Description
Rainbow Mini Skein Set
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- Yarn Specs
- The Brand
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All the colours in this gorgeous range of minis, packaged as an entire 12-colour rainbow! Perfect for fades, colour work, stashing and the indecisive who want it all!
Beautifully hand dyed by Becci and Marcus on their narrowboat studio on UK waterways.
Bluefaced Leicester is a lustrous English longwool. It makes a soft and strong yarn, and takes dye beautifully. This fantastic yarn is perfect for no-nylon socks, and everything else! Lustrous with beautiful drape, suitable for next-to-skin garments.
Show off these mini skeins with this lovely free hat pattern by Becci on Ravelry here, or the wonderful Modulations Cowl pattern here.
Note: Skeins are not perfectly identical, if using more than one, consider alternating every few rows. Hand wash recommended.
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Ingredients:
100% Blue Faced Leicester (non-Superwash)Length:
12 x 80m (87yd), total 960m (1050yd)Weight:
12 x 20g, total 240gGauge:
4Ply/Fingering
Recommended needle / hook size: 3.25 – 3.75mm -
About RiverKnits
Becci and Markus, both engineers by trade, hand dye British wool yarns while travelling around the UK waterways on their narrowboat home and studio.
RiverKnits wool yarn is all sustainably sourced from within the UK, you won’t find any Merino here! The majority of the range today is Bluefaced Leicester; a lustrous English longwool. It makes a soft and strong yarn, and takes dye beautifully.
The 100% BFL which is perfect for no-nylon socks, and everything else. RiverKnits’ blends with silk and cashmere make drool-worthy shawls and other luxury garments.
RiverKnits yarn is dyed in layers, which takes a long time, but it is so worth it for the complex and subtle appearance!
