Ravelry: White Gum Wool 8 ply Superfine Merino

8 ply Superfine Merino from White Gum Wool

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8 ply Superfine Merino

from White Gum Wool

Weight

DK (11 wpi) ?

Wraps per inch

Meterage

258 yards
(236 meters)

Unit weight

100 grams
(3.53 ounces)

Gauge

22.0 sts
= 4 inches

Needle size

US 6 - 4.0 mm

Fibers

100% Wool - Merino

Texture

plied

Attributes

Care: Dry Flat, Hand Wash Cold

Color: Solid color, Variegated

Dye: Machine dyed

Yarn origin

Dyed: New Zealand
Design Spun, Napier

Milled: New Zealand
Design Spun, Napier

Scoured: New Zealand
Canterbury Wool Scourers, Christchurch

Source of fiber: Australia
Single farm source, Oatlands, Tasmania

This is a worsted-spun, 17 micron merino yarn. It comes in 18 colours, all inspired by the landscape where the wool is grown: the high midlands of Tasmania. It is extremely soft and elastic, perfect for next-to-skin garments and for babies. The yarn has great stitch definition, and while it will felt, it doesn’t do so just by looking at it sideways--so you have some room to manoeuvre in washing and blocking. If you WANT it to felt, it turns into a wonderfully soft, dense fabric, but you do have to work at it!

Indie dyers using this yarn as a base can also be found here.

Care: Hand wash, cold. Dry flat. May be dry-cleaned.