Lace

Single-ply Love Story is spun from fleeces that Hélène hand-selects and grades one by one after the first shearing of the Icelandic lambs. The carefully-crafted result is an Icelandic lambswool yarn of unparalleled softness and fineness.

Love Story is especially suited for delicate, ethereal lace shawls and is reminiscent of the old handspun yarns that define traditional Icelandic lace. Alternatively, hold Love Story along with unspun Plutolopi for a classical Icelandic lopi sweater.

Gilitrutt is spun from fleeces that Hélène personally hand-selects and grades one by one after the first shearing of the Icelandic lambs. The carefully crafted result is an Icelandic lambswool yarn of unparalleled softness and fineness.

Gilitrutt’s two plies give it strength while maintaining a surprisingly soft hand and beautiful halo. Despite its fineness, it has all of the lightness and warmth expected from Icelandic wool yarns. This versatile yarn can be knitted with a variety of needle sizes and makes deliciously light sweaters as well as scarfs and mittens and is even suited for baby garments.

Knitting for Olive mohair is RMS certified. RMS stands for Responsible Wool Standard, and the certification ensures that animals, farmers and the environment are treated respectfully. The certificate protects the Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare: freedom from hunger and thirst, discomfort, pain, injury and disease; freedom to express normal behavior; and freedom from fear and distress.

Equally, RMS farms protect soil health, biodiversity and native species, and the RMS certification protects social welfare, working conditions and health safety of farmers and workers. The complete RMS document from Textile Exchange can be found here.

The silk used in Knitting for Olive yarns is cruelty-free. Silk is made of silk threads that come from silkworms' cocoons. The cocoons are made of one single very, very long thread. In conventional silk production, the cocoons are boiled, leaving the silkworms to die. This way, the long, intact silk thread can be used. Knitting for Olive silk is made of silk threads from broken cocoons, where the silkworms have evolved into moths and escaped from the cocoon. The broken cocoon is now many short pieces of silk thread. These short silk fibers are made into yarn. This is a very time-consuming process, and the final result is less smooth than other silk because long silk threads make a smoother final silk product. 

According to a given season's yak down color, mYak obtains three natural shades (chocolate, desert and oatmeal) which are then dyed, resulting in a palette of rich, soft colors evocative of the five elements of nature. Most yaks produce deep shades of fiber, therefore light colors are very rare and even more precious.

No bleaching or decoloring is done prior to dyeing, therefore each color will vary from season to season depending on the shade of the natural fibers. At times, the resulting shades will be darker and other times they will be lighter. There fore the shades represented online may not exactly match what we have in stock. We recommending purchasing enough to complete your project.

Each strand of Swanky Floof is impossibly airy, yet rich with warmth, making it perfect for gossamer shawls, dreamy layering pieces, or for adding just a hint of fluff to your favorite knits and crochets. The silk content lends a luminous sheen and strength, while the alpaca and cashmere wrap you in gentle luxury.

A wonderful alternative for patterns that call for mohair or brushed suri lace weight yarn. Whether Swanky Floof is used on its own or paired with other yarns for added texture and depth, this yarn elevates every stitch. Soft, fluffy, and delightfully indulgent – beware: this is yarn will spoil you!