Description
It was thanks to the dangerous and back-breaking work of the Navvies that the canals were cut and built. This colourway is a nod to our industrial heritage with its brick red and canal-inspired blues and greens. Although quite highly variegated, the colours are light and will allow textured patterns to shine through while lending visual interest to simple ones. The gentle colours blend beautifully in the finished project.
Fibre Content: 100% Bluefaced Leicester Wool
Specification: 4 ply / fingering weight – 400m / 100g
Fibre: Sourced from UK flocks
Processing: Spun in Yorkshire, hand dyed by us in Northamptonshire
This is a smooth, worsted-spun and plied yarn with a gorgeous lustre and great definition! The Bluefaced Leicester breed produces wool that is both strong and next-to-skin soft, making it ideal for a wide range of projects. This yarn will work fantastically in shawls, socks, jumpers, and other accessories. It wears well over time and pills very little. The stitch definition is excellent, making it suitable for beautiful stocking stitch, textured knit-purl patterns, thick and squishy brioche, and well-defined cables.
We hand dye all our yarn in our studio in the Royal Ordnance Depot, Weedon, by the Grand Union Canal. Our yarn has been hand dyed in small batches, and the colour consistency between batches is very good but can’t be guaranteed, so we recommend that you buy enough skeins for your project. If your project uses more than one skein, we also recommend that you alternate / stripe the skeins throughout.
When it comes to blocking or washing your project, use lukewarm water with your favourite wool wash, and lay flat to dry. We take great care to thoroughly set the dye and rinse the yarn afterwards, but differing water temperatures and chemicals can cause some dye to bleed. If you’re using it in a multicoloured project, we recommend washing a swatch first to test for colour-fastness.
Christine Morris (verified owner) –
Lesley S. (verified owner) –
The yarn feels lovely and have started to knit up.. really nice
Rachel B. (verified owner) –
This is gorgeous! Thank you for your help and very fast delivery.
Sheila J. (verified owner) –
This was my first purchase from Riverknits and I am delighted. The information on the website is excellent, the process of ordering simple and the service first class. The yarn is beautiful. Will shop with them again.
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ELAINE F. (verified owner) –
Received this today. Yarn is beautiful, colors exactly as expected, and I am impressed with your climate-friendly packaging! I expect that this yarn will make a perfect shawl! Thank you for your lovely product and service.
Denise Tonini (verified owner) –
Gaye White (verified owner) –
beautiful quality, balls wound so smoothly