We specialize in Solano County grown wool, but there is one other favorite here.
Solano Color Sport-Weight Yarn - Indigo
Solano Color Sport-Weight Yarn - Indigo
This is our exclusive Timm Ranch yarn in 2-ounce skeins (TR-22), naturally dyed with indigo grown here at the farm. Yarn is 2-ply. The fiber from this “ranch blend” of Rambouillet - Targhee - Polypay measured 20.4 microns.
Each 2-ounce skein is labeled 186 yards because that is the measurement from the mill based on yards/pound. After dyeing I’m winding about 160 yards from each.
Yarn was dyed using the fresh leaf method. I work early in the morning while it’s cool, puree the leaves in ice water and soak the scoured yarn in the frothy indigo liquid. The yarn dyes in shades of blue-green. I have done my best to take photos that show the variety of shades.
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Exclusive! Locally grown wool yarn from the Timm Ranch in Solano County, California. Our 2021 Timm Ranch yarn is a beautiful creamy white 2-ply sport weight yarn. I selected 230 pounds of the finest wool on the Timm’s shearing day. I skirted fleeces and shipped the wool to Mountain Meadow Wool in Wyoming where it was scoured, carded, and spun. There is a minor amount of vegetable matter in the yarn because Mountain Meadow does not use any chemical process to remove it.
