Yarn Bases

Regular yarn bases from Ex Libris Fibers.
Daphne, Edgar, and Shelley are RWS-certified. Shelley, Daphne, Edgar, and Joyce are U.S. produced and grown (Shaniko ranches with processing in North Carolina) while the mills that supply imported bases are OEKO-TEX certified.

All yarn is mulesing-free.
Base availability is subject to change.


IMPORTED BASES

Brontë (Yak/Silk DK)
DK Weight
$34/skein
60% Superwash Merino Wool, 20% Silk, 20% Yak 
231 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the Brontë sisters
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Carson (DK)
4-ply DK weight
$29/skein
100% Superwash Merino Wool
231 yards / 100 grams per skein or 246 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author and activist Rachel Carson

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  Solnit (Sock)
$30/skein
4-ply Fingering weight
75% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon
463 yards / 100 grams per skein or437 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Rebecca Solnit 
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Ursula (Yak SocK)
$32/skein
3-ply Light fingering weight
70% Superwash Merino Wool, 20% Yak, 10% Nylon
437 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Ursula K. Le Guin


DOMESTIC BASES

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Edgar (Worsted)
3 ply Worsted Weight
$29/skein
100% Superwash U.S. Rambouillet/Merino Wool from Shaniko ranches
228 yards / 100 grams per skein.
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Joyce (Silk Sock)
3-ply Fingering weight
$34/skein
80% Superwash U.S. Merino Wool / 20% Mulberry Silk
431 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Joyce Carol Oates

OTHER BASES

Though these bases are not dyed regularly, if you have a yarn emergency with a regular colorway, I am generally able to source and dye the yarn bases - please reach out!
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Anaïs (Seasonal)
$34/skein
Single ply, light fingering weight
30% Silk/70% Superwash Merino Wool
438 yds / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Anaïs Nin
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Daphne 
$32/skein
3-ply Sport Weight
100% Nonsuperwash U.S. Merino/Rambouillet Wool
312 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Daphne du Maurier
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Shelley
$33/skein
3-ply Light Worsted Weight
100% Nonsuperwash U.S. Merino/Rambouillet Wool from Shaniko ranches
240 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Mary Shelley

Discontinued Bases

These bases are unable to be dyed to order
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Antoine (Discontinued) 4-ply Fingering Weight
50% Recycled Wool / 50% Tencel; 383 yards / 100 grams
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Atwood (discontinued) Worsted weight
100% Peruvian Highland Wool; 218 yards / 100 grams
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Carson Sock (discontinued) DK weight
75% Superwash Merino Wool / 25% Nylon; 246 yards / 100 grams per skein
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Woolf (discontinued) - Lace Weight
41% Alpaca, 35% Silk, 13% Untreated Superfine Merino, 10% Yak; 437yards / 50 grams per skein
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Zilpha  (discontinued) - Worsted
100% Superwash Merino Wool; 218 yards / 100 grams per skein