Keswick Aran from Eden Cottage Yarns

Keswick Aran

from Eden Cottage Yarns
discontinued
Aran (8 wpi) ?
182 yards
(166 meters)
100 grams
(3.53 ounces)
18.0 sts
= 4 inches
US 7 - 9 or 4.5 - 5.5mm
85% Wool - Merino
15% Manufactured Fibers - Nylon / Polyamide
plied, tweedy
Care: Dry Flat, Hand Wash, Superwash
Color: Tweed
Dye: Hand dyed
Put up: Winding required

Hand dyed aran weight merino tweed yarn.

Keswick Aran is a base of soft superwash merino with neps blended in for a unique texture and colour effect. The neps appear throughout the skein as little pops of black, brown and cream. They are made of polyamide which doesn’t take the dye, meaning every skein will have these multi-toned flecks. In lighter yarns the darker neps are more prominent and in darker colours the lighter neps are more visible. They don’t particularly interfere with the knitting or crochet experience, and with being so soft they blend in to the yarn, so you can’t really feel them. The base yarn is soft and squishy but also quite firm, making it gorgeous for a wide range of projects.

Although the merino in this yarn is superwash and shouldn’t get destroyed if it does go through the washing machine (on a low temperature), I would recommend handwashing finished items if possible.

85% Superwash Merino, 15% Donegal Nep
100g
166m/180yds
4.5 - 5.5mm needles
Handwash only and lay flat to dry

We recommend that you wash dark colours separately or wash a swatch before using dark and light colours together.

As with all hand dyed yarns, I would recommend that you use two skeins at a time, alternating from each one every couple of rows/rounds (unless it’s a one-skein project).