The Raw Wool Company Lighthouse By The Sea 4-Ply

Just down the road from The Raw Wool Company, overlooking the South Cornish sea in Porthleven, Steve has farmed sheep for the past ten years. The Lleyn sheep breed originates from the Lleyn Peninsula of northwestern Wales; a wildly beautiful peninsula which extends thirty miles into the Irish Sea south west of the Isle of Anglesey. They are a pure white hardy breed and their wool is light, airy and durable, with a big ‘squidge factor’. This 4-ply yarn has a more rustic character and would be ideal for outer garments or hats, which will last for a lifetime.

Product Information

Fibre: 100% British Lleyn

Weight: 4-Ply

Hank weight: 100g

Length: 350m/382yds

Needles: 3mm - 3.5mm

Care instructions: Hand wash only

Packaging: Card ball band

Are you looking for a colour that we don’t stock yet? Or maybe there’s a particular yarn that you would love to see on our shelves. Please let us know - we are always really happy to order new colours and take suggestions to increase the range of yarn that we stock.

We have done our best to photograph yarn accurately across our website. However, the colour you see on your device may differ slightly depending on your settings and screen brightness. Please contact us if you have any queries.

About The Raw Wool Company

In 2010 Juli Hewins and Anton set out rearing and raising a flock of Rare Breed Wensleydale sheep on the Cornish coast. Their mission has always been “No fuss, nothing unnecessary and keep it as natural as possible”. The wool from their flock is sorted by hand at the farm into three beautiful shades, and then spun at a local mill in Cornwall. The Raw Wool Company has created a yarn that is untouched by chemical dyes and is a true celebration of all natural British rare breed wool.

In recent years, Anton has been working with other local young farmers to improve their fleeces, both to stop them going to waste and to widen the Raw Wool Company’s colour palette to include the whole range of colours from black to white. Alongside local farmer Steve from Porthleven, he has recently added creamy white Dorset and a stark white Lleyn to his range of undyed British yarns.

Why We Love Them

We love the work that Anton is doing to champion rare breed sheep and naturally coloured yarn. His conviction to avoid both chemicals and plastic packaging is something that we really admire, and the natural colours of his Wensleydale yarn are absolutely gorgeous.