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I'm Anne. I hand-dye yarn, make kits for knitters, and write words for the common good. I put fresh yarn in my shop most Sundays, in tandem with my Sunday newsletter.
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Jersey Cow | multiple bases
$ 32.00 - $ 34.00
A perfect neutral: creamy oatmeal-colored, but with delicate speckles to add some excitement.
If you love a good neutral, but want it to have that little something extra, you will love Jersey Cow as much as I do. It's a super soft grey-brown shade, just that perfect oatmeal color, but with my signature delicate speckles of navy, bronze, and mossy green.
It's one of my Anne of Green Gables-inspired colorways, and its name draws from the 1980s CBS/PBS series when Anne and Diana romp through a muddy field to catch Anne's jersey cow.
I'm offering this color on two of my favorite fingering weight yarn bases, plus Harvest Sport and Mohair-Silk Lace—which can be held with either of the two to make four different fabrics suitable for a wide range of sweater, shawl and sock patterns.
My own work-in-progress (a Uniform sweater) is pictured, and the fabric is Targhee Sock with Mohair-Silk Lace.
Pre-orders ship in 4 to 6 weeks and earlier if I can.
Yarn specifications and gauge information👇🏻
Cashmere Blend
fingering weight
70% SW extrafine merino wool, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon
420 yards (384 m) | 115g skein
3-ply | superwash
Gauge & project information:
- Makes plush socks, drapey fingering weight shawls, and lightweight (yet warm) sweaters.
- For sweaters, I use it by itself at a gauge of 24 to 26 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
- Hold it with Mohair-Silk Lace for a drapey, soft, fluffy fabric that's happy anywhere from 16 to 21 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
Mohair-Silk Lace
lace weight
70% kid mohair, 30% silk
477 yards (436 m) | 50g skein
1-ply | non-superwash
Gauge & project information
Although it can be used on its own, my favorite way to use Mohair-Silk Lace is by holding it together with a strand of fingering or sport weight. I've used it with:
- Cashmere Blend: makes an ultra-soft and drapey fabric. This is my favorite combination for the Love Note sweater by Tin Can Knits.
- Targhee Sock: makes a gorgeous worsted weight sweater with fluff and body.
- Harvest Sport: makes worsted to aran weight sweaters, with that extra bit of warmth.
Targhee Sock
fingering weight
90% SW targhee wool, 10% nylon
465 yards (425 m) | 115g skein
3-ply | superwash
Gauge & project information:
- Makes plush socks, fingering weight shawls that are full of body, and lightweight (yet warm) sweaters.
- For sweaters, I prefer a gauge of around 24 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
- Hold it with Mohair-Silk Lace for a fluffy and yet full of body fabric that's gorgeous at around 20 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
Pattern ideas
Consider these patterns that were written for Targhee Sock:
- Nourish shawl & collection by Dawn Henderson
- Carrots & Radishes hat by Dawn Henderson
- Texture Garden Cardigan by Tina Tse
Harvest Sport
sport weight
100% merino-rambouillet wool blend
312 yards (285 m) | 100g skein
3-ply | non-superwash
Gauge & project information:
- Makes warm sportweight shawls that are full of body, and lightweight (yet warm) sweaters.
- For sweaters, I prefer a gauge of around 22-24 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
- Hold it with Mohair-Silk Lace for a fluffy and yet full of body fabric that's gorgeous at around 18-20 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
Pattern ideas
Consider these patterns that were written for Harvest Sport:
- Bandit sweater by Jacqueline Cieslak
- Texture Garden Cardigan by Tina Tse
- Kittenish Tank by Tina Tse
- Kittenish shawlette by Tina Tse