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Happy Monday!
This week we have something entirely new for me, maybe new for you: Shropshire fiber in a rather rustic spun 2-ply yarn. Shropshire fiber is about 31-33 microns, so it is definitely a coarser fiber than what I normally work with. When I took a sample to figure out what sort of weight or yardage it should yield, it worked out to 160 yards per 4 ounces, so that’s how I calculated these skeins: 160 yards in 4 ounces. I’m not sure if that works out to be a bulky or chunky; it isn’t the typical thick-and-thin art yarn, but it has slubs and texture and amazing artistic potential. This is not your typical sock yarn. 🙂
Eyeballing the ‘look-and-feel’, this seems like it would be a good yarn for knitting an outer jacket/coat or possibly some household knits like pillow covers. I am fairly certain these yarns would make some amazing felt-work like slippers or mittens. But I confess, because this is a new-to-me yarn, I am feeling very much out of my league when it comes to recommending projects.
The colors are amazing, of course, and they were all dyed in a dip or immersion method. They were too thick for me to feel comfortable doing Twinsets, so they were all dyed individually. Some of the colors, especially with the reds, did not strike evenly, so there is some spotting. Depending on your knitting project, this can be used to great design advantage and can give your project a unique and organic look.
Most of my regular customers are familiar with my yarns — they are uniformly smooth and easy to knit. I very much need multiple people to take one or more of these yarns, knit them up, and then offer some honest feedback regarding yarn quality, knit comfort, and any other factors that may help me decide whether to continue dyeing the Shropshire yarns. I do have other yarns from the same source but spun other fibers, which I mentioned a few months ago, so it will be an interesting spring season trying out these various yarns. Thankfully each box of yarn is labeled inside the box lids as to the fiber content so I can group each fiber separately.
All of these are available at $22.50 each.
To claim the ones you want, just send me an email and I’ll take care of it for you with a PayPal invoice and I will mark your requests off the Available Yarns tally chart just below.
I expect to have these ready to ship on Thursday or Friday.
Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240
Rack 2 – 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252