Meadow Rustic Sport

Meadow Rustic Sport

Flora Adora Fibers

5.0 / 5.0 based on 2 reviews

$28.00

Only 6 left!
Color: Zinnia
Rich Red
What’sa Madder
Old Lavender
Blackish
Lichen
Winter Goldenrod
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Indigo lot A-a little darker
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Indigo lot B- a little lighter
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Apricot Nectar
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Spiced Pumpkin
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Pumpkin Latte
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Lavender Dawn
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Lavender Dusk
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Midnight Lavender
Mossy Dawn
Mossy Dusk
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Midnight Moss
Orchid
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Midnight Orchid
Zinnia
Autumn Sky
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Moon
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Dawn
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Dusk
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Midnight
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Hazy
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Green Glass Vase
Beach Plum
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Nuthin’s a madder
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Goldenrod
Georgian Bay
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Medium Walnut
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Vintage
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Tickle Me
Meadow Rustic Sport yarn Flora Adora Fibers Burlywood
Light Orchid
Boysenberry
A Good Brown
Pinky Tan
Rustic Red
Green Lichen
Boysenberry Splash
Bright Goldenrod

430 yds (393 m) per 4 oz (113 g) skein

Non superwash, botanically dyed

Minimally processed, non superwash sport weight yarn. Spun at Canada's oldest woolen mill, then naturally dyed. My favorite base (but don't tell the others...)

This minimally processed yarn is sourced from small flocks and farms.  It is made from medium wool breeds such as Corriedale, Romney, Cheviot and Bluefaced.  Medium wools will not be as soft as superfine Merino, because the scales are larger. Some people may not want to wear this directly against their skin. However, it makes for a light but warm knitted fabric. I almost always wear a light tee shirt under all my sweaters, merino or not, and do not find this Meadow Rustic Sport "prickly” at all. Because of its minimally processed nature, you will occasionally find bits of vegetable matter.

Because it's a "lofty" yarn, especially after washing, in my experience Meadow accommodates to multiple gauges-fingering to DK.

Moon and Hazy are natural, undyed wool colors. Dawn, Dusk and Midnight are not naturally dyed; they are dyed by the mill. However, I often overdye them with natural dyes. 

Pattern suggestions: 

Missoni Accomplished pullover

Forestland Pullover

Tearmann Shawl

Lichen Shawl

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.

You can prolong the life of all textiles and colors by washing by hand in cool water and avoiding exposure to strong, direct, prolonged light. For yarn, air drying on a flat surface will prevent stretching and sagging. A neutral wool wash is recommended. I currently use non scented Eucalan.The Bird Painting is just for your enjoyment, it's not for sale!

The Bird Sketch is just for your enjoyment, it's not for sale!

Bird sketch by Seth Fitts, Instagram @sethfittsartist. My collection

Customer Reviews

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Kelsey C
New Favorite Yarn

Ive been on a purchasing kick this season, preparing for a long winter of wooly knitting. Ive begun knitting with a number of fibers from a number of brands and there are 2 that stand out as my absolute favorites, and this yarn is one of them. The yarn is rustic in the most perfect way. For me it is next to skin wearable, coily, springy, and textured in the hank, it did take some coercion to cake up, but once the yarn and I agreed that it would be a cake, its been smooth sailing. The yarn so far has been exceptional for colorwork - long floats will felt up nicely and stay secure, but its no so easily felted that the yarn catches on itself. The midnight orchid color did bleed at first and transfer to my skin, so I worried at first that I had made an error winding it without a pre-wash, but my gauge square with colorwork with pinky tan came out just fine - I used a dye catcher in case but it caught very little / no color. I used a dry dye catcher to squeeze the water out of the gauge square and that one did catch some color. I expect some skin staining when my mittens are done at first but I think itll be minor.

The yarn is a joy to work with, feels wonderful in the hand, and gives a phenomenal result. Couldnt be more pleased. I did find that for ribbing I needed to go to a 2mm needle - maybe even 1.75mm (held single). The band says this could knit up as a dk but in my experience with the 2 skeins I purchased its substantially smaller, even wet blocked.

Im just looking now for an excuse to purchase more!

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Martha Belardo
So much texture ❤️

I received kind and thoughtful direction and consideration on my purchase and I am excited to think of Sharon and her process while I work up my project.

Sharon Miller, owner of Flora Adora Fibers, in a field cutting yellow goldenrod flowers for natural dyeing.

Joyfully Hand Dyed In Small Batches

Discover delightfully distinctive yarns, all non superwash & most US produced.

Flora Adora Fibers naturally dyed yarns are created using home grown, sustainably foraged & traditional natural dyes, resulting in colors that make your eyes, and heart, sing with delight.

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.

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