Carmine- 100g Organic Poll Dorset

100 g naturally dyed Organic Poll Dorset, from an organically certified flock raised in France, combed and spun to a fine 4/14 for use as 4-ply.

Springy and strong, with a light lustre and bags of versatility.

Carmine is dyed with cochineal and is the name of the red pigment it holds. In mediaeval times this pigment was obtained from the valuable Polish cochineal scale insect.

100gm is approximately 344m, i.e. 3.53 oz is approximately 376 yards.

We recommend that you use 2.00m - 3.75 m (US 1 -5) knitting needles depending on the project undertaken.

Machine wash either cold or at 30ºC, wash dark colours separately for a while.