Yarn Bases
All Telling Yarns bases are commission spun by the wonderful John Arbon Textiles Mill in Devon. Designed to be soft enough to wear next-to-skin even around the neck, yet retaining all the durability and longevity of non-superwash British wool.
Resolute,
Dark Friends
& Night Gathers
Fingering/4 Ply Weight 3/12nm
100g skein = ~400m/437.44yd
Steadfast,
Heart of the Dark
& Take the Black
Double Knit Weight 4/9.3nm, 14 wraps/”
100g skein = ~232m/253.718yd
Resolute & Steadfast undyed colour.
Resolute &
Steadfast
Non-superwash.
Almost ecru/white-cream colour with a slight dark flecking.
Previously 50% Bluefaced Leicester | 30% Romney | 15% Masham | 5% Zwartbles 100% British from farm to needle.
From spring 2025 the blend will gradually alter slightly to 65% Bluefaced Leicester | 30% Romney | 5% Zwartbles 100% British from farm to needle.
I wanted a yarn that brought together drape, memory, lustre and bounce, with added depth and saturation of colour from the heathering of dark Zwartbles fibres, then topped off with a gentle halo . Worsted spun for a smooth and strong yarn, this custom blend has been designed to be the single yarn base that replaces all the yarns that have been stocked at Telling Yarns in the past.
Dark Friends &
Heart of the Dark
Non-superwash.
A brand new melange of light/mid-grey/brown wool spun as a DK weight base, headed to the shop in spring 2025.
40% Grey Exmoor Blueface | 30% Romney | 30% BFL 100% British from farm to needle.
A commission spin by the wonderful John Arbon Textiles Mill in Devon. Designed to be soft enough to wear next-to-skin even around the neck, yet retaining all the durability and longevity of British wool. Grey Exmoor Blueface maintains softness, while providing a vein of mid-grey/brown that pumps through the ecru Romney and BFL. For all those mid-tones in the Telling Yarns collection, that need both clarity and depth, there are the wonderful Dark Friends and Heart of the Dark bases. Sitting perfectly between the light shades of Resolute/Steadfast and the darkness of Night Gathers/Take the Black.
Night Gathers &
Take the Black
Non-superwash.
A brand new almost blended dark-grey/brown fingering weight base, headed to the shop in spring 2025.
40% Grey Exmoor Blueface | 20% BFL | 20% Romney | 20% Zwartbles 100% British from farm to needle.
A commission spin by the wonderful John Arbon Textiles Mill in Devon. Designed to be soft enough to wear next-to-skin even around the neck, yet retaining all the durability and longevity of British wool. Only 20% of the blend is ecru wool, with 40% a mid-grey/brown and the last 20% a darker black/brown. Bringing depth to the most saturated colours in the Telling Yarns collection, whilst retaining that flecked, almost tweed-like finish, to the hand-dyed nuances of tone. It is the ultimate dark side to Resolute/Steadfast and knits perfectly with those and/or Dark Friends/Heart of the Dark.
Watch Resolute head through the mill…
