Cheviot Limited Single Skein All Colorways
$ 36.00
100% made in the USA, this Cormo Wool is farmed, shorn, milled, designed, and dyed by small businesses in the Midwest.
Created by Amy Manko of the Ross Farm this base was designed to be a way for farmers to reach indie dyers. It is curated from a selection of Cheviot Sheep grown locally.
This yarn feels different than anything else in our collection. It is rich with lanolin and has a slightly thick and thin quality. This variation and imperfection is what gives it the stunning drape and unique hand. It is a true farm to needles yarn!
Cheviot Limited is just that - a limited run. As sheep produce different coats each year this yarn cannot be repeated. When it's gone it's gone!
Cheviot Limited is a heavy DK Weight, 100% Cheviot Wool, with 230 yards per 3.5oz skein.
Colorway Options:
Tapestry - a rich, deep wine.
Candlelight - a deep gold.
Stirling Castle - a variegated with hints of gold, purple, and wine
North Sea - a deep, turquoise blue
Scottish Highlands - a bright yellow green
Loch Lomond - a variegated with hints of greens and blues
Cheviot - the natural, undyed, wool. This is treated and washed the same as the dyed colorways so it will have the same hand when working with it.
Please Note: this is dyed to order and will ship 4-5 weeks from purchase.
Farmed in the Midwest.
The Cheviot featured in this yarn were raised and shorn in the Midwest. Featuring all small businesses, Cheviot Limited is created from sheep to skein within a 250 mile radius!
Originally hailing from the Cheviot Hills on the border between England and Scotland, Cheviot sheep produce a fleece that is highly durable and lofty. Traditionally used for wool tartans, the natural helical crimp of this wool means that it resists felting. It is springy, lofty, and heavy for an exquisite hand. The natural lanolin, and slight thick and thin quality, makes this yarn absolutely lovely to work with.
From the Ross Farm Flock.
This yarn was designed by Amy Ross Manko from The Ross Farm. Amy began this yarn project for two reasons: to provide an outlet for small family farmers to sell their wool clip for a fair price and provide a beautiful product for a lucky indie dyer to create a locally sourced, American made yarn that supports small farms in our industry.
Cheviot Limited was processed at the Zeilinger Wool Company Fiber Mill in Michigan. This fourth generation, natural fiber mill has been processing wool for over 100 years! They worked with Amy to spin the Cheviot to her exact specifications. The result is a truly unique yarn!
Locally Designed.
Dyed by Jeanne Stevenson of Destination yarn, this color palette was inspired by the original home of Cheviot sheep - Scotland. The result was seven colorways that work together in any combination. Dyed using our layered, tonal technique the result is slight variations in depth of shade through the skein. Perfect for heavily patterned stitches or colorwork!
Knitwear designer Shannon Okey was also inspired by Scotland with her design for the Stitchill Sweater. She named this sweater after a small Scottish village where several of her more... interesting ancestors lived. Her 10x great grandmother Agnes Lamb—yes, that was really her name—beat up the local sheriff when he came to collect a debt, and her girl gang helped. This is all documented in the records of the local baron’s court!
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