75% Superwash Blue Faced Leiceter wool 25% Nylon

425m per 100g

This yarn is perfect for socks and other objects knit on a tight gauge that need to handle hard use. Blue Faced Leiceter is a wool with long glossy fibers that are very well suited for this type of use and with the added nylon for your hard work to really last as long as possible.

Dyflin was the Norse name for the beautiful city we today know as Dublin. People have had settlements in the area around Dublin since prehistoric times. When the Vikings came to Dublin in 841, it is believed they took over an earlier Christian settlement named Dubhlinn, which means dark pool in Irish. It was named for a tidal pool where the rivers Poodle and Lieffy flow together. The Vikings built their town centre in this area, modern-day Wood Quay, and built a prosperous trading community. Vikings had continual conflicts going on with the local Irish people that had a settlement not far along the river, but they held on to Dublin and styled themselves kings of Dublin for a long time, until they where thrown out when the Normans (who themselves had Viking origins) invaded in 1169.

A medium gray with lavender overtones. This colourway is inspired by the beautiful, almost lavender or plum hue in the stone I saw used in many old buildings when I visited Dublin for the first time for Woollinn 2019.