Comments on: Revisiting Swans Island with Pippi

By: Amos

Amos — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:21:24 +0000

Thanks Leah! We have changed our product descriptions, I guess we didn’t realize the full story. We are trying to be more clear going forward about this yarn and look forward to trying out yours!

By: Leah Estell

Leah Estell — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:51:27 +0000

Please read this article – http://www.knittersreview.com/article_yarn.asp?article=/review/product/091105_a.asp

Swan’s Island Yarn is NOT made from MAINE wool. Knitter’s Review states:

“A while back, Swans Island Blankets added certified organic Merino to its lineup, using the fine wool fibers to make softer, lighter-weight throws and baby blankets. With no sufficiently large domestic certified organic Merino flock yet available, Swans Islands sources its organic Merino fiber from South America. But the fiber is then processed, spun, mordanted, dyed, and skeined right in Maine.”

We are a small family-owned & operated spinning mill in Monroe, Maine who have worked with Jenny Cirone & The Wakeman Family, sheperds of the Nash Island flock, for the past 10 years. We are the only source of this amazing island wool for yarn, roving and felting fiber.

Your story is so true, the sheep do run wild with the elements, and I do know the smell of the air while the sheep are being sheared – my family works on the island with the shepherds through out the year. I work at the skirting table while my mom, who is the Wool Manager, sorts the fleeces as they are being sheared.

If you would like to take a piece of the island home with you, please visit our website – http://www.starcroftfiber.com

We’re glad you enjoyed knitting with Swan’s Island organic Merino yarn, but we would like you to envision the Nash Island flock and the beauty of their history when you knit yarn made from Nash Island wool.

Thank you,

Leah Estell
Starcroft Fiber Mill

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:02:42 +0000

OMG! This is soo right, I can’t believe you even described my absolutely favoritest color – it is in fact called Sky Blue now on their website. It is the softest (only 2 ply for worsted weight) and the snuggliest merino out there, and it is organic too, did I mention hand dyed in very small quantities with natural dyes, the blue one is indigo dye. I have been picturing that big light blue shawl in this yarn for weeks now ( I bet it will only take 2-3 skeins to make it, those skeins really last! Fingering weight will give your something like 550 yrds in 3.5 oz), I’d better start knitting…

By: Mike Gardner

Mike Gardner — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:29:19 +0000

Do any of your swans island yarn come on one or two pound cones? What would be the cost?

Thank you

Mike