Yarn Bases

Regular yarn bases from Ex Libris Fibers.
Daphne and Shelley are RWS-certified. Shelley, Daphne and Joyce are U.S. produced and grown while the mills that supply imported bases are OEKO-TEX certified.

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





IMPORTED BASES

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Carson
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
$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
$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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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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Joyce 
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
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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







OTHER BASES

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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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Antoine (Discontinued)
$29/skein
4-ply Fingering Weight
50% Recycled Wool / 50% Tencel
383 yards / 100 grams
Named after the author  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Atwood (limited quantities)
$25/skein
2 ply Worsted weight
100% Peruvian Highland Wool, black and gray before dyeing
1218 yards / 100 grams
100% Superwash Merino Wool
Named after the author Margaret Atwood
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Carson Sock (Discontinued)
4-ply DK weight
$29/skein
75% Superwash Merino Wool / 25% Nylon
246 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author and activist Rachel Carson
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Woolf (discontinued)
$32/skein
Lace Weight
41% Alpaca, 35% Silk, 13% Untreated Superfine Merino, 10% Yak
437yards / 50 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Virgina Woolf
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Zilpha  (discontinued)
$29/skein
4-ply Worsted
100% Superwash Merino Wool
218 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Zilpha Keatley Snyder