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Naturally coloured fl eece
Moordale
This beautiful British yarn is made up of Bluefaced Leicester
combined with alpaca making this yarn soft and tender,
yet strong and robust meaning this is a great yarn for any
garment. This yarn comes in gorgeous complementary shades
and has fantastic pattern support. www.knitrowan.com

Naturally-coloured eece contains intriguing hues and fascinating
textures that make it perfect for a unique garment. It’s ideal for
those spinners, weavers and knitters who want to feel closer to the
source of their wool as well as add some gorgeous natural tones in
their work.

Oxford

Down

Prince Charles’s

Wool Week
In recent years, Prince Charles has Quality
been one of the greatest champions
At Knit Now, we’re often asked how knitters
Formerly classi ed as an at-risk breed, this of real wool. He initiated the Campaign can be sure of the quality of wool. One
lovely sheep is growing in numbers, with for Wool, in order to raise awareness way is to look for the British Wool crook
support from the Rare Breed society. You amongst consumers about the unique, mark logo, which tells you the eece your
can buy a limited-edition aran-weight Oxford natural, renewable and biodegradable yarn is spun from comes from the UK and
Down yarn from Blacker Yarns. bene ts offered by the bre. has been graded by the BWMB to ensure
www.blackeryarns.co.uk www.campaignforwool.org consistent quality. www.britishwool.org.uk
Renewable

One of the very best things about using Shetland
natural British bre is that it’s renewable! Our Editor Kate’s love of Shetland yarn is no secret, so we couldn’t miss this breed out.
Manmade bres are often made from oil The sheep are tiny and adorable and their eece is incredibly ne and soft. It’s available
or other unsustainable products, but wool,
in a huge range of shades from Jamiesons of Shetland (www.jamiesonsofshetland.
mohair and alpaca grow naturally and the
co.uk) and Jamieson & Smith (www.shetlandwoolbrokers.co.uk).
animals can be shorn year after year!
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