Iris-Too - 100g Naturally dyed sock yarn

$17.12 (100g Blue Faced Leicester Sock Yarn - Iris-Too)

A bright purple that reflects the sunlight on the Irises of our Ariege home. A nearly solid yarn, but not quite enabling you to see the pink shining through the indigo hand dyed with indigo on cochineal.


The wool is 100g / 3.52oz hanks and is 356m / nearly 400yds long.
Our BFL is superwash and therefore can be washed in a machine at 30°- 40°C.
Needle size 2mm - 3.50mm depending on project undertaken.

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