Clapdale Wool Hand Dyed Grassy Green 100g DK

£29.95

A 100g hank of our traceable DK hand knit wool dyed by hand into a beautiful variegated grassy green. Manufactured entirely in Yorkshire from fleeces collected from two farms within 5 miles of our warehouse in Clapham, Yorkshire Dales.  The colour is predominately green like Yorkshire Dales grass with lighter and darker shades and a subtle grey highlight to reflect the local limestone rocks. We have other colours also available.

The Clapdale Wool project was launched to create a fully traceable yarn that benefitted local farmers with help from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Sustainable Development Fund. Farmers were paid a decent price for their clip and in addition 10% of the profits from the project will also go back to the farms.

The wool contains all the sheep breeds on these two Clapham farms - Dalesbred, Teeswater, Blue Face Leicester (BFL), North of England Mule and Texel. It has produced a beautiful DK weight yarn with a reasonably soft handle and of course has the gorgeous smell of real wool.

Each hank also has a link on the label to two free knitting patterns created by our local hand knit expert Sandra Oakeshott, for a bias scarf and a child's hat and scarf.

Specification: 220m / 220y / 100g / DK