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Handspun yarn - SALMON RUN - Handpainted Merino wool yarn, fingering weight, 400 yards

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Handspun yarn - SALMON RUN -  Handpainted Merino wool yarn, fingering weight, 400 yards
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Handspun yarn - SALMON RUN -  Handpainted Merino wool yarn, fingering weight, 400 yards Handspun yarn - SALMON RUN -  Handpainted Merino wool yarn, fingering weight, 400 yards Handspun yarn - SALMON RUN -  Handpainted Merino wool yarn, fingering weight, 400 yards Handspun yarn - SALMON RUN -  Handpainted Merino wool yarn, fingering weight, 400 yards
I spun another salmon yarn several months ago. It was a very different yarn than this one, but I’m going to steal the text, as it was a favorite of mine and is still appropriate: When the hook-nosed coho salmon return to their spawning grounds, we know it’s high summer. They return after years at sea to the very streams where they were born, sporting brown and silver backs and pink sides and underbellies. This yarn has the colors of our remarkable salmon: the light and dark pinks and soft browns.

This listing is for one two-ply thick-and-thin skein, weighing 3.8 ounces., spun at an average of 1685 ypp (yards per pound). This is a fingering weight and wraps at about 19-22. The total yardage is 400.

Merino is the standard by which the fineness of wool is graded and is among the softest fleeces in the world. It’s an old breed, originally brought to the Iberian peninsula in the 12th or 13th century. Being small bodied, it is grown mostly for its exquisite wool. The staple is crimpy and shorter than some other popular breeds, but makes up for that in its legendary softness.

See my Store Policy FAQs section for further knitting gauge suggestions for various yard weights, a bit about sheep breeds and yarn softness and care instructions for different fibers.

My skeins are wound on a full 2-yard niddy-noddy. If you don’t have a large swift, let me know. Spun in a smoke-free, pet-friendly home.

Fiber: Merino wool
Weight: 3.8 oz, 108 g.
Length: Approx. 400 yards, 366 m
YPP: Approx. 1685
WPI: Approx. 19-22
Ply: 2 ply


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  • Listed on Apr 7, 2012
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