Eider Breed Study Update

 Colours: White 

Feel in hand: Soft but it has that slight rough feel when you squish it between your fingers. 

Fibre prep: Just going to spin it from the braid and try not to spin it too thin.

Smell: A really yummy smell hardly to describe like a fresh clean sheep smell. 

Fibre uses: Hats, socks, outerwear.

Historical Facts: Bred along the North Sea Coast in the middle of the last century. more info if you click this link. 

Also known as the German White headed mutton sheep. 

Next to skin feel: A little itchy but also soft. 

Fibre Lustor: None really more a pretty matte white creamy colour.

Staple length: 3" to 4"

Microns: 27 to 34

Eider spun yarn details: 

Spun on my Kromski Sonata - using the whorl size 10 to 1

I plyed from center pull ball 

Chunky (7 WPI)

 25.2 meters

Floofy and has a nice spongey crisp feel

Plying shows a definite pretty twist in the plyed yarn

A matte sheen but not overly bright sheen.

If I hold it near my face and neck I feel the slightest prickle feel but its not annoying or itchy.

Would I buy this fibre again.. Yes

Would I knit with it.. Yes but I wouldn't use it for baby knits I think beanies, socks, shawls, my neck is far too sensitive to knit a scarf with it.