4 Ply & Sock
A&P Alpaca & Silk 4 Ply
Soft and silky alpaca made even more silky with the addition of, well, silk. Alpaca is lighter and softer than wool and has a beautiful drape but lacks its elasticity. The silk adds strength and a gentle sheen to the yarn which makes the most beautiful shawls and scarves and is brilliant for lace work.
If you like a colour but there’s not enough in stock please contact us here for dye to order.
Ball weight and length – 100g./400 m.
Tension – 28 stitches and 38 rows to 10 cm/4 inch square
Recommended needle – 3.25mm
Fibre – 70% Alpaca, 30% Silk
Washing – Hand wash only using a gentle detergent.
Ainsworth & Prin yarn is hand dyed in small batches. We try to achieve consistent colours but each skein is unique so when using more than one skein of a colour in a project we really recommend alternating skeins every couple of rows.
A&P BFL Rustic Sock
Beautiful soft British Blue Faced Leicester spun in Yorkshire. The high twist gives a durable yarn with great stitch definition. Very soft for wearing next to the skin so perfect for jumpers and accessories swell as socks. A hard wearing, pure wool sock yarn but it isn’t as tough as a yarn with a percentage of nylon.
If you like a colour but there’s not enough in stock please contact us here for dye to order.
Ball weight and length – approx. 110g./385 m.
Fibre – 100% Blue Faced Leicester
Washing – Machine washable on a gentle wool cycle using a mild detergent or hand wash.
Ainsworth & Prin yarn is hand dyed in small batches. We try to achieve consistent colours but each skein is unique so when using more than one skein of a colour in a project we really recommend alternating skeins every couple of rows.
A&P BFL Smooth Sock
British Blue Faced Leicester hand dyed in small batches. The high twist gives a durable yarn with great stitch definition. Very soft for wearing next to the skin so ideal for shawls, scarves, gloves and hats, and strangely enough, socks. This is the most hard wearing, pure wool sock yarn that we can find but it isn’t as tough as a sock yarn with a percentage of nylon.
If you like a colour but there’s not enough in stock please contact us here for dye to order.
Ball weight and length – 100g./400 m.
Tension – 32 stitches and 48 rows to 10 cm/4 inch square
Recommended needle – 2.25mm
Fibre – 100% Blue Faced Leicester
Washing – Machine washable on a gentle wool cycle using a mild detergent or hand wash.
Ainsworth & Prin yarn is hand dyed in small batches. We try to achieve consistent colours but each skein is unique so when using more than one skein of a colour in a project we really recommend alternating skeins every couple of rows.
A&P BFL Smooth Sock Mini Skeins
Hand dyed little skeins of our British Blue Faced Leicester Smooth Sock. The same soft, high twist yarn in dinky 20g skeins giving you five colours to play with. For small projects, contrasting heels and toes, borders or stripes, what ever takes your fancy or you could try our free Lewes mitten pattern. Each bundle will make two pairs of mittens with enough left for the odd pop of colour in other projects.
Ball weight and length – Total approx. 100g./400 m (5x20g./80m)
Tension – 32 stitches and 48 rows to 10 cm/4 inch square
Recommended needle – 2.25mm
Fibre – 100% Blue Faced Leicester
Washing – Machine washable on a gentle wool cycle using a mild detergent or hand wash.
Ainsworth & Prin yarn is hand dyed in small batches. We try to achieve consistent colours but each skein is unique so when using more than one skein of a colour in a project we really recommend alternating skeins every couple of rows.
A&P Classic Sock
A hand dyed 2 ply, fingering weight merino and nylon blend for beautifully soft and durable socks, hats and other accessories. This plump little yarn gives great stitch definition and takes up the colour brilliantly. From non mulesed merino.
If you like a colour but there’s not enough in stock please contact us here for dye to order.
Ball weight and length – 100g./365 m.
Fibre – 80% super wash merino, 20% nylon
Washing – Machine washable on a gentle wool cycle using a mild detergent or hand wash.
Ainsworth & Prin yarn is hand dyed in small batches. We try to achieve consistent colours but each skein is unique so when using more than one skein of a colour in a project we really recommend alternating skeins every couple of rows.
A&P Hand Dyed Sock Sets
Hand-dyed sock sets: a full skein of sock yarn with either one or two complementary mini skeins for stripes, heels, toes or what ever else takes your fancy.
The base will appear when you select the set you like
Classic Sock: 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon.
Blue faced Leicester Smooth Sock: 100% superwash Blue Faced Leicester
A&P Merino & Kid Mohair Single 4 Ply
A blend of merino and kid mohair spun into a single strand that gives a warm, light fabric with a light sheen and a soft halo. Incredibly soft it can be knitted on larger needles than usual as the mohair fluff fills in the gaps. Ideal for garments and accessories.
If you like a colour but there’s not enough in stock please contact us here for dye to order.
Ball weight and length – 100g./400 m.
Fibre – 56% Superwash Merino, 44% Kid Mohair
Washing – Hand wash only using a gentle detergent.
Ainsworth & Prin yarn is hand dyed in small batches. We try to achieve consistent colours but each skein is unique so when using more than one skein of a colour in a project we really recommend alternating skeins every couple of rows.
A&P Merino & Silk Single
A single ply yarn in luxurious merino and silk hand dyed by us in small batches. The yarn is incredibly soft with a light lustre and is a fantastic choice for shawls and cowls the silk content giving it a beautiful drape. It can also be knitted with our Mohair and Silk Lace in the Howling cowl.
Ball weight and length – 100g./400 m.
Fibre – 70% Superwash Merino, 30% Silk
Washing – Hand wash only using a gentle detergent.
Ainsworth & Prin yarn is hand dyed in small batches. We try to achieve consistent colours but each skein is unique so when using more than one skein of a colour in a project we really recommend alternating skeins every couple of rows.
If you like a colour but there’s not enough in stock please contact us here for dye to order.
A&P Yarn Club
The club box is back!
Each month there will be a skein of yarn, in a base of your choice specially dyed to the box theme plus little extras which we hope you’ll like.
This month’s theme is bringing the garden in. We’ve had rain for what seems like weeks so in between the downpours Nicola cut some flowers from the garden to cheer up the house and we couldn’t let the vase of flowers go to waste, as well as a 100g skein of yarn in the base of your choice, there is a non sewing craft project plus a few other things.
Being rubbish at surprises we have included a fairly hefty hint as to the colour so as not to lead to disappointment but we hope we’ve still left an element of surprise and created something that will provide enjoyment for a long time.
The choice of bases for this box are
Classic Sock: 100g/365m, 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon.
Washing – Machine washable on a gentle wool cycle using a mild detergent or hand wash.
Merino & Silk Single – 100g./400 m., 70% Superwash Merino, 30% Silk
Washing – Hand wash only using a gentle detergent.
Postal date: w/c 19th July
Items ordered with the Club Box will all be posted at the same time when the Club Box is available.
We can not post to the EU
The gallery picture show previous box contents and the two bases together so that you can see how the yarns take the dyes. There’s also a blog post about the first one here
Cascade Ultra Pima Fine
The softest, smoothest cotton yarn from Cascade. This is the yarn we chose for our kits wonderfully soft and silky with a subtle sheen. Excellent for beginners to knitting and crochet as there is minimal splitting and the stitch definition is smooth and even.
Ball weight and length – 50g./125 m.
Tension – 24-26 stitches to 10cm/4inches
Recommended needle – 3.25mm-3.5mm
Fibre – 100% Pima Cotton
Machine washable – Machine washable at 40 degrees centigrade using a mild detergent.
Concorde Hat Kit
The graphic patterning of this hat reminds us of the iconic silhouette of the passenger jet Concorde. Our Dad worked on the electronics so we would all dive outside to see it fly over in the 70s and 80s, like a Spitfire, you couldn’t mistake the sound of it.
The kit comes with enough of our hand dyed 4ply Blue Faced Leicester Masham yarn to make either size hat using either colour as the main.
The yarn is next to the skin soft with a slightly heathered look on the lighter colours and the charted pattern would make a perfect beginners colour work project.
Contains 2 x approx 30g skeins of Blue Faced Masham 4ply, a printed pattern and a packet of bulb pins.
Heath
A luxurious blend of non-muleised merino lambswool and mohair in a 4ply weight, single ply yarn. It has a rustic, homespun look but is next to the skin soft with tweedy nubs of colour giving it a great depth and richness. It makes light, hardwearing and warm accessories or jumpers with a gorgeous halo and is ideal for colour work. The yarn is spun with a light spinning oil and will bloom and soften on washing.
We really recommend that you sew in ends and wash all tension squares before measuring to get the true size and feel of the sample.
As a single ply yarn, to minimise twisting we recommend laying the skein over the back of a chair when winding into a ball – or you could coerce a friend.
Ball weight and length –approx 50g./200 m. 25g/100m
Recommended needle – 2.75mm-3.75mm
Fibre – 70% merino lambswool, 30% mohair
Washing – Hand wash only using a mild detergent. The yarn is spun with a light spinning oil which needs to be washed off.
Jamieson & Smith Shetland 2ply Jumper Weight
Classic Shetland wool in natural, solid and heathered colours from Jamieson and Smith. For traditional Fair Isle and vintage 4ply patterns and so much more. A woollen spun 2 ply yarn it produces a light but warm fabric and the colour range is fantastic, it blooms and softens with washing and is incredibly hard wearing. For crochet and knitting blankets, shawls, jumpers, mittens and hats the list is endless.
Ball weight and length – 25g./115 m/125 yds
Fibre – 100% Real Shetland Wool
Machine washable – Hand wash using a mild detergent.
Shipping Forecast Yarn Packs
As featured in The Knitter a short sleeved T-shirt with a nautical air, knitted in pieces from the bottom up the V detail is formed with a slip stitch pattern. Made in a single ply yarn in luxurious merino and silk in the colours Tide and Lime Mortar, the yarn is incredibly soft with a light lustre.
This listing is for DYE TO ORDER, the yarn will be specially dyed for you and it could take up to two weeks from ordering to posting, though it may be less.
Yarn Pack 1: 2 x 100g/400m in the colour Tide plus 100g/400m in the colour Lime Mortar
Yarn Pack 2: 3 x 100g/400m in the colour Tide plus 100g/400m in the colour Lime Mortar
Yarn Pack 3: 4 x 100g/400m in the colour Tide plus 100g/400m in the colour Lime Mortar
The pattern is not supplied but is available in The Knitter issue 164
Ball weight and length – 100g./400 m.
Fibre – 70% Superwash Merino, 30% Silk
Washing – Hand wash only using a gentle detergent.
Ainsworth & Prin yarn is hand dyed in small batches. We try to achieve consistent colours but each skein is unique so when using more than one skein of a colour in a project we really recommend alternating skeins every couple of rows.