SheepSoft DK by Laxtons

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£13.95

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Product Details

Fibre:
100% British wool - Bluefaced Leicester/Masham blend
Needle size:
4mm – 4.5mm
Gauge:
22 – 20 sts to 10cm
Meterage:
225m per 100g skein

Description

Not cloud-soft but fleece-soft, Sheepsoft has a robust handle you'd expect from a sheep that's been tamed, but left with its essential character intact. The wool is sturdy but maintains a lovely drape, making it a great choice for woolly hats and scarves, but especially lovely for hardwearing sweaters you'll want to wear and wear. It will also handle twisty cables magnificently, but has more than enough character to make acres of stocking stitch tell their own story. Sheepsoft blends the softness and lustre of  Bluefaced Leicester with the bounce and toothiness of Masham. The result is an uncommonly hardwearing yarn for the softness, with next to no bobbling.

Sheepsoft is worsted spun but the Masham in the blend seems reluctant to completely concede its woolliness, so there's a whisper of something sheepier within the smoothness and softness of the twist.

The wool is spun by Laxtons at their mill in the north of England, famous for generations of wool making. Sheepsoft is their own brand British Sheep Breeds wool which they have deliberately created from fleece which they source from the flocks of sheep within a 50 mile radius of the mill. This tiny production circle helps to minimise the carbon footprint of the entire yarn production process.