Tunis Double Twist

Price range: $20.00 through $24.00

Brought into America during colonial times (George Washington had a Tunis ram), Tunis is well adapted to the humid mid-Atlantic region. They are a very beautiful sheep; the lambs are born all cinnamon colored (called red in the sheep world) and as they grow up, their fleece turns white while they maintain red faces and legs. The wool is Medium: medium soft, medium length and is very versatile wool.
Farm source: hand selected fleeces from Beaucaire Farm in Purcellville, Virginia.

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Description

Tunis is a Medium wool…perfectly named: it is medium strong, medium soft with a medium staple length. Light, fun yarn that looks like a soft spun single. Not super strong, but easy to knit and wear. Good for hats, scarves, throws, vests, etc.
yarn character: double twist (two pencil rovings lightly twisted so it looks like a single), woolen spun.
fiber content/care: 100% Tunis wool. Pre-washed. Hand wash warm with low agitation, lay flat to dry.

  size: worsted weight, 12 wpi
suggested needles: 6 to 8 (US)
gauge: 4.5 sts. per inch on size 7 (US)

skein length: approximately 120 yards/109 meters
skein weight: 2.5 to 2.9 oz./70-82 grams
dye information: undyed natural white plus colors dyed with weak acid dyes.
batch: T4118
Shave ’Em to Save ’Em: two skeins qualify for a passport sticker!

Additional information

Weight 7 oz
Colorway

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