Natural Meadow Chunky

Meadow is a gently spun single-ply British Suffolk wool yarn that is incredibly soft and lightweight, perfect for knitting chunky garments and accessories. All ten colors in this range are subtle mixture mélange shades, with three natural undyed colors.

Each color is inspired by English wildflowers, and the range is carefully selected to create a unique palette.

All Baa Ram Ewe wool yarn is mulesing-free.

Our notes

After making a few of our own projects with this yarn, here's what we've found:

A little splitty: Depending on how you work with the yarn, it may untwist slightly as you work. This happens most noticeably when nalbinding, if you find yourself turning the needle against the twist as you make each stitch. Just give the working yarn or your yarn ball a few turns to introduce more twist back into the yarn and it'll help reduce splitting or breaking.

Works up quickly: Because of this yarn's bulky weight, it works up very quickly into thick, warm garments and accessories.

Prickle factor: People who are sensitive to scratchy wool shouldn't plan on using this for next-to-skin garments.

Single-ply yarns may pill: Unplied/single-ply yarns may pill more easily than plied yarns, especially in areas that see a lot of wear like under the arms of sweaters.

Heathered colors: The colors have some mild variation in them, giving finished pieces a lovely heathered look with beautifully blended shades.

Stitch definition: We love how this yarn looks when worked up. The stitch definition is fantastic.

Swatch details

All swatches were wet blocked before measuring.

Knit

• Color: Meadow
• Swatcher: Avery
• Needles: 8mm (US 11)
• Stitch: Stockinette with a garter stitch border
• Gauge: 12 stitches and 17 rows per 4" / 10cm

Crochet

• Color: Meadow
• Swatcher: Avery
• Hook: 7mm
• Stitch: Half double crochet
• Gauge: 11 stitches and 9 rows per 4" / 10cm

Nalbind

• Color: Meadow
• Swatcher: Stephanie
• Tension: Thumb, base of nail, moderate tension
• Stitch: Oslo F1
• Gauge: 16 stitches and 8 rows per 4" / 10cm

Weave

• Color: Meadow
• Swatcher: Stephanie
• Sett: 6 ends per inch
• Structure: 2+2 twill zigzag, weft face, 22.5 picks per inch
• Warp: Size 10 crochet cotton