British Breeds - Marie Wallin

Produktinformation

BRITISH BREEDS by MARIE WALLIN is a wonderful yarn for Fair Isle knitting and multi-colour knitting. The yarn is sold in 25g skeins.

The yarn is a blend of the fantastic fibers Bluefaced Leicester, Exmoor Horn, Wensleydale and Zwartbles, and spun in Devon in England.

Mesh density
Fairisle: 28 mx 29 row = 10x10 cm on needles size 3.25
Stockinette stitch: 26 mx 34 rows = 10x10 cm on needles 3

Patterns for the yarn can be found in books from Marie Wallin .

BRITISH BREEDS evolved over several years to become this wonderful yarn. Tant Hulda in Lund is proud to be a selected retailer of this unique quality yarn. The yarn is spun in Devon at John Arbon, and is available in a carefully selected color palette. Marie Wallin, creator of British Breeds, also publishes inspirational books of patterns made for the yarn.

Below is a text from Marie Wallin about the path to the yarn.

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BRITISH BREEDS has taken two years to develop into the beautiful, soft, bouncy 4 ply yarn that it is today. Worsted spun in Devon by John Arbon and his wonderful team, BRITISH BREEDS is available initially in twelve lovely autumnal shades. It took a long time to finalize the color palette as I had to be sure that all twelve colors work well together in Fair Isle knitting but also that each shade is a beautiful individual color for single color knitting.

BRITISH BREEDS is made from four different British sheep breeds: Bluefaced Leicester, Exmoor Horn, Wensleydale and Zwartbles. The wool fiber from each breed adds a certain characteristic to the yarn... Bluefaced Leicester adds the beautiful softness, Exmoor Horn adds the softness too but this sheep produces a white fleece therefore adding a 'cleanness' to the blended tops making for more successful dyeing. Wensleydale adds the strength and luster and Zwartbles adds the bounce or springiness. To produce the yarn, the Bluefaced Leicester, Exmoor Horn and Wensleydale wool fibers are first blended together and then dyed into various colored tops. These colored tops are then blended together using a 'recipe' to create each of the twelve base colours. Each color base is then blended with the undyed Zwartble's fiber creating the lovely mélange effect. Once the yarn is spun it is sent to Edward Hill's Ltd in Bradford to be steam relaxed and balled into 25g balls. The steam finishing 'opens up' the yarn creating the full, light appearance and handle.

To care for your BRITISH BREEDS garment or accessory, please hand wash in cold water only, use a mild liquid detergent suitable for delicate wool and shape while the garment is damp.