. needle size 6/7mm) for the rare breed sheep wool/silk and usually DOUBLE-DOUBLE (approx. needle size 5.5/6mm) or ARAN (approx. needle size 4.5/5mm) for the exotics. Because these yarns are all hand spun they are, by their nature, prone to some unevenness and it is therefore important that you work a tension square to ensure that you do not need to adjust the needle size for the pattern you are using.

Special orders for DOUBLE knit yarn can be accommodated but, owing to the significant amount of time incurred in spinning a finer weight yarn, this will incur an additional 15% charge on top of the list price.

ONCE YOU HAVE DECIDED ON YOUR YARN TYPE, PLEASE TELEPHONE TO DISCUSS YOUR ORDER AS FIBRE WEIGHTS WILL EFFECT HOW MUCH YARN YOU WILL NEED TO ORDER WHEN ADAPTING TO A COMMERCIAL KNITTING PATTERN.

For those hand spinners out there who would like to have a go spinning these fibres for themselves, I can also supply some of the raw fibres and fleeces unspun.

RAW FIBRES

The raw fibres are available in the same colours and silk blends as for the hand spun yarns shown. Availability will be subject to stock levels, and time of year for fleeces.

Cashmere (top) £145-00/kg
Cashmere/silk (top) £130-00/kg
Alpaca (tops) £ 39-00/kg
Alpaca/silk (tops) £ 49-00/kg
Baby Camel Down (tops) £ 58-00/kg
Baby Camel Down/silk (tops) £ 60-00/kg
Sheep Fleeces £ 16-50/kg

NOTE:
WHEN ORDERING YARNS PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU ORDER SUFFICIENT FOR YOUR PATTERN AS COLOUR SHADES WILL VARY SLIGHTLY FROM BATCH TO BATCH AND FLEECE TO FLEECE, AND IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO MATCH UP WITH YOUR SHADE AT A LATER DATE, SHOULD YOU RUN SHORT.

AS SPECIFIED ABOVE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE YOU ORDER SUFFICIENT YARN TO ALLOW COMPLETION OF YOUR PROJECT AND, FOR THAT REASON, I WILL GIVE REFUNDS FOR ANY EXCESS QUANTITIES OF YARN YOU DO NOT USE, PROVIDING THAT IT IS RETURNED IN PRISTINE CONDITION (i.e. the cat hasn’t played with it!!) AND IS OVER 50 GMS IN WEIGHT.

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