Salt ‘n Pepper

3-ply yarn, aran weight 140 m per 100 g, locally produced, Made in Sweden

Gauge, knitting needles 3½ mm or US4 is 18 stitches x 32 rows = 10 cm or 4 inches

SALT - light grey - is made of wool from:

• white finewool sheep living near Uppsala, Sweden (13%)
• light grey Gotland-finewool crossbreed sheep living near Uppsala, Sweden (57%)
• light grey Gotland crossbreed sheep from another farm near Uppsala, Sweden (30%)

PEPPER - dark dark grey - is made of wool from:

• black finewool sheep living near Uppsala, Sweden (48%)
• dark grey Gotland crossbreed lambs from another farm near Uppsala, Sweden (18%)
• grey Gotland crossbreed sheep from another farm near Uppsala, Sweden (9%)
• grey Gotland sheep from a third farm near Uppsala, Sweden (25%)

Finewool is originally a Finnish breed of sheep, but is quite frequent in Sweden as well. Finewool has thin fibres, it is soft, felts and dyes well.

Gotland sheep are a heritage breed of Sweden. Gotland fibres are usually grey, shiny, hard wearing and felts well. For this yarn I have picked the softest and lightest crossbreed Gotland fleeces to get the light grey colour.

All the wool for this yarn has been sheared fall 2017.

The fibre has been gently washed and carded and then spun into yarn at Solkustens Spinnverkstad, Sweden.

This yarn is also available in a 1-ply and a 2-ply version, and they are all available for purchase here