Uist Wool DK

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  • Dìle

£24.00

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Product Details

Yarn Brand:
Uist Wool
Yarn Weight:
DK
Fibre:
100% Hebridean Zwartbles and Cheviot
Needle size:
3.75 – 4.5mm

Description

Uist wool is a true labour of love story: the woollen mill on Grimsay, North Uist in the Outer Hebrides was brought to life in 2013 by an audacious plan by the local community, to revive their proud history of wool making. They sourced and renovated long-since abandoned mill machinery, and now produce some of the most beautiful and characterful wool that we have ever had at the Clapton shop.

The fleece is sourced largely from Hebridean crofters on Uist, and everything else from no further afield than the Scottish mainland. All the yarn is processed and spun in-house at the mill on Grimsay using low impact methods. These first skeins which have arrived in Clapton are coloured with extraordinary scattered streaks of contrasting fleece, created using a careful manual feeding method on the refurbished carding machinery .

The wool itself is plump and very lively – air-filled twists of Cheviot in the Fras, and Zwartbles in the Dìle. Woollen-spun without the hint of a prickle, this yarn has a remarkable softness in spite of its jumbled fibres.

Gauge-wise the woollen spin provides some versatility. It will behave as you expect for a normal DK 20-22 stitch fabric, but stitches remain closed and light blocking at 18 stitches too.