All of my yarns are made from the fine and soft wool of purebred Cormo sheep from two ranches in Colorado and Montana.
The yarn colors are the undyed natural colors of the sheep -- white, black, and gray -- and blends of these three natural colors.
White Cormo wool is a bright white, not a cream color. Cream-colored yarns turn white after the residual spinning oil has been washed out.
Black and gray fleeces become brown-tipped when the sheep are exposed to sunlight; so the more dark wool in a yarn, the more brown the color of that yarn.
My light gray yarns are warm grays, the medium grays are slightly brownish grays, the dark grays are very brownish grays, and my darkest shade is a dark brown.
Yarns spun in the woolen system are loftier, lighter, stretchier, warmer, more absorbent, and cozier-feeling -- but less strong -- than yarns spun in the worsted system.
Strength can be increased by knitting tighter, reinforcing the yarn with nylon or polyester thread, and / or fulling the finished piece.