Corriedale and Corriedale cross CCX2209
Fiber farms: Corriedale from Bay Haven Farm and Corriedale/Lincoln crosses from Waterford Wool, both in Loudoun County Virginia
Fiber content: 100% wool
Yarn character/design: worsted weight, woolen spun two ply, 12 wraps per inch. The Medium type wool of Corriedale has lots of bulk and memory. Mostly white fleece with a seasoning of a few natural color fleeces makes the undyed yarn a wonderful warm light gray and adds a heathery texture to the dyed colors too. A great all around knitting yarn, it will make warm and comforting garments, throws…etc.
Skein size: small (undyed and solid dyed colors) 120 yds/109 meters 2.5 oz./70 grams; large (hand-painted) 240 yds/219 meters 5 oz./141 grams
Suggested needle sizes: US 6-8
Gauge: 4.625 stitches per inch using size 7(US) needles
Fiber care: Yarn is pre-washed. Finished projects hand wash warm with low agitation, lay flat to dry or dry clean
gray undyed
hunter green
sienna
olive
paprika
plum
rock
shady willow
brick
dark olive
lilac
handpainted sienna olive natural
handpainted blues
handpainted fall garden
handpainted red overdye
handpainted green overdye
handpainted olive hunter purple
handpainted purple and yellow
handpainted autumn orange gray
handpainted abstraction blue
We really are small farm artisans and cannot update this inventory simultaneously as we sell at farmers markets or festivals. We have not had any problems yet...but we cannot guarantee that we have the full number of items stated as available. If it should happen that we cannot fill your order completely, we will call you to work out a solution.