Thursday, September 11, 2008

Recommended Wool Yarns for Stranded Color Knitting

Here is the yarn list for stranded color knitting I've been working on so far. I limited this to yarns fingering to worsted weight, non-superwash wool, plied and smooth textured, that come in a wide variety of colors. Each one is linked to the Ravelry yarn page and you can usually find vendors there. Because there was some confusion about which yarns are DK and which are sport weight I lumped them all together in the same category.It will probably be a month or so before I start on the list of all yarns good for colorwork that don't fit the original list. Thanks to everyone who helped me with the list!

FINGERING WEIGHT
Brown Sheep Nature Spun Fingering Weight
Rauma Finullgarn
Knitpicks’ Palette
Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift
Jamieson & Smith 2-ply Jumper Weight Wool
Vuorelma Satakieli
Jaggerspun Digit Yarn
Koigu Premium Merino Yarn
Harrisville New England Shetland
Bella Vita Farm’s Naturally Dyed Fingering Weight
Sunday Knits Eden
Kauni Evilla Solids
Rauma Lamullgarn
Blackberry Ridge 100% Wool Fingering Weight
Elemental Affects Natural Shetland Fingering
JaggerSpun Maine Line 2/8
Klippan Tuna
Wensleydale Longwool 4 Ply
Black Water Abbey 2 Ply Fingering
Taiga Yarns L’Attitude
Taiga Yarns Nostalgia

SPORT AND DK WEIGHT
Brown Sheep Nature Spun Sport Weight
Elann’s Peruvian Highland Sport
Knitpicks Telemark Yarn
Reynolds Whiskey
Dale of Norway Heilo
Knitpicks Merino Style
Jamieson’s Shetland DK
SandnesGarn Peer Gynt
Rauma Strikkegarn
Jo Sharp Classic DK Wool
Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sport
Quebecoise
SandnesGarn Tove
Virtual Yarns 2-Ply
Virtual Yarns Scottish Fleet
Hifa 2 Ullgarn
Rauma Istra
Ashford Tekapo
Classic Elite Classic One Fifty
Reynolds Soft Sea Wool
Blackberry Ridge 100% Wool Sport Weight
Wensleydale Longwool DK

WORSTED WEIGHT
Cascade 220
Brown Sheep Nature Spun Worsted Weight
Elann’s Peruvian Highland Wool
Knitpicks’ Wool of the Andes
Jamieson’s Shetland Heathered Aran (formerly Soft Shetland)
Ram Wools Selkirk
Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted
Ella Rae Classic Worsted
Paton’s Classic Wool
Briggs & Little Heritage 2 Ply
Reynolds Candide
Universal Deluxe Worsted Solid
Plymouth Galway Worsted
Harrisville New England Highland
Classic Elite Renaissance
Shepherd Yarn’s Shepherd Classic
Rauma Vamsegarn
Lion Brand Wool Solids
Virtual Yarns 3-Ply
Hifa 3 Ullgarn
Briggs & Little Regal
Frog Tree Merino Melange Worsted
Reynolds Soft Sea Worsted
Cottage Craft 2 Ply Wool
Blackberry Ridge 100% Wool Medium Weight
Elemental Affects Natural Shetland Worsted
Philosopher’s Wool 2-Ply
Wensleydale Longwool Aran

I really love this picture of Jack. I have to hold him when we go outside because otherwise he's off chasing lizards. He once saw one in a tree which was probably the most exciting thing that has happened in his whole life.