Description
Road to China Light
- Yarn Notes
- Yarn Specs
- The Brand
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We’ve stocked this incredible yarn since day 1: A true, TRUE luxury yarn, Road to China Light is like nothing else in the world.
The Road to China blend was born from The Fibre Co’s days of owning a small mill back in Maine way back when. Years of fibre exploration at the carding machine hand blending raw fleeces led to the pursuit of the perfect yarn made from truly luxurious fibres creating a drapey fabric made for special hand knits.
The resulting Road to China blend creates a knit fabric with a soft halo but enough definition to explore subtle textures and shifting patterns.
In keeping with the tone of gentle decadence that Road to China brings, TFC developed a colour palette that is inspired by nature’s jewels and dyed each hank to work in harmony with the raw fibres that go into the blend.
Combining the light fawn of the baby alpaca with the soft tones of camel and cashmere as well as the lustrous sheen of silk gives the perfect base for subtle duotones that peek through our saturated colours.
Click here for Road to China Light patterns to add to your order today (free with yarn purchase!), or click here for even more pattern inspiration!
Note – since this yarn is priced for clearance, all sales are final. Dye lots may differ.
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Ingredients:
65% baby alpaca
15% silk
10% camel
10% cashmereLength:
145m (159yd)Weight:
50gGauge:
Sport
3.25 – 3.5mm (US 2 – 3)
24sts x 26rows = 10cm (4″) -
The Fibre Co’s story began in 2003 in an old warehouse on the working waterfront of Portland, Maine, USA with a small spinning mill, lots of raw natural fibre and owner/founder Daphne Marinopoulos’ vision of creating yarns that she couldn’t find on the retail shelves. From these humble beginnings to today’s global brand now based in the United Kingdom, The Fibre Co works with a variety of producers and artisans to continue creating yarns that delight and inspire the enthusiast maker. To hear the story in her own words, watch and listen as Daphne talks about fibres, dyeing and yarn development on some of the most popular video and audio podcasts.
