Røsslyng 2 ply, 50/100g, (Heather)

Røsslyng is Steingjerde yarn plant dyed with cochineal. Grey Steingjerde yarn is white wool from Lofoten carded together with black sheep wool from around Northern Norway. Crossbred wool from Norwegian White sheep.

Here in Lofoten the sheep live outside most parts of the year. The sheep eat a lot of seaweed and kelp, and the wind blows salt into the wool. These special conditions result in beautifully white, soft wool.

We dye the yarn pink with cochineal. We have about 13-26 skeins per dye bath, and all the are marked with batch number. We always send colors from the same dyelot per order.

Our yarn is washed well after dyeing so that most of the excess color is gone, and it will not transfer color to other parts of the product or other garments. However, it is still good to be careful not to leave the product wet for too long, especially if it is knitted together with lighter colors. It is also recommended to wash your product separately from others.

Same thickness as 2-ply Sandgrunn, 4 Favner, 10 Favner, Brådjupt, Steingrunn, Geitrams, Vinterhimmel, Rød lunde, Rust, Gress and Gul lunde.

You should knit a sample, wash and dry it and then measure/calculate the number of stitches/needle thickness before larger projects.

We sell both full 100g skeins and half 50g skeins.

1 full skein weighs 100 grams

315 meters per 100 grams

Knitting needles approx. 2.5-3.5 mm

Nm 6.3 / 2

100% pure Norwegian wool

On the label of this yarn is a photo of the pasture opposite our farm, there is a lot of heather.