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Dawn

from A Verb for Keeping Warm

Weight

Worsted (9 wpi) ?

Wraps per inch

Yardage

140 yards
(128 meters)

Unit weight

50 grams
(1.76 ounces)

Gauge

5.0 sts
= 4 inches

Needle size

US 7 - 9 or 4.5 - 5.5mm

Hook size

4.0 mm (G)

Fibers

75% Wool - Merino

25% Cotton

Texture

plied

This yarn is Certified Organic

Attributes

Care: Dry Flat, Hand Wash Cold

Color: Tweed

Dye: Hand dyed, Natural dyes, Undyed

Put up: Winding required

Sustainability: Certified Organic

Yarn origin

Source of fiber: United States

Scoured: United States

Dyed: United States, Naturally-dyed by hand in our Oakland studio.

Milled: United States, Milled organically at a cooperative in Vermont.

Natural, undyed colors: lighthouse, milk & honey, seal, compass

Milk & Honey and Compass are made with organic merino wool raised by Sally Fox and uses her red organic cotton.

Lighthouse and Seal are also made with organic wool raised by Sally Fox and use white organic cotton grown in West Texas.

Milled organically at a cooperative in Vermont.

Naturally-dyed by hand in our Oakland studio.

While we tend to throw on a sweater most evenings in the Bay Area, our climate does not get especially cold. But we love to knit with wool! In our attempt to find the perfect balance between knitting with wool and and the temperate climate benefits of cotton, we’ve developed a new yarn, Dawn.

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LEARN MORE about how this yarn was made on AVFKW new podcast REVERBERATE!

Interview with Sally Fox EP.1

Follow the Wool and Interview w/Green Mountain Spinnery