ELIJAH Gotland/TeeswaterX/alpaca blend light cream yarn 100g ball 2 ply S18

100% Gotland/TeeswaterX wool, blended with alpaca
Machine spun into 100g balls
Natural light cream - 'Elijah'
2 ply
350m per 100g ball
Spring 2018 shearing

YARN WITH A STORY TO TELL

This special pale cream yarn is from Elijah, the gentle giant of our flock who has been quite poorly this past winter but is now hopefully on the mend! Elijah is a very sweet character who never uses his considerable size to unfair advantage. His fleece is plentiful and lustrous, and this particular blend lightens his natural warm cream shade by mixing white alpaca fibre with his long Gotland/TeeswaterX locks.

Our high welfare artisan yarn is from a small mixed flock of sheep at our livestock sanctuary in Nottinghamshire UK. The boys were originally called The Hooligans because of their boisterous behaviour and unerring knack of seeking out trouble, and although the girls are generally better behaved, they also have their moments. And so Hooligan Yarns was born!

It’s essential for the welfare of sheep that they’re shorn at least once a year, but the fleece is often disposed of or given away for next to nothing. I liked the idea of producing a ‘single sheep’ yarn that promoted a high welfare message to support the charity. Our undyed yarn is machine spun in UK mills and individually gift packaged, with the name and quirks of each sheep provided as a story with each order.

Limited quantities are available owing to the size of flock – all current stock shown here, with updates twice yearly following the spring and autumn shearings.

Yarn sales go directly to support our charity Manor Farm Charitable Trust which offers lifelong sanctuary for livestock in need. UK Registered Charity No. 1173761.