Learn About Our Yarn Bases!
Our customers love that Southern Skeins buys all our fiber from ethically sourced cruelty-free (mueseling-free) farms and fiber mills. Some of our fiber come straight from a local farm in Madison County Florida (see our Farmstead line). We can send you a picture and name of the animal(s) your fiber came from!
Being in Florida has a lot of great benefits, solar dyeing and natural air drying being two of them! It is the “Sunshine State” after all, we believe in using the power of the sun to not only naturally dry our fiber but to also solar dye. We also practice water conservation during the dyeing process. Let us not forget about leftover dye and dye bath water - both are used to make beautiful one of a kind creations! Nothing is taken for granted and everything is used with intent.
Now, for the soft and squishy yarn bases...
All listed below are per 100 grams.
SOCK
Southern: 75/25 SW merino & nylon | 4-ply | 430yds
Glisten: 75/20/5% SW merino, nylon, & sparkle | 2-ply, | 430yds.
Merino: 100% SW merino | 2-ply | 400yds.
Single: 100% SW merino | 1-ply | 415yds.
Alpaca: 70/20 SW fine alpaca & nylon | 398yds.
Fluff: 38% Baby Alpaca, 25% Merino Wool, & 37% Pima Cotton | 437yds
SPORT:
Southern: 75/25 SW merino & nylon | 4-ply | 328yds.
Merino: 100% SW merino yarn | 3-ply | 328 yds.
Alpaca Baby: 100% Baby Alpaca | 220 yds.
Alpaca Silk Sport: 80% baby alpaca & 20% silk | 4 ply | 280yds.
DK:
Southern: 75/25 SW merino & nylon | 4-ply | 245yds.
Merino: 100% SW merino | 4-ply | 231 yds.
Tweed: 85/15 SW merino & nylon NEPs |
4-ply | 231 yds.
Alpaca Cloud: 40/40/20% baby alpaca, merino, & silk | 1-ply | 250yds.
WORSTED:
Cashmere Sweater: 80/20 cashmere & SW merino | 3-ply | 181yds.
Southern Worsted: 75% SW Merino & 25% Nylon |
3-ply | 220 yards.
BFL Worsted: 100% Superwash BFL Wool | 2-ply | 181yds. |
BULKY:
Bulky Singles: 75/25 SW merino & nylon | 1-ply | 76 yds.