Yarn Bases
Regular yarn bases from Ex Libris Fibers.
Shirley and Shelley are RWS-certified. Shelley, Shirley and Joyce are U.S. produced 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 / Carson 75/25
4-ply DK weight
4-ply DK weight
$29/skein
100% Superwash Merino Wool OR 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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100% Superwash Merino Wool OR 75% Superwash Merino Wool / 25% Nylon
246 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author and activist Rachel Carson
Carson Sock
4-ply DK weight
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
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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Solnit
$30/skein
4-ply Fingering weight
75% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon
463 yards / 100 grams per skein OR 437 yards / 100 grams per skein *
4-ply Fingering weight
75% Superwash Merino Wool, 25% Nylon
463 yards / 100 grams per skein OR 437 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
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
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Woolf
$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
$29/skein
4-ply Worsted
100% Superwash Merino Wool
218 yards / 100 grams per skein
Named in honor of the author Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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
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Joyce
3-ply Fingering weight
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
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
SEASONAL BASES
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Anaïs
(Seasonal - Spring)
$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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LIMITED BASES
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Antoine
(Discontinued by supplier)
$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
(Discontinued by supplier)
$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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* differences in yardage occur throughout the year due to changes in mill supply