Leicester Longwools are a historical heritage breed known for their super silky and lustrous wool. The intense shine is difficult to capture in photographs, but garments and shawls knit from this wool have the appearance of woolen pearls. This listing is for one skein of fingering weight yarn grown by Cosimo, who is considered particularly rare within this sheep breed. Cosimo is known as a "colored" Leicester Longwool, a designation used to denote color variations in sheep breeds whose sheep typically only produce white fleeces. These color variations are highly prized and incredibly rare.

During the colonial era, Leicester Longwool yarn was particularly prized by weavers for its strength and durability. This Leicester Longwool yarn will be perfect as the weft for your heirloom woven shawl.

Details

250 yards of (3-ply) fingering weight yarn, approximately 3.5 oz.