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Avonlea Autumn | Harvest Sport
$ 34.00
Harvest is my most versatile, sustainable and squishy line of yarn. It's non-superwash, but with a tight twist that helps me achieve deep and complex colors, without sacrificing one bit of responsible, traceable production.
The wool is Shaniko Wool, a merino-rambouillet blend that's grown ethically and responsibly in the western part of the US. The spinning happens in my home state of North Carolina in one of the few remaining spinning mills in the U.S. that specialize in creating yarn for the hand-knitting industry.
Harvest colors are slightly matte (rather than shiny), and the fabric you create with hand-knitting has body and squish (rather than drape). The tight twist and 3-ply structure help it resist pilling for a bit longer than other soft yarns, and cables and texture simply pop.
• Gentle on the earth, non-superwash, grown and spun domestically.
• Next to skin soft
• Layered and complex color, with intentional dark blips to mimic low-contrast speckles when knit.
• What does it look like? The second picture shows this colorway in a knit swatch with the yarn held solo (top) and held with the same color of Mohair Silk Lace (bottom).
Colorway: Avonlea Autumn
Base: Harvest Sport
Weight: Sport
Yardage: 312 yards per 100g skein
Color notes: On this non-superwash base, Avonlea Autumn appears as a cooler almost green-leaning brown. I use the same base of taupe and wood brown as I do when dyeing it on Cashmere Blend, but the non-superwash nature of this yarn makes it look so very different! I've used small bits of direct dye to mimic speckles, but they are more like intentional blips of color than speckles. It feels like fall leaves carpeting a forest floor.
Preorders ship in ~6 weeks. This particular preorder will ship around the 2nd week of January.
Pattern recommendations
Harvest Sport
sweater gauge of 23 to 25 sts to 4 inches:
Bandit Cardigan by Jacqueline Cieslak (designed for Harvest)
Kittenish Tank by Tina Tse (designed for Harvest)
Gaon Cardigan by Soomin Ahn (links to Ravelry)
Slightly Sassy V by Aimee Sher
Harvest Sport + Mohair Silk Lace held together
sweater gauge of 16 to 20 sts to 4 inches:
Uniform cardigan by Carrie Bostick Hoge (links to Ravelry)
Yarn specifications
Harvest Sport
100% non-superwash Merino-Rambouillet wool
312 yards | 100 grams
3-ply construction
Provenance
American grown and spun
Gauge
Harvest Sport is sportweight yarn that can be used for any pattern with a gauge between 22 and 25 sts to 4 inches (10 cm), which I usually achieve with a US size 4 or 5 needle (3.5 to 3.75 mm). It is my favorite yarn for lighter weight sweaters.
Do you need to alternate skeins?
Yes. All of my yarn is dyed by hand in small batches of four skeins. There will be variations in color intensity and placement. I think that’s part of what makes each skein perfect – they’re not identical. If you will be using more than 1 skein in your project, alternate skeins to blend any color differences.
Caring for your finished item
My wool yarns should always be hand-washed with a gentle wool wash and cold-water rinse.
Depending on the difference in chemistry between your local water and mine, there may be some color residue in the wash process. Washing and rinsing in cold water will help to minimize this.
Always let your knitted item air dry to prevent shrinking or felting and to keep your item looking its best.