These DK and aran yarns are lovely choices for soft, comfortable sweaters and accessories you’ll want to wear every day
ROWAN Handknit Cotton
Shade pictured Straw (381) Ball weight/length 50g/85m Needle size 4-4.5mm (UK 8-7/US 6-7) Tension 19-20 sts and 28 rows to 10cm Fibre content 100% cotton Care Machine wash 40°C RRP £6.40 Contact www.knitrowan.com
Rowan’s perennially popular cotton yarn has new shades for spring-summer 2024, including this warm yellow, a rich brown, and peach. Spun from combed cotton, Handknit Cotton is soft, smooth, and machine-washable. It offers incredible stitch definition, and is ideal for textured summer knits. The palette also includes chalky pastels and jewel tones.
CASCADE YARNS Merino DK
Shade pictured Harbor (28) Skein weight/length 100g/233m Needle size 4mm (UK 8/US 6) Tension 22 sts to 10cm Fibre content 100% Merino wool Care Hand wash RRP £8.70 Contact www.cascadeyarns.com Available from www.lovecrafts.com
This appealing DK-weight yarn uses mulesing-free Merino wool from New Zealand and Argentina, which is woollen-spun for a wonderfully lofty result. It offers the softness of Merino, an excellent handle, a good drape, and fine stitch definition. A fabulous choice for cabled and colourwork sweaters and accessories, it comes in a choice of 10 warm shades.
BAA RAM EWE Eden DK
Shade pictured Snowcap (901) Skein weight/length 100g/204m Needle size 4mm (UK 8/US 6) Tension 23 sts and 29 rows to 10cm Fibre content 70% organic British wool, 30% alpaca Care Hand wash RRP £14.90 Contact www.baaramewe.co.uk
This new yarn blends non-mulesed, organic British wool with alpaca, and it feels impressively soft yet retains a lovely woolly handle. Stitch definition is very good, and the fabric has a slight halo. It drapes well, too, and feels comfortable next to the skin, knitting up into sweaters you’ll wear again and again. The 11 soft shades were inspired by misty mountains.
JOHN ARBON TEXTILES Harvest Hues Worsted
Shade pictured Sycamore Skein weight/length 100g/200m Needle size 4.5-6mm (UK 7-4/US 7-10) Tension 18-22 sts to 10cm Fibre content 33% Bluefaced Leicester wool, 33% Falklands Merino wool, 33% Zwartbles wool Care Hand wash RRP £19 Contact www.jarbon.com
John Arbon has updated the composition of its Harvest Hues blend, so that it now contains
