Shropshire baby S2109
Fiber farms: Temple Hall Farm Regional Park in Loudoun County, Virginia. Shropshire is a hardy English breed raised for both meat and wool, rare here in the US. The fleece is a Down type fiber
Fiber content: 85% wool, 15% nylon
Yarn character/design: woolen spun, 2-ply, baby weight, 15 wraps per inch. This springy Down-type wool is perfect for a baby yarn, lots of cushion, elasticity, not irritating and won’t felt. The added nylon makes the yarn both stronger and more washable. Finished knitting will shrink one direction moderately in the washing machine…but not so much as other wools.
Skein sizes: small; 120 yds/109 meters, 1.5 oz./42 grams large: 240 yds/219 meters, 3.1 oz./87 grams
Suggested needle sizes: 4-6 (US)
Gauge: 6 stitches per inch using size 5 (US) needles
Fiber care: Yarn is pre-washed. Finished projects hand wash warm with low agitation, lay flat to dry or dry clean. Machine washing on gentle with cold water may shrink item moderately, but it will not felt .
white undyed
raspberry
raspberry cream
warm lilac
cool lavender
mint leaf
mint ice cream
rusty orange
medium sky blue
light sky blue
handpainted strawberry
handpainted lettuce
handpainted puffy clouds
handpainted tutti
handpainted blue lake
handpainted plum crazy
handpainted point of rocks
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.