Although most of the sheep on the Falkland Islands are white, there are a very few with naturally coloured fleeces. We have been able to obtain a small supply of this special Merino cross wool for Blacker Yarns. The handle is smooth, soft and luxurious but not quite as soft as the white Falklands wool as the naturally coloured sheep have coarser fleeces. Being worsted spun, the yarn has a bulky, drapey quality, which will work well for structured and flowing garments and also for textures.

TENSION/GAUGE: to be sure of tension, you should always knit a sample tension swatch. Generally the knitter is one variable but the pattern is another, depending on the intentions of the designer! As a guideline: for our 4-ply, on 3mm/US 3, UK 11 needles, you will get 28 sts and 34 rows to a 10cm/4” square. The WPI is usually 14 in woollen and 18 in worsted spun yarns. For our DK, on 4mm/US 6, UK 8 needles, you will get around 20 sts and 28 rows to a 10cm/4” square. The WPI is usually 11 in woollen and 15 in worsted spun yarns.

FIBRE fine
BREED Falkland Island Merino
BALL/SKEIN LENGTH DK c.50g c.110m (c.119yds)
SPECIFICATION DK
FINISH: WOOLLEN OR WORSTED Worsted
PACKAGE approx. 50g balls
HANDLE fine