£9.05

Chocolate Black – Hebridean, DK ball

Undyed organic wool knitting yarn

Breed: Hebridean
Colour: Chocolate Black

Batch number 0025  (if you wish to match a specific batch number, please email or phone; we may still have some)
Thickness: DK
Ball size: 50g
Length: 110m
Tension: 18 sts x 26 rows to 10cm over st st using size 8 needles

In stock

Description

The fibre from the essentially black Hebridean sheep is variable across the fleece and from one sheep to another, from proper black to brown and even some with light grey highlights. The brown component of our Hebridean yarn derives from the black wool bleaching to brown at the tips over the summer, altogether averaging to a rich Chocolate Black. Some parts of the fleece are quite kempy (that is, having thick, hair-like fibres) and these lustrous kemp fibres gives this yarn an extra texture and life. Other parts are nearly as fine as the Shetland. The staple is long, even shaggy, which allows a more relaxed spinning and contributes to its strength. The combination makes a yarn with a pleasant feel which is soft and springy to knit with.

Because of the high-diameter fibres, this yarn may not be your first choice for garments to go next to the skin of people with sensitive skins, but it can be excellent for harder wearing outer garments and gloves.

Double Knitting is probably the most all purpose of our yarns. It offers plenty of scope for all knitters and is an excellent thickness for children to work with.

If you want to be creative with natural colours to the full, DK is the best yarn to choose because we also have three Jacob colours, seven Shetland colours and a light cream worsted wool from the Dorset Downs. This is our greatest range of colours in any one thickness. This means that there are many combinations available to you, from the subtle to the striking. Browse the product gallery for inspiration!

Additional information

Weight 0.05 kg
Dimensions 13 × 7 × 7 cm