Appledore Lace – John Arbon Textiles
€11,90
Appledore Lace – John Arbon Textiles
€11,90
Appledore Lace – John Arbon Textiles
With its crisp handle, this yarn will hold its block impeccably, making it ideal for delicate lace and those dappled shades almost look hand dyed in the lace version – so anything you decide to make with this yarn will have a unique heirloom feel.
All the fibre in Appledore Lace is from the West Country, England, and with a palette of unusual heathered shades, perfectly encapsulates JAT’s ethos.
Appledore is steeped in JAT’s fibre heritage. Devon Closewool, a moorland breed with rustic and grippy fibre, has been blended with lustrous and characterful Romney and, the gloriously bouncy Exmoor Blueface. The resulting blend is packed full of woolly bounce and a smattering of lustre, the perfect canvas for Appledore’s range of playful modern shades.
Many of the shades in Appledore’s orchard of delights have been blended using four or five different base shades, creating a sublime richness to the colours. The shades are all named after different varieties of apples that are grown in the West Country.
This yarn has a distinctive rustic halo (the handle is a little reminiscent of a Shetland yarn). The resulting fabric has a wonderfully warm woolly halo and a full-bodied texture. Because of this halo and its two-ply nature, the resulting Yarn can be worked at both a tight and looser gauge, as the halo of fibres will simply expand to fill in any gaps around the stitches. JAT has created a durable workhorse yarn which is pill-resistant and ideally suited for everyday wear – plus it will hold its block impeccably if used for lace knitting!
Although all worsted spun yarns have a lot of drape, this blend has slightly less than the majority of JAT’s yarns, giving it a cosy heirloom feel.
John Arbon Textiles is based on a very simple concept: a return to old-style textile manufacture by sustainably sourcing raw fibre locally, wherever possible, and converting it in the UK into high-quality tops and yarns, rather than racking up air miles by chasing the cheapest available labour.
Their mill is one of only a handful of small-scale worsted spinning mills still operating in the UK. They likes to use fibre from sheep on their doorstep whenever possible and, with the help of his trusty team, transforms it into unique and sumptuous blends in the form of yarn and tops.
Rather than being focused on the outcome alone, JAT pours love into every part of the process. With great love and respect for the machines involved, the breeds of sheep and kinds of wool, John and Juliet will only work with fibre that excites them.
And that excites us. John Arbon yarns are wonderful yarns to work with. It’s one of those yarns that you knit or crochet with and you know your work will last for decades.
Have a look at John Arbon Textile’s wonderful video “A short day in the mill” or read more about their process and machinery here.
Besides the John Arbon Textiles – Appledore Lace, we carry more John Arbon yarns here.
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