Worsted-Spun Yarns

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.

In the worsted spinning system, wool (or other fiber) is carded, combed, and drafted before being spun into yarn.
As the wool is combed and drafted, the shorter fibers are removed, and the remaining longer fibers are brought into alignment with each other.
Worsted-spun yarns are dense and strong. Because of the density, a typical worsted yarn is thinner than a typical woolen yarn with the same yards per pound.

Spun In Maine

My Maine-spun yarns are twisted on the low end of the knitting range.
These yarns are consistent, even, soft, a little fuzzy, and apt to pill to some degree.

Original Yarns




Adult / Lamb Yarns



Irregular Yarns

The Maine-spun irregular yarns are low twist and very soft.
These yarns will pill. All have a large number of fiber nepps, and some skeins have one or more large slubs.
Prices have been reduced.





SPUN IN PENNSYLVANIA

Higher-twist (original) yarns

My higher-twist Pennsylvania-spun yarns have substantial weight, nice drape, a smooth feel, and good strength and durability.
The Aran and bulky weight yarns produce a slightly biased fabric if knit in stockinette.
They do not cause biasing if knit in balanced stitches like garter, moss, etc..



Lower-twist irregular yarns

My lower-twist Pennsylvania-spun yarns are very soft, are much more uneven than typical worsted-spun, and have fiber nepps and slubs.
Prices have been reduced.