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Elegant and refined, Fino combines the softness of merino wool with the lustre of silk in a lightweight yarn. Manos uses Tussah Silk for this blend, that gives the fibre a gorgeous golden tone. The colours in Fino's shade card are so beautiful due to its special dye process that yields complex, subtle, tonal colours. 

Cotton Cashmere by Rowan is perfect for your autumn knits. This yarn is a beautiful blend of cotton and cashmere making it the perfect yarn for the changing season.There are two pattern books that focus on this yarn.

Explaining Pima and Egyptian cotton, two types of luxury cotton used to create yarn that can be used for knitting, crochet, and weaving. Morris & Sons, Rowan, Manos del Uruguay, and Rosarios all produce cotton yarns that are perfect for summer or hypoallergenic projects.

Here at Morris & Sons, we love our KnitPro needles! Offering straight, double-pointed, circular and interchangeable varieties in an array of different materials, there's a needle to suit every project! However, when faced with such an extensive range, choosing the appropriate needle for the task at hand can be a daunting process, so we thought it might be helpful to offer a guide to the...

The Crochet Dot Baby Blanket is a versatile, geometric design that would look at home in older kids or teens rooms as well as on the lap of us grown ups. And of course, it will make the perfect addition to any babies nursery. The colours in the sample are listed in the pattern but you can also create your own colour combinations or...

Alpaca Heather is Manos del Uruguay’s newest knitting yarn. It is a sport weight (6ply) blend of wool and alpaca in both undyed and rich, classic colours. Manos has published a beautiful top down colourwork yoke sweater pattern, Rambla, inspired by Montevideo's avenue that borders the Rio de la Plata. This is a free pattern.

Manos Del Uruguay has been creating hand dyed yarns that are beautiful, ethical and sustainable since 1968. Every skein is an opportunity to give Uruguay's rural women jobs, meaning not just an income, but also an opportunity to personally develop and gain independence, keeping their roots and traditions, close to their community and families. 

We often get asked in store what is vegan yarn and which of our yarns are vegan? Many yarns are either fully or partially made of animal fibers such as wool or alpaca and therefore not vegan. Yarns that are vegan are made from 100% plant or man made fibers such as cotton, bamboo, linen, and acrylic. We have quite a number of vegan...