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Summer – New Yarn
Roubaix Wool’s new yarn “Summer” Okay, summer is over but Sweet Summer and a few of her friends have donated their fabulous wool to this new yarn and it’s SWEET! Ingredients 80% CVM/Romeldale wool – fine – rare – homegrown 10% Kid Mohair – fine – not so rare – homegrown 10% alpaca – fine – not so rare – Minnesota grown Some naturally dyed with Marigold flowers . Other skeins where kettle dyed such as Deep Water blue. And a whole bunch is still in their natural color of winter white with hints of warm browns and soft grays throughout. Details 2- ply fingering to light sport wt. soft, squishy,...
Read MoreGradient – hand spun kid mohair and silk
moody blues and gray handspun singles getting ready to become the Shibui Gradient Cowl (pattern here) kid mohair and silk blends in natural silver and white, kettle dyed to stormy Blue Heron and Harbor blues. a relaxing seed stitch pattern using 3 strands of yarn held as one, shifting colors one strand at a time to create a new shade. that is – Gradient. 1600 yards in 4 colors custom spinning requests can be made by contacting winterwind farm at fiber@winterwindfarm.com another Gradient by winterwind farm found here and there. Happy Winter – stay warm and knit!
Read MoreGyre
Gyre – a unique lace wrap. knit with Freckles Fingering a Roubaix Wool yarn made from a blend of cvm wool and kid mohair. a sunburst surrounded by honeycomb lace makes the perfect late summer wrap. This clever design is by Bristol Ivy in Brooklyn Tweed’s Wool People 9 Lookbook a lovely cvm-romeldale lamb
Read MoreTallgrass – a prairie shawl
summer is over the bugs and humidity are leaving! farmers are harvesting beans and the prairie grasses are turning brown. fall is in the air – it’s time to think about knitting! Tallgrass – a new ROUBAIX WOOL pattern might be just the right project to start. lace and cables twist together to create the perfect fall wrap. knit with “Prairie” a warm sport wt. cvm/alpaca yarn grown here on Winterwind Farm and spun at Dakota Fiber Mill in close by North Dakota. wrap yourself up in this warm shawl and settle in to watch the dazzling colors of autumn begin. the Tallgrass pattern and Prairie yarn are for sale on Etsy I think you will enjoy...
Read MoreGradient – a beautiful cowl pattern by Shibui
it’s Done! and it’s Pretty! and it’s Brilliantly simple to make and I will need to make this AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN! the Gradient Cowl by Shibui using handspun lace weight singles spun from kid mohair and silk
Read MoreNew Yarns
“Kingston” a winter white 2-ply worsted wt. yarn primarily composed of wool from my lovely CVM ram Kingston, blended with angora making a 80/20 blend of soft yarn with slight halo. can be found for sale in our Etsy store “Granite” a medium gray worsted wt. yarn with many taupe and brown tones this yarn is a 80/20 blend of naturally colored CVM wool and angora 3-plies make this a soft, elastic and round yarn with a slight halo this yarn is for sale in our Etsy store “Coal” a 2-ply charcoal gray/brown yarn with variegated dark charcoal gray/brown CVM~Romeldale wool provided by “Coal” this is an 80/20 blend of naturally...
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