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Mackenzie

from Ashford

Weight

Fingering (14 wpi) ?

Wraps per inch

Meterage

390 yards
(357 meters)

Unit weight

100 grams
(3.53 ounces)

Gauge

26.0 to 28.0 sts
= 4 inches

Needle size

US 2 - 3 or 2.75 - 3.25mm

Fibers

100% Wool - Merino

Texture

plied

Machine wash?

yes

Attributes

Care: Machine Dry, Machine Wash, Superwash

Color: Solid color, Variegated

Dye: Machine dyed

Yarn origin

Dyed: New Zealand

Milled: New Zealand

Source of fiber: New Zealand

100% pure New Zealand Merino

Ashford is proud to have its very own Mackenzie yarn. It is 100% pure New Zealand with the wool grown on high country sheep farms around New Zealand and spun in a small boutique mill in Hawkes Bay. It is a soft 4 ply machine washable yarn perfect for knitting and weaving.

The yarn is named after the Mackenzie Basin, near Mt Cook and Lake Tekapo, where the Merino sheep thrive in the dry conditions and high altitude. The Basin was named in the 1850s after James MacKenzie, a Scottish shepherd, who, with his faithful collie dog, Friday, herded stolen sheep into this empty and isolated basin. A bronze memorial to working collie dogs such as Friday stands on the shores of Lake Tekapo near the Church of the Good Shepherd.