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This month we made two new additions to our lineup of undyed, naturally colored yarn! We introduced Mutton earlier this month. This post is about Juniper – a lovely dark brown yarn with violet undertones.

Juniper is a sport-weight yarn that gets its hue from a mix of Moorit Romney wool and carbonized bamboo, a plant fiber embedded with tiny carbon particles. Both bamboo and Romney wool are long-stapled fibers with little crimp. This gives Juniper great drape. The yarn has a medium feel that’s best for hats, gloves, and other outerwear.

Learn more about Juniper – and our entire line of natural yarns – in the online shop!

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After more than a year without a new yarn release, we recently added two new additions to our lineup of undyed, naturally colored yarn! This post we’ll be introducing one of them – Mutton!

Mutton is a 100% wool yarn named for its rugged good looks and rodeo style. It looks like a little lasso! Made from a blend of Lincoln sheep and Tunis sheep fleece, Mutton is a strong and durable yarn that is well-suited for outwear. Its high twist adds character to an array of projects. Use it to create textured knits and weavings, or as an alternative to cotton cord in small macrame works. Mutton is machine spun but oscillates from its overall worsted weight to sport and fingering weight, which gives the yarn a handspun look. This variation just adds another layer of texture!

We’ll be sharing more about our other new addition – Juniper – in a follow-up post on the Indie Untangled Marketplace later this month. Don’t want to wait? You can check out both Mutton and Juniper in our online shop now!

Spring is officially here! To me, the season calls for shawls and light scarves. Our sport-weight yarn Nebelung is perfect for crafting these items, or really anything that drapes.

Nebelung is a bit denser than your usual wool yarn. That’s because it’s a blend of wool AND carbonized bamboo.

Bamboo fiber is well known for making a dense, smooth yarn with a great drape. Carbonized bamboo does that while also giving yarn a distinct steel gray hue. The color is all natural and comes about during the carbonization process, an industrial work-up that entails incinerating bamboo stalks and reconstituting the charred fibers into a smooth roving.

At Gothfarm Yarn, we embrace undyed, natural colors. Nebelung’s overall matte gray hue comes from mixing the carbonized bamboo with naturally colored Coopworth sheep wool, which helps boost the yarn’s overall body and color depth.

Nebelung is great on its own, but we also love pairing it with indie dyed yarns. Add it to lighter colors to heighten contrast. Add it to darker palettes to heighten stormy vibes.

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We love all our yarn. But that doesn’t stop us from having current favorites.

Right now, that’s our worsted-weight yarn. And not just any worsted-weight yarn, but our softer stuff. It’s great for crafting last minute gifts, with the thicker yarn weight working up relatively quickly. But it feels so nice you might find yourself wanting to work up a whole sweater.

Like all of our yarn, our current faves are made from blends of undyed, naturally-colored fiber. They don’t contain dyes or synthetics.

On to the yarn! Our “Best of the Worsted” list is:

Ultisol – A dynamic auburn brown yarn with a great squish. Made from a blend of cinnamon red alpaca fleece and dark Zwartbles sheep wool.

Terra Preta – A deep soil brown. Made from a tri-blend of dark Shetland wool, Jacob wool, and alpaca fleece.

Aswan – A natural red with heathered gray. Made from a blend of gray Jacob sheep wool and cinnamon red alpaca fleece.

Cirrus – Technically not a yarn. But this stormy gray pencil roving doesn’t care. Knit or crochet with it to create a soft and lofty fabrics. A strand is delicate on its own, but strong knitted up together. Made from a blend of white Shetland wool and gray Jacob sheep wool.

Check them all out in our online shop!

What comes to mind when you think of the color red? A stoplight? A fire truck?

In environments built by humans, red is often synonymous with urgency and attention. But natural reds from wool and fleece have a different effect. They’re less attention-grabbing fire alarm and more cozy fireside.

The comforting color mirrors the very warmth the fiber provides.

At Gothfarm Yarn, we’re currently well stocked with natural red yarns. The hue varies from deep and saturated to barely blushing. It comes from the amount of natural red fiber in each yarn blend – no dyes or synthetic fibers required.

Three of our yarns get their red color from cinnamon red Huacaya alpaca fleece. In our deepest reds, Ultisol and Aswan, it makes up about half their fiber. In our lighter hue Arkose, it’s just a touch.

Our yarn Alabaster is alpaca free. This yarn primarily owes its light red hue to wool from the aptly named California Red Sheep. This sheep breed’s fleece is interspersed with brick red hair. We added a touch of red mohair to help bring out the red a bit more. The result is a warm, tweedy yarn reminiscent of the stone for which the yarn named.

All together, our yarns offer a warm and relaxing take on red. It’s all thanks to the array of fauna that grow the natural, undyed fiber used in all of our yarns.