Great Ocean Road La Bella DK in colourway Creme – 8ply weight merino, alpaca yarn
Great Ocean Road La Bella DK – 8ply weight merino, alpaca yarn
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Great Ocean Road La Bella Aran – 10ply weight merino, alpaca yarn – view 2
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Great Ocean Road La Bella DK – 8ply weight merino, alpaca yarn – view 5
Great Ocean Road La Bella Aran – 10ply weight merino, alpaca yarn – view 3
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Great Ocean Road La Bella DK in colourway Aristaeus – 8ply weight merino, alpaca yarn
Great Ocean Road La Bella DK in colourway Light Grey – 8ply weight merino, alpaca yarn
Great Ocean Road La Bella DK in colourway Mid Grey – 8ply weight merino, alpaca yarn

Highlights

80% Merino

20% Alpaca

8ply

DK

200m

219yds

100g

Per skein

3.75-4.5mm

Needle

Hand

Wash

Australian

Wool

Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill

Great Ocean Road La Bella DK

$31.90

80% merino wool, 20% baby alpaca
8ply (DK)  |  200m
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Highlights

80% Merino

20% Alpaca

8ply

DK

200m

219yds

100g

Per skein

3.75-4.5mm

Needle

Hand

Wash

Australian

Wool

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Why you'll love it

La Bella DK from Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill is a superfine merino and alpaca blend, spun in Australia in naturally undyed shades. It offers luxurious softness, gentle warmth and a truly traceable story — from fleece to finished skein.

This 8ply / DK weight yarn is ideal for cosy sweaters, cardigans, scarves and winter accessories that call for warmth without heaviness. The 3-strand construction creates a balanced, lofty fabric with lovely stitch definition and a soft halo from the alpaca. It feels plush and comforting in the hands, making both knitting and crochet a pleasure. 

Spun in Burrumbeet, Victoria, La Bella DK is locally sourced, non-mulesed, biodegradable and free from chemical treatments. The palette comes entirely from the natural fleece colours of merino and alpaca. 

As this yarn is minimally processed, it’s important to knit or crochet, wash and block a swatch to check gauge, as slight shrinkage can occur.

The natural colours are made up of the following:

  • Crema - natural white merino and natural white alpaca
  • Light Grey - natural white merino and black alpaca
  • Mid Grey - natural white merino and black alpaca
  • Butterscotch - 20% toffee coloured alpaca/ 80% merino. Made from the fleece of their own alpaca, Aristaeus.

For makers who value softness, sustainability and knowing exactly where their yarn comes from, La Bella DK brings warmth and integrity to every stitch.
Specifications
Composition
80% merino wool
20% baby alpaca
Skein weight
100g
Yarn length
200m (219yds)
Yarn weight
8ply (DK)
Needle size
3.75mm - 4.5mm (US 5 to 7)
Care guide
Please wash in cold water, don’t agitate, use a wool wash and dry flat.
Need More?

Need more of a colour than we have in stock? Give us a call on 02 9554 7444 and we'll do our best to help.

We can let you know when more is due in, or help you track down a close match from our range.

Yarn Weight vs Yarn Ply

"Ply" technically refers to the construction of the yarn. It's the number of strands that are twisted together to make a single piece of yarn. While "ply" historically related to the thickness (or weight) of the yarn, today's spinning technology means that the number of plies doesn't always correspond directly to the thickness of the yarn.

However, in some countries, including Australia & the UK, the numbering system of yarn ply still refers to the thickness of the yarn, so it's possible to have a single ply 4ply yarn! - this means that the yarn is constructed of a single ply, but has the traditional thickness of a 4ply sock / fingering yarn).

For more information, please refer to our Hook, Needle & Yarn Guide and our blog A Quick Guide to Yarn Weights.

Happiness Guarantee

We want you to love your new yarn! We accept returns within 90 days of your order being dispatched on stock items.

  • All return items must be in resaleable condition, unless it was faulty or damaged.
  • It must be in its original packaging and unopened.
  • We cannot return yarn if it has been wound from a skein into a ball.

Please see our Returns Policy for more details.

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Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill

Great Ocean Road Woollen Mill

Isabel and Nick started out raising alpacas back in 2011. When they couldn't find anywhere local to process the fleece, they did the only sensible thing and built their own woollen mill – up and running by 2015, and neither of them had the first idea how to run it. Their own word for what came next: a 'self-taught odyssey'.

They go by GOR Woollen Mill now. The name comes from the Great Ocean Road, where the mill began, though these days they're inland at Burrumbeet on the edge of Ballarat, Victoria, on 22 acres.

They take raw fleece and spin it into finished yarn themselves, off-grid, with solar running the machines. It's Australian-grown and mulesing-free, sourced from nearby farms wherever they can – so they know whose paddock it came off. Some of it they dye, some they leave the colour the fleece already was. And if you'd like to walk through it, the mill's open on Fridays – not something we get to say about many yarn companies.