WOOLS AND YARNS AVAILABLE:
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ANGORA RABBIT WOOL |
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CASHMERE(soon) |
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| West Country Alpaca: DK - Lovely soft natural pale fawn alpaca wool from farms located in Devon, and Wiltshire. We have Wellground pure alpaca in Champagne, Winter White and Silver Grey, Dreamfield pure alpaca wool Ecru, in stock at the moment. |
50g ball per ball £4.95 |
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| Laurel Farm Alpaca: ARAN in black, dark brown, mid brown, fawn and natural white Samples on request |
100g ball £11.50 |
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Alpaca DK - super soft wool from Peru dyed to the softest vintage soft pink, dusky pale blue, red, royal blue, damson ,grey merle, (Hand wash only). SALE ALL HALF PRICE
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50g ball
£4.95 |
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| Cobweb lace extra fine Superb cobweb lace alpaca yarn, ultra fine for those special projects. Ideal for christening gowns, shawls prem baby clothes and evening shawls, also ideal for lace collars and edgings. Creamy natural white Hand wash only (sample on request) SALE |
25g skein
£4.95 each (total 178gms only) Special offer £20 for lot - |
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Hand Dyed, British Alpaca -Russet, (reddy, brown), Petrol, very deep bluey green, 4ply SALE HALF PRICE
Samples on request |
£3.50 per 50gm ball ( petrol =10 available and Russet = 9 balls available) |
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Hand spun, hand dyed, double lace weight multi-coloured ALPACA in shades of lilac or pinks, SALE HALF PRICE
super soft and fine alpaca Samples on request |
75gms only of each, £9.95 per shade or £17 for both skeins NOW £8.50 (unrepeatable, one off, item) |
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| ARTESANO 100% pure alpaca CLOUD light double knitting super soft alpaca: colours are lilac, baby pink, lemon, ice blue, cream Samples on request |
50gm balls £3.95 |
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| ARTESANO 100% pure alpaca Superfine 4ply colours available at present Sweet pea (pink), forget-me-not, These are quite rich colours, not pastel, samples on request |
50 gram balls £3.95 (10 of each available) |
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| BABY LLAMA by MIRASOL no 74934, stunning saxe blue(forget-me-not), other colours available if interested - one of the softed wool I have felt this year! Difficult to get hold of and rather expensive, but true luxuary! Stunning! Will try to get some more and a range of colours .Some times other colours availale. Baby Aran weight. (sample on request) |
50gm hanks £6.00 per hank
(only 5 available, first come, first served!) |
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| 2008 SHEARING!!! NEW SEASON'S FLEECE -STUNNINGLY SOFT CREAMY WHITE DK IS HERE! FROM OUR OWN STUD MALE ALEXANDER AND OUR FRIENDS AT WELLGROUND ALPACAS. WE HAVE IN STOCK SUPER SOFT KNITTING WOOL FROM BRITISH AND CHILEAN BRED ALPACAS BASED IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND. ALL TOP QUALITY 100% ALPACA IN A STUNNING RANGE OF NATURAL COLOURS ARAN AND DOUBLE KNITTING. |
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We make a very special and exclusive range of vintage style baby clothes called ALPACA ANGELS in the finest alpaca wool. Baby and young alpaca fleece  spins into delightfully soft, silky baby wool  with a beautiful sheen. Once knitted into delicate little garments based on vintage styles, they make an unforgettable gift for that precious new arrival or a unique christening present . These are based on patterns which are part of my collection of over a thousand covering late Victorian to 1970s.
Each tiny garment is hand knitted by myself, and is entirely unique. Each fleece being as individual as its former wearer. Photos and information about the particular alpaca the fleece came from and how to wash and care for your garment will be sent with each order.
We also now make a delightful range of hand knitted baby clothes in pure wools, including cashmere later in the year, with (or without )vintage angora trim from bonnets, bootees, dresses and matinee coats to rompers and buster suits! See RETRO BABY for BOTH ranges. We are in the process of updating our site - there will be more baby clothes, many more buttons, and lots and lots more patterns!
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PURE ALPACA WOOL, PURE MERINO LAMBS WOOL AND VINTAGE AND MODERN ANGORA:
For vintage patterns - 1oz = 28g
Always work a tension square in a spare ball of ply required as vintage and modern ply's vary.
Always order enough for project with some to spare as dye lots cannot be repeated and natural animal fleeces vary from year to year and from animal to animal.
We always buy back odd balls over 10gms if over estimated. |
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| ANGORA mostly vintage various shades of blues , aqua, 70%angora, 30%wool French and German |
£6 per 20g ball (mostly in single balls as shades vary) great for trimming or dolls clothes 6 in total now |
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| ANGORA Jaeger, knits ass 4ply 70% angora 30%lambs wool NAVY |
£6 per 20g ball 8 available (bought all together for £40) |
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| ANGORA French 70% angora 30% lambs wool TANGERINE |
£6 per 25g (2 only available) |
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| ANGORA French as above but in LEAF GREEN |
36 per 25g (3 only) |
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| ANGORA Spanish 70% angora 30% lambs wool DAHLIA PINK (deep magenta) |
£6 per ball (1 only Left) |
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| ANGORA Spanish 70% angora 30% lambs wool BLACK |
£6 per 25g or £20 for 100g |
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| Vintage Dream Touch angora/wool: saxe blue - dusky blue (finer than modern Angora) |
1/2oz balls £4.50 each (10 only) £40.00 for all together NOW £20 |
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| Patons Baby Pure Merino wool - 2ply, soft, very fine creamy white wool, ideal for shawls and christening gowns, Machine washable. Made in Australia. |
50g
£3.75 each
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| Pure Lambs Wool: 3ply, soft, very fine in PALE DUSKY BLUE a very old fashioned shade, lovely and delicate. Hand Wash |
50g £2.75 |
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Patons Fairytale Dreamtime 3ply ,pure Merino wool machine washable New Wool. Made in Australia.. colours available white, sweet pink(very pale), pastel blue, primrose (very pale), aqua. cream 100% Merino wool |
£2.95 per 50gm ball |
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| Patons Fairytale Dreamtime 4ply pure new wool, machine washable only available in the following colours at the moment: white, aqua, primrose, pastel blue, sweet pink, cream, pink,, turquoise, lilac, lime, hot pink, tangerine, 100% Merino wool |
£2.75 per 50gm ball |
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| Patons Fairytale Colour 4 Me DK 100% new wool lovely wool, soft and machine washable on a wool wash. colours available : white Colours available, baby pink, pink (a slightly stronger than the baby pink ) pastel blue, white, cream, 100% new wool |
£2.75 per 50gm ball |
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| Pure New Wool- DK pale pink, lovely and soft for baby Hand wash only. |
50gm balls £2.00 per ball (10 available) |
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| Pure New Wool 4ply in lovely SEA GREEN soft British wool |
50g ball £2.50 (10 available) or as Cone of 500gm £20 plus postage at £3.95 |
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WOOL FOR BABY CLOTHES, DOLL'S CLOTHES AND SMALL PROJECTS.
ALL 100 PER CENT PURE WOOL UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. It is easy to convert modern yarns to match the old patterns, by making a tension square, It is always a good idea to knit with old pre-decimal needles when working from these old patterns as the decimal ones were a slightly different size. (early decimals were slightly different too!) If you need a conversion chart, or to convert to US sizes we shall have a chart on the NEEDLE AND ACCESSORIES page coming soon! We shall have a supply very shortly including lovely old plastic ones, so easy on the hands! Extra long to extra short! In the mean time if you require old needles email or give me call to see what I have. RETO DOLLY pages coming soon with more wool and knitted items for vintage and antique dolls.
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| Pure new wool 2ply - fine 2ply from Forsells in 25 g balls ideal for smaller dolls and trimming baby clothes - pepermint (very pale), mid-pink, Sage green, mushroom, dark cream, light blue, bluebell (limited quantities now) SALE |
25g balls £1.65 each (photos coming soon) Can be sold in 50gm balls if required £3.20 a ball
SALE - Limited quantities now, £1 for 25g or £2 for 50g balls where available. |
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| Pure new wool 3ply - fine 3ply wool in a wide range of colours in handy 25g balls for dolls clothes and trimming, -narural white, mid-pink, sage green, navy, pale peach (botany) SALE |
25g balls £1.65 each Can be sold in 50gm balls if required £3.20 a ball
SALE -£1 per 25g ball £2 for 50g ball where available |
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VINTAGE WOOL AS AVAILABLE - SORRY WE ARE NO LONGER SELLING VINTAGE WOOL
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You can purchase items by personal cheque, or by Credit or Debit Card using our emailed PayPal payment button facility.
Postage is charged at cost.
PLEASE NOTE; Because of ongoing problems replying to AOL emails, please supply us with a phone number or alternative email address when contacting us via an AOL account.
Please contact me if you wish to buy or reserve any item, or if you have any questions.
You can e-mail me at sue@theretroknittingcompany.co.uk or telephone 01980 625486 to reserve any item.
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