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breed specific swatch pair packs + quick shop
breed specific swatch pair packs $ 32.00
breed specific swatch pair packs

breed specific swatch pair packs

$ 32.00

Want to learn about different breeds of sheep and how their wool looks, feels and performs differently? The best way is to experiencing them first hand: knit, test and record.
In each swatch pair pack you will get two 80 yard skeins of yarn selected for contrast to provide an experience for your hands and build your knitter’s cache of knowledge. Each pair pack is numbered so that if you try one and get hooked...you can look for another that will give you an experience of two other yarns for a new experience.
You will be able to make two swatches from each skein: One 6" x 6" Stockinette stitch swatch surrounded by a Garter stitch border and a second swatch approximately 8" x 8" with your choice of stitch patterns.
Keeping a record of your experiences will pay dividends in future projects. There are two SWATCH NOTES in each pack. Fill them starting even before winding into a ball and after you're done, keep them with your swatches.
Soap box pitch:
Spinners are able to do breed studies fairly readily now. Their interest and support encourages more shepherds/farms and companies to pay attention to fleece and breeds. The result is a greater variety of fleece and roving available (which supports a greater diversity of sheep!). 
Knitters have a harder time. There are more breed-specific yarns now than there were a decade ago, and if knitters are looking for more variety in their yarns and get interested and excited about them, companies will seek out and make more. 
Knitting, like eating, is an agricultural act! We applaud your interest in breed-specific yarns and hope you will begin to ask your yarn stores, manufacturers and on social media that you want them.
Thank ewe! 

 

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Solitude Dots hat kit with yarn and pattern + quick shop
Solitude Dots hat kit with yarn and pattern $ 39.00
Solitude Dots hat kit with yarn and pattern

Solitude Dots hat kit with yarn and pattern

$ 39.00

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  • "we love dots! knit in a true woolen spun yarn from the last mule-spinner in the U.S., Montadale Woolen is a light-weight worsted yarn that will keep you warm & cozy without any itchiness — and the random color dots will warm your mood even on cold gray winter days check solitudewool.com for kits for this hat."
  • kit includes: one skein of Montadale true woolen in center pull ball, 7 colors of Romney semi-worsted spun yarn in small center pull balls for the dots and pattern.
    finished size: Circumference 18.25" (20.5, 22.75)"/465 (520, 575) mm, unstretched Length 9.5" (10, 11)" / 240 (255, 280) mm
    needles (not included in kit): 6 (US)/4 mm* double pointed needles 8 (US) / 5mm* double pointed needles *size needed to get gauge
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    : locking open stitch markers gauge: 14 sts and 24 rows = 4"/10cm in stockinette stitch on larger needles, blocked
    skills: Knitting in the round, purling, duplicate stitch, reading charts
  • fiber source: Montadale: hand selected fleeces from Saffer's Montadales in Warwick, Maryland on the Eastern Shore. Romney: hand selected fleeces from Weather Lea Farm and Solitude (partner Gretchen Frederick's farm) both in Loudoun County, Virginia
    fiber content: 100% Montadale wool and 100% Romney wool
    Montadale is a modern US breed developed in the 1930's in the mid-west from Cheviot rams with Columbia ewes. These sheep are raised for both meat and their exceptionally white wool which is in the "medium" range. Medium is right in the middle of all the types of wool and makes an excellent knitting yarn that is fairly soft and yet still fairly strong. Romney is a longwool breed originally from the RomneyMarsh area of southeast England. on the softer end of the Longwool spectrum, it still has excellent strength, shine and drape. The fleece for our yarn comes from both white and natural colored sheep.

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