Glencroft Clapdale Wool 2-Ply Lace Weight
A 100g ball of undyed 2-ply lace weight wool for hand knitting. Manufactured exclusively by Glencroft from fleeces collected from two farms within 5 miles of their warehouse in Clapham, Yorkshire Dales.
A 100g ball of undyed 2-ply lace weight wool for hand knitting. Manufactured exclusively by Glencroft from fleeces collected from two farms within 5 miles of their warehouse in Clapham, Yorkshire Dales.
A 100g ball of undyed 2-ply lace weight wool for hand knitting. Manufactured exclusively by Glencroft from fleeces collected from two farms within 5 miles of their warehouse in Clapham, Yorkshire Dales.
A 100g ball of undyed 2-ply lace weight wool for hand knitting. Manufactured exclusively by Glencroft from fleeces collected from two farms within 5 miles of their warehouse in Clapham, Yorkshire Dales. The wool contains all the sheep breeds on these local farms - Dalesbred, Blue Face Leicester (BFL), North of England Mule and Texel.
This 2-ply lace weight version of Clapdale yarn was initially created just for their own machine knitting, however when local hand knit expert Sandra Oakeshott asked to try it out, she created a beautiful shawl and suggested there would be many hand knitters who would love to try it. Hence Glencroft have created 100g balls, perfect for knitting into 'Sandra's Shawl' available via a link on the label.
This is undyed so is predominately a natural cream colour with a tiny amount of darker black and brown wool fibres.
Product Information
Fibre: British traceable wool: Dalesbred, Blue Face Leicester (BFL), North of England Mule and Texel.
Weight: 2 ply laceweight
Ball Weight: 100g
Length: 450 metres/492 yards approx per 100g
Gauge: 46 rows and 732 stitches to 10cm (4") (2.25mm needles)
Needles: 2.25mm
Care Instructions: Hand wash and dry flat.
Packaging: Paper band
Made In: Grown and processed within 50 miles of Glencroft’s Yorkshire Dales home.
About Glencroft & The Clapdale Wool Project
Glencroft has manufactured in the UK and used British Wool in their jumpers since they began in 1987. It’s been the most traceable wool they could find at a reasonable price but they have always wanted to find a way to use the sheep on the fields around them and contribute directly to the local community.
After a random connection led to a conversation in mid 2021 with Maria Benjamin and Zoe Wooster at the Wool Library, they realised they could make our own wool as long as they started with 500kg – the minimum quantity they could get commercially scoured. Before long, they picked up wool from two local farms and started the process that would result in Clapdale Wool!
Clapdale Wool is sourced from 7 farms within 10 miles of Glencroft's Yorkshire Dales home, in the dale of 'Clapdale'. The farmers are paid more for their wool than at auction and receive a share of the profits of every product sold. The wool is then processed, from farm to yarn, within just 50 miles of the sheep it comes from. Certified as Traceable British Wool.
