We love featuring fabulous fibres from yarnmakers all around the world, but what really excites us is discovering amazing yarnmakers right in our own home state!
Virginia-based hand dyers Little Fox Yarn (aka wife/husband team Amy and Brian Sulser) specialize in rich, tonal colors inspired by the Blue Ridge Mountains, dyed on luxurious natural fibres.
Fingering weight TrueWash Fine offers easy care without the environmental concerns of the traditional superwash process, using a GOTS-certified compound for an eco-friendly machine-washable yarn! Even better, this soft, springy 2-ply yarn is spun from organic Merino wool – a lovely choice for shawls or lightweight garments.
Yarn Details
- Fingering weight
- 100% organic Merino wool
- 430 yards (393 meters) per 115-gram skein
- US #1-3 (2.25-3.25 mm) needles or B/1-E/4 (2.25-3.5 mm) crochet hook
- 28 stitches = 4″
- Machine wash gentle, dry flat
- $29, available in-store only
Pattern Picks
Crescent Top
Sizes
XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL, 6XL, 7XL; finished circumference 25.5, 28.75, 31.5, 34.25, 37.25, 40, 42.75, 45.5, 48.75, 51.5, 54.25, 57″.
Yarn
1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3 skeins Little Fox Yarn TrueWash Fine (100% organic Merino wool; 430 yards/393 meters per 115-gram skein).
Gauge & Suggested Needles
22 stitches & 32 rows = 4” on US#4 (3.5 mm) needles, in pattern stitch worked in the round after wet blocking.
Lace Loop Sweater
Sizes
XS (S) M (L) XL (XXL); finished circumference 45.25 (47.5) 49.5 (52) 54.25 (57)”.
Yarn
MC: 3 (3) 3 (4) 4 (5) skeins Little Fox Yarn TrueWash Fine (100% organic Merino wool; 430 yards/393 meters per 115-gram skein), held together with 4 (4) 4 (5) 6 (7) balls of De Rerum Natura Bérénice or Knitting For Olive Soft Silk Mohair.
CC: 1 (1) 2 (2) 2 (2) skeins Little Fox Yarn TrueWash Fine (100% organic Merino wool; 430 yards/393 meters per 115-gram skein), held together with 1 (1) 1 (2) 2 (2) balls of De Rerum Natura Bérénice or Knitting For Olive Soft Silk Mohair.
Gauge & Suggested Needles
19 stitches & 26 rows = 4” on US#6 (4 mm) needles, in stockinette stitch worked in the round after wet blocking.
Down The River To The Ocean
Sizes
Small (Large); 49 x 21.5 (65 x 29)”.
Yarn
1 (2) skeins Little Fox Yarn TrueWash Fine (100% organic Merino wool; 430 yards/393 meters per 115-gram skein).
Gauge & Suggested Hook
14 stitches & 10 rows = 4” on G/6 (4 mm) hook, in double crochet after wet blocking.
