Blacker Swan Falklands Merino Blend DK
Blacker Swan Falklands Merino Blend DK
The handle is very smooth, soft and luxurious: possibly the best knitting yarn in the world! Being worsted spun, the yarn has a bulky, drapey quality and good stitch definition, which will work well for structured and flowing garments and also for textures.
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Yarn weight: DK
Ball weight: 50g ball
Composition: Falklands Merino wool (with up to 15% Shetland in paler shades)
Yarn length: 119yds / 110m per 50g
Needles: 4mm
Tension: 20 stitches x 28 rows = 10cm / 4 inches
Blacker Swan Falklands Islands Wool DK
Blacker Swan, launched in 2012, is based on a partnership started between Blacker Yarns and Andrez and Ali Short from Swan Inlet Farm on the Falkland Islands. Andrez and Ali have now retired and they have handed on the flock to Mike and Donna Evans at Spring Point Farm. Like the Shorts, the Evans will shear these specialist Dohne merino dual purpose sheep, sort and grade the fleeces and send them by ship to the UK, where The Natural Fibre Company turns the fine white fleeces into luxurious worsted spun single flock yarns. In order to enhance the base shade and reduce the tendency of Merino to pill, they also add 15% Shetland and dark Blue-faced Leicester wool to the Stone base. The small amount of dark fibre increases the depth of dye shades and enhances the special Swan palette.