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100% Wool Yarn &
Roving: Oatmeal - Lot O2007
(A very light gray, almost white)
Finished in December of
2007, this one combines all of my white fleeces with one dark sheep, Bear.
The result is a white with just a hint of color.
The wool is approximately 50% Cormo, 25%
Merino, 15% Dorset, 5% Cheviot and 5% East Friesian.
It dyes well, but you loose
the effect of the dark fleece. I'd recommend you use this one for knitting
as-is, and buy a white yarn if you plan to dye.
Bear, a tri-colored dark brown, black
and gray sheep who I call my "Independent Woman" (learn more about Bear
on the
Meet the Sheep
page), is the only colored sheep in this lot. The
white sheep in this blend are dorsets Dorry, Toni Dorset and her
daughter Wooly Ben. Also white cormos Bouffant and her
granddaughter Sawborne. Other white cormos are Left Ear and
her daughters Deuce, Marilyn and Spots. Hunchie,
Horney, Lambert, Fluffy, Brot Boy and Ewella
make up the rest of the cormos and cormo-merino crosses. Blossom
and her daughter Little Rose are cheviot-merino crosses.
The two-ply, medium weight yarn is
comparable to what a commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn.
I knit six stitches per inch with this yarn using #5 needles.
I also have a thinner two-ply fingering
weight yarn. I knit nine stitches per inch with this yarn using #1
needles.
For roving, the quantity in
your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.
100% Wool Yarn &
Roving: Dark Brown - Lot B2007
Finished in December 2007,
this is a dark brown yarn made by blending my dark fleeces together with just
one white fleece - a merino-cormo cross named Bugger. This blend is
very similar to C2004 (retired), and if you liked that rich dark brown you'll
like this one too.
The wool is approximately
10% Cormo, 35% Merino, 35% Cheviot and 20% East Friesian.
This lot is so dark that it
does not dye well.
The two-ply, medium weight yarn is
comparable to what a commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn.
I knit six stitches per inch with this yarn using #5 needles.
Bugger is merino-cormo cross,
completely white except for a small black spot under her nose (it looks like a
bugger hanging out of her nose, hence the name).
The colored sheep in this
lot are Harriett, a dark gray cheviot, her daughter Little Fritz,
a deep brown cheviot-cross, and her niece Domino, a black and white
spotted cheviot-cross. Also Goat (a sheep named Goat, not an actual
goat), a black cormo-cross, and her son Skunk (a sheep named Skunk, not
an actual skunk), black merino-cormo cross with a white stripe down his nose.
For roving, the quantity in
your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.
100% Wool Yarn: Light Gray - Lot G2006
The wool is approximately
40% Cormo, 25% Merino, 10% Dorset, 15% Cheviot and 10% East Friesian.
Looking at this wool you can see the individual white, gray and black fibers.
It dyes well, but unevenly,
producing an interesting molted look.
The colored sheep who
produced this lot are Harriett, a dark gray cheviot, her daughter
Little Fritz, a deep brown cheviot-cross, her grandson Fred, a gray cheviot-cross,
and her niece Domino, a black and white spotted cheviot-cross. Also
Bear (a sheep named Bear, not an actual bear), a deep brown cormo-cross,
and her daughter Goat (a sheep named Goat, not an actual goat), a black
cormo-cross, and her grandson Skunk (a sheep named Skunk, not an actual
skunk).
The white sheep in this
blend are dorsets Dorry, Toni Dorset and her daughter Wooly Ben.
Also white cormos Bouffant, her daughter Bugger, and her
granddaughter Sawborne. Other whtie cormos are Left Ear and
her daughters Deuce, Marilyn and Spots. Hunchie,
Horney, Lambert, Fluffy, Brot Boy and Ewella
make up the rest of the cormos and cormo-merino crosses. Blossom
and her daughter Little Rose are cheviot-merino crosses.
The two-ply, medium weight yarn is comparable to what a
commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn. I knit six
stitches per inch with this yarn using #5 needles.
The thinner yarn is a two-ply fingering
weight. I knit nine stitches per inch with this yarn using #1 needles.
At this time, this is the only color I have available in the fingering weight
yarn. (How much yarn do I
need for my project?)
For roving, the quantity in
your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.
100% Wool Yarn: Light Gray - Lot G2005
An interesting heather gray
wool made by combing white wool with light gray and very
dark brown/black wool. It dyes well, but unevenly,
producing an interesting molted look.
The wool is
approximately 40% Cormo, 20% Merino, 15% Dorset, 15% Cheviot and 10% East
Friesian. Looking at this wool you can see the individual white, gray and
black fibers.
The colored sheep who
produced this lot are Harriett, a dark gray cheviot, her son
Harriett’s Boy, a black cheviot-cross, her daughter Little Fritz, a
deep brown cheviot-cross, her grandson Fred, a gray cheviot-cross, and
her niece Domino, a black and white spotted cheviot-cross. Also
Bear (a sheep named Bear, not an actual bear), a deep brown cormo-cross, and
her daughter Goat (a sheep named Goat, not an actual goat), a black
cormo-cross.
The white sheep in this
blend are dorsets Dorry, Toni Dorset and her daughter Wooly Ben.
Also white cormos Bouffant, Deuce, Marilyn, Ewella,
Left Ear, Spots, Lambert, Bugger and Mop, and
my only white cheviot, Blossom.
The two-ply, medium weight yarn is comparable to what a
commercial yarn would call worsted or sport weight yarn. I knit six
stitches per inch with this yarn using #5 needles.
The thinner yarn is a two-ply fingering
weight. I knit nine stitches per inch with this yarn using #1 needles.
At this time, this is the only color I have available in the fingering weight
yarn. (How much yarn do I
need for my project?)
For roving, the quantity in
your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.
100% Wool Yarn or
Roving: White - Lot W2004
A soft white
wool approximately 75% cormo and 25% dorset.
The white sheep
who produced this lot are Left Ear, Ewella, Boufant
and Lambert, all cormos, and Dorry and Toni,
two dorsets.
The yarn is two-ply, and the weight is comparable to what a commercial yarn would call worsted
or sport weight yarn. With #5 needles, I knit six stitches per
inch. Each skein is 50 grams,
approximately 100 yards.
(How much yarn do I
need for my project?)
For roving, the quantity in
your "grocery cart" is the number of ounces you would like.
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