Skein Sisters Plume

Why you'll love it

Plume is our new kid mohair and silk lace – gorgeously soft, fluffy and about as ethereal as yarn gets.

Julia had so much fun dyeing this base that she just kept going – some of your favourite Skein Sisters colourways are here, alongside a whole lot of brand new ones. We wanted to steer well clear of solid colours, because you can buy those in any commercial range, so this collection is all about what a hand-dyer can do that a mill can't: soft watercolour blends, plenty of speckles, a few gorgeous multis, and a handful of semi-solids to round it out.

Plume is the perfect yarn to use on its own that's beautifully floaty and gorgeous, or hold it with another yarn to add a layer of fluff. When knitted or crocheted, the hand dyed colours are more subtle than they appear in the skein as the yarn is so fine, it adds just that lovely touch of colour.

This is a one-off batch – there's no more base to dye, so once these colours are gone, they're gone. Get in while you can.

Hand-dyed in Australia

As a hand-dyed yarn, each skein is unique. While we take great care to ensure consistency across dyelots, we recommend alternating skeins when working on larger projects.

Skein Sisters Yarns are hand-dyed in Dulwich Hill in Sydney, Australia on the country of the Bedigal, Wangal and Kameygal people of the Eora Nation.

Specifications

Composition

75% kid mohair
25% mulberry silk

Skein weight

50g

Yarn length

450m (492yds)

Yarn weight

2ply (Lace)

Needle size

3.5mm - 6mm (US 4 to 10)

Hook size

3.5mm - 6mm (US E-4 to J-10)

Care guide

Gentle hand wash, dry flat in shade

Hand dyed

Each skein is unique so we recommend alternating skeins when you work with it.

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.

Shipping & Pickup

AUSTRALIA
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NEW ZEALAND
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INTERNATIONAL
Postage cost will be calculated at Checkout

For more details, see our Shipping Policy.

Store Pickup

We offer a Store Pickup service which you select at checkout. When your order is ready for you to pick up you will receive a notification via SMS. We hold store pick ups for 14 days.

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About

Skein Sisters Yarns

Our own yarns were part of the dream from the very beginning – we always wanted a range that was truly ours. It started with Julia. She'd trained in fine art and printmaking, and one day we sent her off to a dyeing course on a hunch – she came back with colours so lovely we could have put them straight on the shelf. So we gave her a budget and six months to play, experiment and find her palette, and in January 2023 Skein Sisters Yarns was born.

Julia hand-dyes every skein herself in small batches – never more than eight to sixteen at a time – so each one carries that gentle depth and variation you only get by hand. What began in the kitchen of our office now happens in her own dedicated studio, tucked into the old beautician behind our shop.

We dye onto our own exclusive bases, milled for us from Australian merino, and we're slowly growing the range – we can never resist a luxurious fibre like silk. The palette has grown past 140 colours, always shifting as we retire old favourites and dream up new ones, with special shades and limited editions along the way.

Best of all, every colour can be dyed to order – so you can have almost any shade on almost any base, coloured especially for you.

Skein Sisters Yarns are hand-dyed in Dulwich Hill in Sydney, Australia, on the country of the Bedigal, Wangal and Kameygal people of the Eora Nation.