This is one of our favourites and a very popular boutique yarn. Light and silky to the touch, Yeti is made from equal amounts of Yak and Silk fibres – spun into a fine fingering weight yarn to create garments which are as light as a feather.

This yarn makes a wonderful all year garment – both, yak and silk, are temperature regulators. It will keep you warm when needed, yet it also allow heat to escape. With the yak being one most in need for warmth in the Himalayas, it can be easily imagined how dense the fibre must be and yet, yak is one of the softest fibres around almost identical in Microns to cashmere.

Add some flowing silk into the mix and the results are simply breathtaking, like moonbeams on rippling water.

Yeti is available as a kit as well.  Check out Criostal, designed by Albina from Lbhandknits, highlights Yeti in a simple delicate shawl pattern. 

In a nutshell for 1 skein:
50% fine yak hair / 50% mulberry silk
weight 4 ply
100g/ 3.5oz
466m/ 509.6 yards
2-3mm needles

Lincot is 'rustically spun' - meaning that the yarn is thick-and-thin, presenting like an old fashioned handspun. It takes color beautifully, with lots of subtle, rich variations in tone. And when knitted up, it gives the resulting fabric a captivatingly textured look and feel.

About the yarn: spun unevenly in Germany, the fibres are sourced from sustainable and ethical friendly sources.  The uneven texture of Lincot also has interesting implications for gauge. In meterage, this yarn is a spot-on DK weight, measuring 220m per 100g. However, when it comes to gauge it 'behaves' like a much thicker yarn, and seems to work best in garments when knitted at an aran-weight gauge. This makes Lincot an extremely economical yarn! Meaning, you need far less of it than you would an ordinary DK weight yarn. For example: a sweater requiring 500g of DK weight yarn worked up for designer Albina with only 400g. 

In a nutshell for 1 skein:
70% cotton / 30% linen
weight 2 ply DK
100g/ 3.5oz
220m/ 240.59yards
4-5mm needles

Read a designer's review of LinCot here
Read the review of LB Handknit's LinCot dress knitting pattern, Rusticana, here
Get your copy of Rusticana, here

Due to the fibre content, LinCot is a great option for Vegans with several plant dyed colours!  Curious to read more about our dyes? Click here.

Indigo* - herbaceous plant ( you might get a bit of blue on your hands while
Knitting - that is easily washed of with soap and even healthy!)
Vegan note: please be aware that we use Lac and Cochineal dyes as well, which would be of animal origin ~ Cochineal** - small louse; Lac*** - the casing made by beetles to hatch and protect their eggs.

Stockholm is a chunky-weight, 100% wool yarn, with a meterage of 100m (110y) per 100g (3.5oz). A singles yarn, Stockholm is exceptionally soft and airy, resulting in garments and accessories which feel light on the body, drape beautifully, and regulate heat exceptionally well. For a singles yarn, it is also quite durable, and therefore suitable for knitting garments.

Naturally dyed, Stockholm is available in a stunning rainbow of tonal colourways compatible with all designs featured in the Facing North collection.

Looking for patterns for Stockholm?  Click here!

In a nutshell for 1 skein:

100% wool
weight Chunky
100g/3.5oz
100m/110yards
6-9mm needles
Hand wash
Suitable for felting

Apple Oak Fibre Works Stockholm is a chunky, 100% wool yarn, with a meterage of 100

m (110y)

per 100g (3.5oz). A singles yarn, Stockholm is exceptionally soft and airy, r

esulting in garments

and accessories which feel light on the body, drape beautifully, and regulate heat except

ionally

well. Naturally dyed in Co. Clare, Ireland, Stockholm is available in a stunn

ing rainbow of tonal

colourways compatible with all designs featured in the collection 'Facing North

'

Apple Oak Fibre Works Stockholm is a chunky, 100% wool yarn, with a meterage of 100

m (110y)

per 100g (3.5oz). A singles yarn, Stockholm is exceptionally soft and airy, r

esulting in garments

and accessories which feel light on the body, drape beautifully, and regulate heat except

ionally

well. Naturally dyed in Co. Clare, Ireland, Stockholm is available in a stunn

ing rainbow of tonal

colourways compatible with all designs featured in the collection 'Facing North

'

Quito is the yarn you want, when thinking of frosty Autumn walks or a stroll in the snow.

Alpaca is one of the warmest fibre you can choose. Due to its slouchy and drapey effect it is best suited for flowing and body skimming pieces, ideally knitted seamlessly. Alpaca Quito is a single yarn, not plied, and, once knitted, allows for many air pockets to store that extra bit of warmth when needed.

The yarn is silky and soft, slips easily off the needles and allows for a quick knit – when knitting with Alpaca yarn it is advisable to go up by 0.25mm – 0.5mm a needle size to allow the amazing drape to flow and keep its buoyancy.

Quito is available in 7 stunning undyed colours.

In a nutshell for one skein: 

100% Alpaca
Single ply
100gr (3.5oz) - 120m
Needle size: 5-6mm/US: 8-10/ UK: 4-6
Weight: Aran weight
Handwash only
Dry flat