Description
Steinchen: Pebble
Taking its name from the smooth and tactile little stones, but the sheen of the yarn gives it an almost metallic quality. It works up with a subtle variance in tone, bringing texture and life to your 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 W. (verified owner) –
Great a yarn and the service brilliant. Happy to be buying from you again. 😀
Lou (verified owner) –
A lovely deep grey with a nice even dye.
Lorna P. (verified owner) –
Lovely yarn from Riverknits as always
Camilla S. (verified owner) –
The yarn arrived promptly and is beautiful, thankyou
P S. (verified owner) –
Michael Farley (verified owner) –
Great product and great service.
Naomi (verified owner) –
Great yarn as always and arrived very promptly.
Bethany I. (verified owner) –
Meghan (verified owner) –
This yarn is nice and soft. I can’t wait to see how it wears once it is turned into a pair of socks.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
lovely yarn and beautiful colour
Margaret H. (verified owner) –
This always knits up so well and it’s hard to resist casting on a new project straightaway.