YARN

When worked up, worsted weight Riti delivers wonderful stitch definition and blooms beautifully. The non superwash finish of this yarn means it holds its shape very well, while remaining soft and smooth, perfect for any garment you won’t want to take your hands off of! Embark on a fascinating new adventure with Patagonian wool from Fancywork favorite, Amano Yarns.  

Crafted from 100% Icelandic wool, Lopi produces premium yarns for warm nordic knits. Thanks to over 1,000 years of adapting to the sub-arctic climate, Icelandic sheep have developed a unique weather resistant wool with excellent breathability and thermal insulation, making it the original outwear. Combining soft, insulating inner fibers with long, durable, and weather-resistant outer fibers, Lopi's yarns are both warm and long-lasting.

Berroco Ultra Wool Chunky comes as a cuddly plushie in ball form, which translates to ultra coziness in your finished projects. One ball of Ultra Wool Chunky contains 145 yds of warm, huggable, machine-washable wool. This easy-to-care for yarn is as ideal for messy young kids, as it is for time-crunched grown-ups. Ultra Wool Chunky comes in 37 bright and beautiful colorways for every style.

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The wool in Cotton Merino is certified by RWS – the Responsible Wool Standard – ensuring that animals, farmers, and the environment are treated with care. This certification comes with a lengthy list of requirements, including protecting the Five Freedoms of animal welfare: freedom from hunger and thirst, freedom from discomfort, freedom from pain, injury and disease, freedom to express normal behavior and freedom from fear and distress. RWS certification also ensure that healthy soil, biodiversity, and social welfare for farmers and workers are prioritized. 

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. 

Shetland Spindrift's ample palette of softly heathered and solid colors is perfect for intricate colorwork and lacework, as well as weaving. Its durability makes it perfect for long-wearing projects. It's softness means it will be adored by whoever is lucky enough to wear your creations.

This slightly rustic, strong wool is perfect for durable sweaters. If you're looking for an extra cozy touch, combine it with Knitting for Olive's Soft Silk Mohair for perfectly matched tones. This pill-resistant yarn means you'll have a long-lasting wardrobe staple.

Heavy Merino's traceability makes it possible to identify the specific farms where the wool originates, ensuring that the animals are well cared for and the farmers are treated fairly, with good working conditions.

Bourette silk is cruelty free! Silk yarn is made with the silk threads that come from silk worm cocoons. An intact silk worm cocoon is made of one single very long thread. In conventional silk production the cocoons are boiled, leaving the silk worms to die. Bourette silk, on the other hand, is made from the silk threads of naturally vacated cocoons – ones from which the silk worms have completed their natural metamorphosis into moths. During this incredible process, the cocoon breaks apart leaving the silk thread in pieces. These short silk fibers are painstakingly collected and spun into yarn. Creating bourette silk is a very time consuming process resulting in a more rustic, but no less luxurious strand of yarn. 

Plötulopi is mostly knitted using two or three strands, resulting in garments that are exceptionally light and airy. Plötulopi is surprisingly strong once knitted thanks to the unique characteristics of Icelandic wool.

Gently wind the required number of strands of Plötulopi together or knit straight from the plates.

A single strand of Plötulopi is very delicate. It can be strengthened by twisting it lightly or by knitting it with one strand of Einband or any lace weight yarn. Plötulopi is great for felting, hand spinning and many other things.

With approximately 260 yards per skein and a 13 wraps per inch (wpi) gauge, Entropy DK offers both versatility and durability. BFL wool's long fibers help prevent pilling, so your projects will stay looking fresh, even after repeated wear. The yarn’s natural sheen adds depth and dimension to your work, while its breathable qualities keep your pieces warm yet comfortable.

Named for the “entropy” effect of its hand-dyed colorways, this yarn creates an ever-changing, gradient-like effect as you knit. Each skein is a beautiful mix of colors that subtly gradate and shift in smooth transitions giving your projects have that gorgeous hand-spun look. 

Malabrigo Susurro is a warm weather favorite that blends softness, breathability, and a gentle texture into something truly special. Made from a thoughtful mix of mulberry silk, merino wool, and linen, this lightweight yarn offers the best of all three fibers. Silk for sheen, merino for softness, and linen for strength and structure.

The result is a fabric with an airy feel and a subtle, lived in texture that only gets better with wear. The linen adds a slight crispness on the skein, but softens beautifully after washing, while the silk gives a soft glow that enhances Malabrigo’s signature hand dyed colorways.

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.

Your sock game will be forever changed for the better after using Malabrigo Ultimate Sock! Made with care by a family-owned yarn company in Uruguay and Peru, Malabrigo yarns come in a range of over 400 gorgeous colors inspired by nature and everyday life. Ultimate sock is made with a hardy nylon and superwash merino wool blend. Perfect for not only socks, but all accessories and garments from head to toe!

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.

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.

Practically vibrating with colorful energy, Mecha is a wonderful choice for accessories, garments, baby and kids items, cables, textured stitches. This bulky-weight yarn is the perfect size for quick but not-too-heavy projects.

As with all hand-dyed yarns, when working with more than one skeins in a single project, we recommend alternating a few rows from each ball ensure random color distribution.