All Black Isle Yarns are custom spun with fleeces I hand select from local farms and small holdings. I hope the table below will help if you want to easily check the details of each of the yarns that I currently have spun. If you’d like to know more, this blog post explains my process from ‘field to skein’ and details all the love and care that goes into each skein. These posts explain more about Auchen Sport (and this post too) and Killen Sock. For information on each of the farms follow this link. And have a look here for more information about my natural dye process.
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| Yarn | Weight | Spin/plies | Breed | Flock | Mill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auchen Sport | 375m/100g | Woollen/2 | Bluefaced Leicester Hogg/Shetland/Cheviot Hogg (40:30:30%) | The Arr/Inverhouse, St Finbarr’s Meadows, Craiglands/Muirton, Coulmore, Culgowrie | New Lanark |
| Balblair DK | 210m/100g | Semi-worsted/3 | Gotland & Bluefaced Leicester 65:35% | Fearniewell, Fraoch Cottage, An Caban Fiodha and Craiglands | The Border Mill |
| Gotland(ish) DK | 200m/100g | Semi-worsted/3 | Gotland (with a hint of Shetland and Charollais) | Fearniewell Croft | The Border Mill |
| Gotland Alpaca DK | 200m/100g | Semi-worsted/3 | Gotland (with a hint of Shetland and Charollais) & Alpaca 50:50% | Fearniewell Croft & British Alpaca | The Border Mill |
| Shetland DK (2020) | 220m/100g | Worsted/3 | Shetland | Inverhouse, Meadows, St Finbarr’s & Craiglands | The Natural Fibre Co. |
| Shetland Heavy 4ply/Sport (2020) | 350m/100g | Worsted/2 | Shetland | Inverhouse, Meadows, St Finbarr’s & Craiglands | The Natural Fibre Co. |
| Killen Sock | 400m/100g | High Twist, Semi-worsted/2 | Bluefaced Leicester & Mohair 80:20% | The Arr Farm, & South African Mohair | Europa |
| Bluefaced Leicester Suri 4ply | 300m/100g | Semi-worsted/2 | Bluefaced Leicester & Suri Alpaca 70:30% | Craiglands, & British Suri Alpaca | The Border Mill |
| Longwool Blend 4ply | 305m/100g | Semi-worsted/2 | Wensleydale | Culgowrie Flock | The Border Mill |