Pure Black Wensleydale aran - naturally coloured from the black sheep!
Our beautiful rare breed pure Wensleydale Aran is spun to 3/4.6 Nm (in accordance with BS984). From the very rare Black Wensleydale.
Simply gorgeous wool from the Home Farm collection. This is our softest aran wool, beautifully spun with 75% wensleydale lambs wool and 25% wensleydale shearling fleece. Rich with oil and beautiful to use.
Special offer 500g (1.1lbs)
Ethically produced
An opportunity to purchase 500g (1.1lbs) of this beautiful pure wool at the best price we can offer for your luxury project.
Our Price Promise
Home Farm have withdrawn all of their wool from wool shops and craft shows, and are trading online only. We therefore provide our best discount for larger quantities directly to the buyer, and not the reseller or venue. Given the cost of living crisis we all face, we are happy to make available high quality wool for your craft, at the lowest price possible.
Our home grown pure wensleydale wool is lustrous and beautifully soft, a single breed wool. This batch of aran worsted spun wool has been spun from lambs and shearling wool only.
Simply gorgeous wool from the Home Farm collection. Our wool is washed and spun traditionally in Yorkshire and boasts fantastic stitch definition and drape. It is silky, smooth, soft and lustrous. Wensleydale is a versatile yarn and will knit to a standard tension or slightly finer. This is pure worsted spun Wensleydale, there are no other longwool fibres to bulk out this wool. Ideal for any wool knitting or crochet pattern. Please see our table below for further information.
This wool is available in naturally coloured, natural (ecru) and ten tasteful colours.
Do try to ensure you buy enough wool for your project to make sure you are using the same dye lot. If you find you are short and would like more of the same colour, please message us with your dye number and of course a note that you bought a special pack so that we are able to offer extra skeins at this discounted price .
We always try to photograph our products as accurately as possible. However, colours may vary slightly.
We ship worldwide.
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UK |
US |
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Colour |
Naturally coloured |
Naturally Coloured |
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Yarn Weight |
Aran |
(Heavy) Worsted |
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Yarn Length |
150m |
164 yards |
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Ball Weight |
100g x 5 |
3.5 ounces x 5 |
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Tension |
18 stitches and 22 rows to 10 cm |
18 stitches and 22 rows to 3.93 inches sq |
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Needles |
4.5 / 5mm |
US 7 / 8 |
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Washing Instructions |
Pure wool. Hand wash and dry flat, or wash on woollen setting at 20°C and 800 spin |
Pure wool. Hand wash and dry flat, or wash on woollen setting at 68°F and 800 spin |
100% pure Wensleydale Wool.
