Fibre: 100% British wool – Bluefaced Leicester/Masham blend
Yardage: 220m per 50g skein
Gauge:26-30 sts to 10cm
Recommended Needle Size: 3-3.5 mm

Subtly heathered, Sheepsoft is exactly what it says it is. The palette is dyed over the naturally heathered grey-brown of the sheep’s fleece, giving each of the gently dyed shades an unusual depth. Not cloud-soft but fleece-soft, with a robust character you’d expect from a sheep that’s been tamed, but left with its essential character intact. It’s sturdy but has a lovely drape, and is suitable for anything you’d want to be woolly, but especially lovely for hardwearing sweaters you can 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.