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British Breed Yarn - Moondance Shetland  
My Moondance yarns are spun from the variety of natural coloured fleeces provided by the British bred sheep in my own multi-coloured Shetland Flock.

After lambing in the Spring and before the full heat of the summer months arrive, the sheep are sheared by my husband John. 

Then I carefully look over them and select, pick-clean and sort them all by colour. 

Finally, I pack them in large wool 'sheets' before sending them out to the Halifax Spinning Mill in Yorkshire where my fleeces are gently washed, carded and spun for softness. 

'Granite'
Medium
heathered
grey

'Mist'
Light grey

'Moorland'
Soft
nutmeg
brown

'Sea Foam'
Natural
white

'Twilight'
Natural
black

'Porridge'
Soft
cream
fawn

My Shetland yarn is available in the six pure and completely natural shades (not dyed) and illustrated in detail above.

All are lovely and soft and come in 100g DK (double knit) weight skeins averaging 250 yards - or 230 meters - per skein.  

It typically knits up to 22 stitches/30 rows over a 4"/10 cm tension gauge on a 4 mm needle ( U.S. 6).

Price:  £8.00 per skein 

Moondance Shetland - DK Tweed yarns

I'm also pleased to introduce my five new shades of colour-flecked yarns that have been specially spun for Moondance. 

Small handfuls of naturally dyed wool in varied colours are tossed into the carding machine with my natural fleeces. Then as the wool is spun small flecks of the chosen colours are scattered in the yarn to produce an attractive and subtle tweed effect as you knit your garment.

'Lammamuir'
Natural black

'Eildon'
Silver Grey

'Moorfoot'
Nutty Brown

'Cheviot'
Soft Ivory

'Pentland'
Pewter Grey

Just as lovely and soft as my natural yarns above they come in 100g DK (double knit) weight skeins averaging 250 yds - or 230 meters - per skein.  

This flecked yarn will knit to similar tension/gauge, so will fit all our current patterns, but will have a different look and 'handle'.

It also typically knits up to 20-22 stitches/30 rows over a 4"/10 cm tension gauge on a 3.5mm-4mm needle ( U.S. 4-6).

Price:  £11.00 per skein 

 

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