Yarn Bases and Information

Here is the list of bases that are currently stocked. Not all are available all the time and we will occasionally have guest yarns not on this list. For more information including discontinued yarns please have a look on Ravelry. If we have any skeins of discontinued bases left they can be found here.

Lace Weight Yarns

Name

Description

Length

Weight

Price

Bliss Heavy Lace (was Lustrous BFL Heavy Lace) 55% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester 45% Silk 600m 100g £25
Cloudgazer 74% Suri Baby Alpaca 26% Mulberry Silk 300m 50g £22
Floof 72% Mohair 28% Silk 420m 50g £22
Lustrous Lace 50% Silk 50% Non-Superwash Merino 800m 100g £25

Fingering and Sport Weight Yarns

Name

Description

Length

Weight

Price

Bliss 55% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester 45% Silk 400m 100g £24
Crush 75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon  425m 100g £22
Crush Sport 80% Superwash Merino 20% Nylon  300m 100g £22
Desire Marble 100% Superwash Merino 400m 100g £22
Enchant 70% Baby Alpaca 20% Silk 10% Cashmere 400m 100g £26
Five for Silver (Seasonal) 75% Superwash Merino 20% Nylon 5% Silver Stellina Sparkle 400m 100g £23
Flockly 70% Superwash Bluefaced Leicester 20% Silk 10% Cashmere 400m 100g £25
Hearty 75% Bluefaced Leicester 25% Nylon  425m 100g £22
Linger 75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon, high twist 425m 100g £22
Lustrous 50% Silk 50% Superwash Merino 400m 100g £25
Luminosity 100% Mulberry Silk 400m 100g £28
Selkino 70% Superwash Merino 30% Silk, singles 400m  100g  £25
Slinky Twist 80% Superwash Merino 20% Silk, high twist 365m  100g  £24
Squash 100% Superwash Merino 400m  100g  £22
Voluptuous Skinny 80% Exmoor Blue 20% Organic Merino 666m  200g  £32
Wriggle 100% Superwash Merino, singles 366m  100g  £24
Yaksino 60% Superwash Merino 20% Yak 20% Silk 365m 100g £25

DK Weight Yarns

Name

Description

Length

Weight

Price

Bloom DK 100% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester 225m 100g £22
Coorie 100% Superwash Merino  250m 100g £22
Crush DK 75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon  225m 100g £22
Desire Marble DK 100% Superwash Merino 225m 100g £22
Enchant DK 70% Baby Alpaca 20% Silk 10% Cashmere - DK 225m 100g £26
Sonsie DK 70% Corriedale 30% Polwarth 506m 200g £36
Voluptuous DK 80% Exmoor Blue 20% Organic Merino 512m 200g £36

Heavier Weight Yarns

Name

Description

Length

Weight

Price

Abundance 100% Bluefaced Leicester - Aran 166m 100g £23
Desire Bounce 100% Superwash Merino - Chunky 100m 100g £20
Sonsie Aran 70% Corriedale 30% Polwarth - Aran 352m 200g £32

 

Mini Skeins

Little Crushes 75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon - 4 ply - 85m - 20g per mini skein - £26 for a bundle of 5, £38 for a bundle of 8.

Little Squashes 100% Superwash Merino - 4 ply - 80m - 20g per mini skein - £26 for a bundle of 5.

Little Wrigglers 100% Superwash Merino, singles - 4 ply - 73m - 20g per mini skein - £26 for a bundle of 5.

Little Lushes 50% Superwash Merino 50% Silk - 4 ply - 80m - 20g per mini skein - £28 for a bundle of 5.

Little Crush DK 75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon - DK - 45m - 20g per mini skein - £6 each.

 

Origin of Skein Queen Yarns

Voluptuous is British using sheep bred in North Devon (the Exmoor Blue is a cross between the Exmoor Horn and Blue Faced Leicester) and the yarn is spun in Devon. The 20% organic merino now comes from the Falklands. 

Sonsie is British. The Corriedale and Polwarth fibre comes from the Falklands and is spun in Devon.

Blimey and Smashing are 100% British - grown in the UK and spun in Yorkshire.

All of the Blue Faced Leicester is grown in the UK - some is spun in Peru.

Cracking is currently a blend of South American Corriedale with Corriedale from the Falkland Islands.

Most of the other merino comes from South America and the Falklands with the exception Blush which uses South African merino and is spun in Italy. 

The silk and cashmere originate in China - some come directly from China and some are purchased through my UK supplier and come via spinners in Italy and Peru.

The alpaca is from Peru.

The camel is from Africa.

A word on the superwash process. There are very strict rules on processing the fibres and the treatment is a resin rather than a plastic which bonds permanently with the wool fibre and biodegrades along with the wool. The superwash process creates longevity to the fibres, meaning that finished knits last longer and can be machine washed at low temperatures. It's not perfect for everyone because there is a chemical process involved. So I just wanted to make you aware of the pros and cons. We stock both superwash and non-superwash yarns to give you the choice.

We tend not to use cotton, bamboo or tencel yarns because of the huge amount of processing involved.

 

Sales Tax

From March 2017, Skein Queen became VAT registered and we are now obliged by UK law to collect 20% sales tax from UK. EU sales will have local rate vat collected under the IOSS scheme. Please check the price after entering your address to see the correct rate including tax. The only additional charge will be for shipping (prices can be found under Delivery below).

The VAT Registration Number from 1st April 2019 is 317 8178 82.