4ply Lambswool and Silk

New stash from Kingcraig Fabrics.

This is an 850grm cone of 75% lambswool/25% silk. I am planning to knit myself a top from this, and also several pairs of fingerless mitts.

Cone of 4ply wool and silk from Kingcraig Fabrics
Cone of 4ply wool and silk from Kingcraig Fabrics

I want to make one of these

Thermal
Thermal

How odd that the yarn should be so close in shade – honestly just a coincidence! And much closer in reality than my photograph of the yarn suggests…

I plan to skein and wash this yarn prior to knitting. That’s going to provide one or three challenges…

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