Mendip 4-Ply – Dyed to order

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Colour Beech (Cloudy)

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Dyed to order yarns will usually ship within two weeks. If ordering ready-to-ship yarn along with dyed-to-order, all skeins will be despatched in one shipment once they are all ready. If you'd like your ready-to-ship yarns to be despatched straight away, please purchase the dyed-to-order yarn separately.

Please only place an order using this listing if the quantity and colour of yarn you'd like isn't in stock in its individual ready-to-ship listing. 

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Mendip is a 4-ply yarn spun in the UK from wool from a single flock of Shetland-cross sheep that graze the Mendip Hills in South-West England.

100% pure British wool

50g (1.75 oz) / 180m (197 yd) per skein

(Please note, this yarn has previously been labelled as 150m/164 yd per skein, owing to inconsistent batches prior to moving mills.

2.75–3.25 mm needles / 27–30 sts per 10 cm / 4" gauge

Hand-wash only, and lay finished items flat to dry.

 

The yarn is hand-dyed on two woollen-spun lambswool bases – Sunny and Cloudy – to make co-ordinated colour pairs. Sunny is spun from naturally white wool that yields bright, clean colours. Cloudy is a coloured base from blending some dark-coloured wool with white, and has more rustic, moody character. Both bases have a matte finish and pleasant toothiness that is perfect for colour work. The two Sheep colourways are the undyed wool.

The repeatable colour palette is inspired by the flora, fauna and changeable weather of the Mendip Hills, and is carefully considered to give a spectrum of shades that combine harmoniously.

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A note on the background of this yarn, as it is important to consider its environmental impact. The wool is sourced from an eco-farm less than 20 miles from where I live. Effectively the wool is a by-product, as the sheep are raised primarily for meat. They are part of a holistic management system to regenerate the soil where they graze, adding back nutrients to land that was previously dedicated to mining.

The wool is scoured, then spun at a small mill in Wales. There are no plastic fibres and no superwash process involved – this means that this yarn, and whatever is made from it, will biodegrade. I do use synthetic dyes, but always ensure that the dye is exhausted in the pots so none is returned into the water system.