My Local Wool Yarn is Finally Here!

A cause for celebration…

After a lot of patient waiting, and then some increasingly impatient waiting and chasing, my new yarn has arrived!

Last year I used some of the funds from my Crowdfunder campaign to commission a machine knitting yarn spun to my specifications with first clip ‘white’ lambswool from sheep at Fernhill Farm. It’s been a long time coming but good things come to those who (slightly impatiently) wait…

The yarn is woollen spun in Wales and the fleece is sourced from just 15 miles away from the studio. This means it has very few processing miles, making for a much more sustainable and fully traceable raw material for my knitwear (you can visit the sheep at one of heir open days if you like).

As for how the yarn feels - it’s lofty, bouncy, and oh-so-soft! I’ve worn my knitted test swatch next to my skin for a whole day and I can confirm it doesn’t scratch or irritate. As the yarn isn’t dyed or bleached in any way it has lovely natural heathery tones running through it.

With a large minimum order for this yarn, it was a large investment and potentially risky - what if I didn’t like it? Luckily it turned out as well as I thought; in fact it’s exceeded my expectations and I cannot wait to see how it takes the natural dye colour.

The first swatch - look at those lovely heathery tones!