Spinning Yarns Weaving Tales Sylkie Tweed
80% merino, 10% cashmere, 10% silk
Length: 150mWeight: 50g
Sylkie Tweed is an earthy wool tweed with a rustic elegance and a touch of luxurious cashmere and silk! PLEASE NOTE: Sylkie Tweed is not available for immediate store pick up. We will be in touch as soon as it arrives to us (3 days)
PLEASE NOTE: Sylkie Tweed is not available for immediate store pick up. Orders placed between 16 December 2025 and 28 December 2025 will arrive with us around 2 January 2026. We’ll ship your order as soon as it arrives, or let you know when it’s ready for store pick up. You can see the yarn in all colours plus knitted samples in store but we do not hold stock in store. We will be receiving a shipment of stock twice a week and will advise you as soon as it is available to be picked up.
Sylkie - a shape shifting sea creature resembling a seal in water and human on land.
Sylkie Tweed is an earthy wool tweed with oodles of refinement and a touch of luxurious cashmere and silk! It's perfect for structured knitwear and outer garments to keep the winter cold out. Whatever you make from this beautiful yarn will see you through season after season.... a future heirloom.
Choose from our range of jewel-like colours...from soft neutrals to vibrant brights and deep darks. Flecks of colour are dotted throughout the yarn giving beautiful depth to your finished projects. Despite it containing cashmere and silk, it's not soft. Our best description is that it has a rustic, elegant handle; it isn't soft - particularly in the lace/textured garment - but it isn't scratchy either - more kind of crunchy! It's quite gorgeous, especially if you're a lover of non-superwash wools.
This yarn is 'in the oil' meaning the final milling process of scouring the spun yarn was bypassed. This process uses an immense amount of water to make the yarn look polished, so leaving it in the oil means that all the water is saved, especially as we repeat the process when you block your finished project. On blocking the yarn blooms, softens and takes on the loveliest appearance. If you don't like the feel you are free to wash the skeins prior to use.
In the oil is also more suitable for machine knitters and handweavers helping lubricate as you work.
- 5ply/sport - light 8ply/DK weight, depending on use and needle size
- 80% merino 10% cashmere 10% silk
- 150m / 164yds per 50g skein
- Needle sizes: 3.0-4.5mm
- Care: Handwash with love in a quality wool wash tepid water, dry flat and watch the yarn bloom!
Dyed and spun in Ireland by Studio Donegal.
Images:
- Striped sample: Tip Top Tank by Emily Bolduan knitted in colours 1611 Eo and 1607 Breac.
- Smocked lace sample: Mapledown by Alicia Plummer in colour 1612 Iasc.
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