i have been searching out a beautifully soft farm wool to work with for a long time. i have visited many wool festivals handling different skeins large and small, picking at the hay and grass tangled in the wool fibers and comparing the never-ending gradations of grey created by the natural coloring of each unique sheep breed.

yet, after hearing so much praise regarding the soft hand and feel of the cormo wool raised by Elsa, the owner of elsa wool company, i decided to order a single skein of lace. i received the package at our warehouse early in the morning, opened it, and found a pair of needles to cast on.  the minimal processing the mill Elsa uses to spin the wool is so apparent in the finished product. the hand is not rough from chemicals used in processing nor the color untrue from over blending.

what i found was a truly unique and naturally soft but durable wool.

it was very important to me to find a supplier directly in contact with the development of the wool in all its stages of growth, so finding Elsa was a perfect match.

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as such i am so glad to say that we will be carrying limited quantities of elsa’s cormo wool in multiple weights over the next few months. we will be posting test skeins in our etsy shop to familiarize ourselves with how this unique yarn soaks up our bevy of colorways.

woolen lace weight pictured below in medium and dark grey

here are a few samples we have created thus far by overdyeing shades from light grey to dark grey.

pictured below rustication in the tart colorway

pictured below rustication in the betty drapers blues colorway