silk-sheep from Backward Sheep Yarns

silk-sheep

from Backward Sheep Yarns
DK (11 wpi) ?
159 yards
(145 meters)
50 grams
(1.76 ounces)
22.0 sts
= 4 inches
US 4 - 6 or 3.5 - 4mm
70% Wool - Merino
30% Silk
singles

Silk-worms spin silk, but silk-sheep spin this incredible yarn base with a lovely lustre and single ply texture. Luckily the silk-sheep have evolved to live on pasture and no longer leaves, as they may have found it hard to stay up in the trees, being a flightless species…