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    Harvest Sport | Wardrobe Essentials colorways

    You're going to love this yarn.

    • It's as gentle on the earth as possible. The wool is fully grown and spun in the US, where you likely live. It's non-superwash (untreated). The merino-rambouillet sheep who grow this wool live in the western part of the US, and the spinning happens in my home state of North Carolina. A yarn that's made in the US means less travel, a small footprint, and worker protections.
    • It feels great in your hands: It's next-to-skin soft at 21 microns and is bouncy, elastic, and squishy.
    • It will last a long, long time: It has a tight twist and 3-ply structure, which help it resist pilling for a tiny bit longer than other very soft wools.
    • It makes a plush and well-defined fabric: Stockinette fabric is squishy and plush, and textured stitch patterns have beautiful definition. But my favorite is a cable pattern in Harvest Sport. Cables simply pop!
    Yarn specifications

    Harvest Sport
    100% non-superwash Merino-Rambouillet wool
    312 yards | 100 grams
    3-ply construction
    non-superwash

    Gauge
    My ideal gauge for Harvest Sport is around 23 to 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).

    Harvest Sport is my favorite yarn for lighter weight sweaters.

    Provenance
    American grown and spun

    Try Harvest Sport with this free-with-purchase hat pattern

    Your purchase includes a download of my shop-exclusive edition of Hunter Hammersen's Penchant hat pattern, generously licensed to me by Hunter. It has:

    • Line-by-line written instructions
    • Charts, for the chart-readers among us; and
    • 3 sizes to fit all hair textures and head sizes

    (You don't need to do anything to get the pattern. You'll get an email link automatically after checking out!)

    Sweater & accessory patterns for Harvest Sport

    3 perfect sweaters designed for Harvest Sport:

    3 perfect accessories designed for Harvest Sport:

    & my top 30 pattern recommendations for this yarn in a helpful Ravelry bundle.

    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.