Polwarth

Characteristics:

100% Polwarth (non-superwash)

approx. 120g (4.4 oz.), 4 metres (4.3 yards)

Polwarth is a beautiful, non-superwash fibre that is perfect for spinning and felting. A wonderful alternative to merino, Polwarth is next-to-skin soft and is perfect for clothing and beyond. 

Eliza’s notes:

Designed with dyeing/spinning/knitting for my mini in mind. Colourways dyed on Polwarth are fun, bright and have a beautiful melange of colours. I typically spin in a way that can showcase these colours in its best form by splicing my roving lengthwise in half, and then splitting it again to spin up a fingering weight yarn for plying. If plying isn't needed, I'd splice once and get spinning for marled worsted yarn. 

Good things to know:

Using great hand-dyed yarns come with great responsibilities. Just kidding. But there are some things we want you to know:

• Each skein is coloured with care in a ‘hand-dye’ process, meaning we apply colour to each skein of yarn by hand. Variegations and irregularities can occur even if fibres are treated in the same dye lot or batch. All skeins are unique!

• We suggest purchasing enough yarn for your project use and alternate skeins for even colouring.

• Care: we recommend hand-washing cool, squeeze or spin dry and dry flat. 

• We photograph our products in a light controlled environment and we try our best to display colour accuracy that are true to each batch. Please note that colours can still translate differently between monitors.