Knit By Numbers Fibre Tops

Knit By Numbers Fibre Tops

£8.00 per 100g
£8.00 per 100g
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Knit By Numbers Fibre Tops

Knit By Numbers Fibre Tops

£8.00 per 100g
£8.00 per 100g
Sale Sold out
Knit by Numbers Tops

50% Falklands Merino / 50% Bluefaced Leicester (non-superwash)

Knit by Numbers is our glorious 50% Bluefaced Leicester / 50% Merino blend, available in 20 beautiful shades as tops. 

We are passionate about trying to use as much UK-grown fibre as possible (both to lower transport emissions and support our local wool-growing industry) and adding 50% Bluefaced Leicester to sumptuous Falklands Merino in our Knit by Numbers tops is certainly helping us achieve that. Bluefaced Leicester is the absolute softest of British breeds and has lots of lustre and drape while Merino is scrumptiously soft – the perfect blend to wear next to the skin. 

Knit by Numbers tops are also wonderful if you want to dabble in blending your own gradients! 

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Specifications

Blend: 50% Falklands Merino / 50% Bluefaced Leicester (non-superwash)

Colour Blending: We start with solid coloured tops (aligned fibre) and blend them together using precise recipes to create our nuanced shades. 

The entire range is created from a handful of base colours, making it easy to find harmonious colour combos for colourwork projects.  

Fibre Characteristics

Falklands Merino: The softest sheep breed, ideal for next-to-skin wear. Wonderfully bouncy with dense structure. Our Merino is farmed in the Falkland Islands – ensuring that the animals have been treated with the utmost care and are free from harmful mulesing. Micron: 23; Average Staple Length: 11.5/4.5”

Bluefaced Leicester: This is one of the most popular British breeds– and rightly so! This fibre has a wonderful balance of drape and durability, with just a little woolly bounce. Micron:28; Average Staple Length: 9cm/3.5”

British Wool Blend

This base is a Traceable Wool Blend. The UK portion of this fibre purchased from the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) uses their new traceability scheme meaning that all the wool is fully traceable back to the exact farm it came from. We know which farmer, in which area, contributed to every bale of wool we process, including how many sheep produced their share.

However, our climate here in the UK is not suited to Merino and Corriedale sheep. We make sure to source ours from the Falklands in order to ensure that the animals have been treated with the utmost care and are free from harmful mulesing.

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