YARN DETAILS
Uses: Knitting/Crocheting or any other fiber arts
Fiber : 100 % Nepali Yak down Yarn
Yardage: 165 meters / 50 grams
Suggested Needles: US 3-5 (3.25mm-3.75mm)
Care Instruction: hand wash in cold water, lay flat to dry
Yak down. Down is the soft undercoat of the yak, and it’s a fiber that’s shed naturally.
When yaks are raised for fiber purposes, that down is combed and harvested before it would fall naturally off the animal. The down is then sorted, de-haired, and eventually, spun into yarn, kind of like cashmere and Quiviut. It’s not exactly easy stuff to obtain (yak are not as nearly as prevalent as, say, the fiber sheep that dominate the human population of places like New Zealand), but it makes for miraculous yarn.
YARN DETAILS
Uses: Knitting/Crocheting or any other fiber arts
Fiber : 100 % Nepali Yak down Yarn
Yardage: 165 meters / 50 grams
Suggested Needles: US 3-5 (3.25mm-3.75mm)
Care Instruction: hand wash in cold water, lay flat to dry
Yak down. Down is the soft undercoat of the yak, and it’s a fiber that’s shed naturally.
When yaks are raised for fiber purposes, that down is combed and harvested before it would fall naturally off the animal. The down is then sorted, de-haired, and eventually, spun into yarn, kind of like cashmere and Quiviut. It’s not exactly easy stuff to obtain (yak are not as nearly as prevalent as, say, the fiber sheep that dominate the human population of places like New Zealand), but it makes for miraculous yarn.
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