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Kelly's Tunis Chunky yarn

Flora Adora Fibers

5.0 / 5.0 based on 1 review

$31.00

Only 3 in stock!
Color: Black Walnut
Black Walnut
LL Orange
Aqua
Yarrow Green
Raspberry
Spring Green
Indigo
Fog
Merigold
Cheery Cherry Gold
Natural
Jewelweed
Softly
Laurel Green
Berry
Cherry Wood
Medium Indigo-mixed lots

Chunky Weight

100% Michigan grown Tunis wool

Approx. 136 yd/113 g/4 oz.

 

·      Wool Sourced From A Small Michigan Farm: raised by Kelly and shorn by my brother.

·      Woolen Spun: at now-closed Zeilinger Mill in Michigan. Lofty & lightweight due to being woolen spun.

·      About Tunis Wool: undyed yarn has a nice warmth to its color-more ivory or cream. Fairly soft but some might feel it's a little scratchy for next-to-skin wear. Perfect for quick, sturdy sweaters, hats, etc.

·      What To Make With Kelly’s Tunis: perfect for quick, sturdy sweaters, hats, etc.

·      Botanically Dyed: unique and vibrant colors derived from plants and other natural materials

·      Long Lasting Colors: only dye materials with excellent color fastness to washing and light are used. So you don’t need to worry about colors unexpectedly disappearing.

·      Minimally Processed Yarn: you might find a little vegetable matter in the yarn.

·      Nonsuperwash: not treated with plastic or other chemicals, so needs to be washed by hand in cool water, then dried flat

·      About Tunis Sheep: a Heritage breed that nearly became extinct during the Civil War. Descended from North African sheep gifted to George Washington in the late 1700s.

 

PATTERN SUGGESTIONS:

The Essential Beanie (1 skein)

Gathering Hat (1 skein)

Felix Pullover  (with gauge modification)

 

Minor bleeding may occur on first wash. Each skein is unique, purchase multi-skein projects together & alternate rows. 

Colors are shown as accurately as possible but monitors will vary.

Wash by hand in cool water then dry on flat surface.  Using a neutral pH wool wash is recommended. Examples are Orvus, Ecover and other liquid dishwashing detergents, various wool washes. 

 Avoid exposure to strong, direct, prolonged light.

 

Sheep photos courtesy Kelly Young

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do your yarns come from?

At present, yarns come from the US, Britain and Canada. Bit by bit, I'm adding yarns made from small US farm wools. Some yarns are here for the long haul, others are limited editions.

Are natural dyes color fast and fade resistant?

There is an almost infinite number of natural dye sources but many are not light or wash fast. Flora Adora Fibers uses natural dyes that are known to have excellent to good light and wash fastness. Food grade mordants are used to bind dyes and permanently fix them to the fibers.

Both commercial and natural dyes will fade with extended exposure to strong light.

Washing yarns and finished projects in cool water with a pH neutral soap will further help maintain colors.

Where do you ship to?
Sharon Miller, owner of Flora Adora Fibers, in a field cutting yellow goldenrod flowers for natural dyeing.

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