The 5-ply construction makes a yarn which locks together well to make a garment wind-proof. The worsted spinning creates a crisp and lean yarn with excellent stitch definition for fancy textured guernsey designs but also helps soften the handle of the local wool whatever breed it is from. The yarn is supplied in 100g skeins. Linking land and sea, the natural colours include dark peat, foamy cream and pewter, along with rich dyed shades of reds and blues to reflect sea, shore and rocks for classic and contemporary style guernseys.

Normally each 100 gram skein of Guernsey yarn will be around 232 metres (242 yards) long, but this varies from breed to breed, so to be on the safe side you should work on plus or minus 10%. See our information sheets and download the one on skein yardages and remember that this densely twisted worsted spun yarn is not elastic so will go less far than a woollen spun yarn, and it’s worth getting a couple of balls extra of Guernsey wool for a Guernsey pullover project, to be on the safe side and match the batch numbers.