Orkney’s native sheep, known as the North Ronaldsay breed, have been grazing seaweed on these islands for 6000 years. We hand-shear our sheep to ensure that the new wool growth remains to keep the ewe warm. Many of the wool fibres are finer than Merino and this makes for a beautiful yarn to knit and wear.

There may be a slight meterage variation between clip/year lots.

DK Natural colors:
Our Double Knitting weight yarn is hand clipped and comes in Seal grey, Slate grey, Shell-sand and Peat black.This yarn is 100% un-dyed wool fibres. Each ball is 132 yards and 50g.

DK Hand Dyed:
Our own North Ronaldsay wool yarn is hand-dyed in Auskerry in small batches to produce muted colour palettes. Although every batch varies, you can choose from several different combinations though we cannot guarantee that the yarn you receive will be exactly as in the picture! Our colour inspiration comes from the landscape; summery greens, sea blues, wild-flower pinks and yellows and seaweed purples and oranges. The 100% wool yarn comes in 50g skeins ready for winding into balls. When ordering please be aware that each dye batch is different.