BFL Sock Weight

Please note the spinning mill changed the processing and now sell 4 ply yarn instead, which whilst similar has a slight but noticeable weight difference.  This is the end of the sock weight yarn.  If there isn’t enough for your needs, please look in the 4 ply / sock weight category.

Beautifully soft 2 ply yarn from the Blue-faced Leicester dyed with plant dyes, sold in 25g skeins

wpi 20

length approx 88m/25g

needle size 3 – 3.75 mm

The Bluefaced Leicester (BFL) is a longwool breed of sheep which evolved from a breeding scheme of Robert Bakewell, in Dishley, Leicestershire in the eighteenth century.  This breed is raised primarily for meat to cross with other breeds to create mules.

 BFL sheep have curly, fine, lustrous wool which is one of the softest of the UK clip. The fleeces are not very heavy, only weighing 1 to 3 kg. It spins up beautiful to create this lovely soft, but strong yarn.

If you see a colour you particularly like and there is insufficient available for you project, please contact me and I will provide you with a custom order for the amount you need. There may be a slight colour difference, but we can discuss this.

Please note that although every effort is made to represent the actual colours it may be affected by different screens. If there any issues with an order, please contact me so we can work something out.