The Arcadia base is sometimes termed “upcycled”, a solution to waste in the yarn industry. The yarn is made from the excess fibre from the spinning process, the few percent of fibre thrown away at the end of a spinning run. My supplier, who I have used for years because of the company’s ethical standards, wanted to reduce waste, persuading the mill not to throw away what was left over, but instead keep it until there was enough for another full spinning run. Arcadia is a 100% merino yarn, and the meterage on the 4ply is a generous 425m and 225m on the DK