The Road to China blend creates a knit fabric with a soft halo but enough definition to explore subtle textures and shifting patterns. In keeping with the tone of gentle decadence that Road to China brings, the colour palette is inspired by nature’s jewels and each hank is dyed to work in harmony with the raw fibres that go into the blend. Combining the light fawn of the baby alpaca with the soft tones of camel and cashmere as well as the lustrous sheen of silk gives the perfect base for subtle duotones that peek through the saturated colours.

Fibre: 65% baby alpaca, 15% silk, 10% camel, 10% cashmere
Gauge: 24-26 sts = 4"
Recommended Needle: US 3-4 (3.25-3.75 mm)
Yardage: 159 yards
Weight: Sport Weight | 50g
Care: hand wash, lay flat to dry

Road to China Lace was the natural progression from the Fibre Co's much-adored sport weight luxury hanks of the same blend. This is the lace hank that we reach for when we want to create something truly special and has the yardage to indulge hours of meditative making. Road to China Lace combines baby alpaca, cashmere, silk and camel in a 2ply yarn that celebrates a love for the beauty of natural fibres. The saturated colours play enticingly across the duotones created by this heady blend that was developed for softness and rich drape.

Fibre: 65% baby alpaca, 15% silk, 10% camel, 10% cashmere
Gauge: 32-40 sts = 4"
Recommended Needle: US 0-2 (2-2.75 mm)
Yardage: 656 yards
Weight: Lace Weight | 100g
Care: hand wash, lay flat to dry

Fingering-weight Loft channels Targhee-Columbia wool’s airy bounce into feather-light lace, accessories, and garments. Like Shelter, Loft is a woolen-spun 2-ply yarn with delicate twist, specially designed for unique lightness of hand. It’s not a sock yarn, so treat it a little more gently when it’s on the winder and the needles. Once your garment is blocked, the stitches will cohere in a beautifully even and sturdy fabric. Lace garments should open up to reveal stitch motifs with relatively mild blocking. Loft has great flexibility of gauge; it can be knit on 2mm (US 0) needles for a dense and durable fabric or on 4mm (US 6) needles for ethereal open work. Two strands of Loft held together can substitute for Shelter in patterns where you’d like greater stitch definition or a marled fabric of two colors.

Fibre:  100% Wyoming-grown Targhee-Columbia wool
Gauge:  6 to 8 sts = 1"
Recommended Needle:  2mm to 3.5mm
Yardage:  275 yards
Weight:  approx. 50 grams | fingering weight
Care: Hand wash, lay flat to dry

Quarry is a chunky brother to Shelter and Loft inspired by roving-style “unspun” yarns, offered in pillowy 100-gram skeins. Quarry has a soft and rustic hand; since Brooklyn Tweed never subjects their wool to harsh chemical scouring, you’ll find the occasional fleck of vegetable matter that remains as evidence of the sheep’s life on the Wyoming rangeland. The yarn’s one-directional twist may cause it to twirl between the needles and the ball while you’re knitting, but the fabric will be well balanced with no biasing. Quarry knits will bloom to become cohesive and supple after a wet blocking. You shouldn’t notice any change in gauge. This yarn loves to cable and beautifully renders all kinds of textural stitch work. Despite its soft structure, it can be worked at looser gauges without loss of integrity to the fabric. It's ideal for sweaters, coats, blankets, and cozy accessories.

The structure of this yarn blends the hues in a slightly striated way, reminding us of geological formations, so we gave each color the name of a mineral or gemstone.

Fibre: 100% Wyoming-grown Targhee-Columbia wool
Gauge: 3 to 3.5 sts = 1"
Recommended Needle: 6mm to 8mm
Yardage: 200yds
Weight: Chunky
Care: Hand wash, lay flat to dry