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	£26
Cloudgazer	74% Suri Baby Alpaca 26% Mulberry Silk	300m	50g	£23
Floof	72% Mohair 28% Silk	420m	50g	£23
Lustrous Lace	50% Silk 50% Non-Superwash Merino	800m	100g	£26

Fingering and Sport Weight Yarns

Name	Description	Length	Weight	Price
Bliss	55% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester 45% Silk	400m	100g	£25
Bloom	100% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester	400m	100g	£23
Crush	75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon	425m	100g	£23
Desire Marble	100% Superwash Merino	400m	100g	£23
Enchant	70% Baby Alpaca 20% Silk 10% Cashmere	400m	100g	£27
Five for Silver (Seasonal)	75% Superwash Merino 20% Nylon 5% Silver Stellina Sparkle	400m	100g	£24
Flockly	70% Superwash Bluefaced Leicester 20% Silk 10% Cashmere	400m	100g	£26
Hearty	75% Bluefaced Leicester 25% Nylon	425m	100g	£23
Linger	75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon, high twist	425m	100g	£23
Lustrous	50% Silk 50% Superwash Merino	400m	100g	£26
Luminosity	100% Mulberry Silk	400m	100g	£29
Selkino	70% Superwash Merino 30% Silk, singles	400m	100g	£26
Slinky Twist	80% Superwash Merino 20% Silk, high twist	365m	100g	£25
Squash	100% Superwash Merino	400m	100g	£23
Voluptuous Skinny	80% Exmoor Blue 20% Organic Merino	666m	200g	£32
Wriggle	100% Superwash Merino, singles	366m	100g	£25
Yaksino	60% Superwash Merino 20% Yak 20% Silk	365m	100g	£26

DK Weight Yarns

Name	Description	Length	Weight	Price
Bloom DK	100% Superwash Blue Faced Leicester	225m	100g	£23
Coorie	100% Superwash Merino	250m	100g	£23
Crush DK	75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon	225m	100g	£23
Desire Marble DK	100% Superwash Merino	225m	100g	£23
Enchant DK	70% Baby Alpaca 20% Silk 10% Cashmere - DK	225m	100g	£27
Sonsie DK	70% Corriedale 30% Polwarth	506m	200g	£38
Voluptuous DK	80% Exmoor Blue 20% Organic Merino	512m	200g	£38

Heavier Weight Yarns

Name	Description	Length	Weight	Price
Abundance	100% Bluefaced Leicester - Aran	166m	100g	£24
Desire Bounce	100% Superwash Merino - Chunky	100m	100g	£21
Sonsie Aran	70% Corriedale 30% Polwarth - Aran	352m	200g	£36

 

Mini Skeins

Little Crushes 75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon - 4 ply - 85m - 20g per mini skein - £6.50

Little Squashes 100% Superwash Merino - 4 ply - 80m - 20g per mini skein - £6.50

Little Wrigglers 100% Superwash Merino, singles - 4 ply - 73m - 20g per mini skein - £6.50

Little Lushes 50% Superwash Merino 50% Silk - 4 ply - 80m - 20g per mini skein - £7.50

Little Crush DK 75% Superwash Merino 25% Nylon - DK - 45m - 20g per mini skein - £6.50

Little Coorie 100% Superwash Merino - DK - 50m - 20g per mini skein - £6.50

 

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.