“Our Fine Wool is commercially spun and a blend of american fine wools and is very similar to
our organic rambouillet yarn (editors note: the org. rambouillet yarn is not currently being produced.) All of our yarn is hand dyed.”

About Tierra Wools (from their website):
In the spring of 1999, Antonio and Molly Manzanares’ flock was certified organic by the New Mexico Commodity Commission. Our first spin of a limited amount of two new knitting yarns from this wool arrived in the summer of 1999: a 2 ply sports weight (1,500 yards/lb.) and a 3 ply worsted weight (1,000 yards/lb.) Skeins are in 50 & 100 gram sizes.

These yarns, from Antonio and Molly’s organically raised Rambouilett fleeces, gently washed & woolen spun without spinning oil, are dyed with all natural dyes using alum/cream of tartar mordants to preserve the organic qualities of the wool. The tradition of natural dyeing with plants from the wild, and exotic natural dyestuffs traded across continents, has been practiced for 400 years by our ancestors and many years before that in the Hopi, Navajo and Pueblo tribes.

Our indigo shades are vat dyed by slower traditional bacterial methods to avoid the harsh chemicals introduced in the last century. Brightening, greening & dulling are achieved by dyeing with pure tin, copper & iron rather then using metal salt after baths. No chrome is used.