British Breeds Aran Gift Box by Marie Wallin

This British Breeds Aran Gift Box showcases each of the 12 stunning shades that currently make up Marie Wallin's British Breeds Aran yarn palette. Making the perfect gift, this gift box contains 15 balls of British Breeds Aran, one ball of each of the 12 colours plus an extra 2 balls of one colour and an extra ball of another colour! Therefore all 4 lovely accessory designs in the beautiful pattern booklet included with the yarn can be knitted. I can't imagine anything more delightful to receive as a gift. 

The Knitting gift box contains the following:

15 balls of Marie Wallin British Breeds Aran yarn (1 x 50gm ball of 12 colours, an extra 2 x 50gm balls of one colour and an extra 1 x 50gm ball of another colour).

1 x booklet containing the following patterns:

Nelly Mittens, Nelly Socks and Daisy Cowl - all new designs for the Aran Gift Box and the Howick Tam from the new Aran collection.

1 x Marie Wallin calico project bag.

All this is presented in a high quality, re-useable large gift box which has a magnetic closure.

Yarn Care

To care for your British Breeds Aran garment, please hand wash carefully using a mild, natural liquid soap detergent in lukewarm water. Once washed, ensure that as much water as possible is extracted from the garment before drying. This can be done by squeezing the garment between two towels. Reshape the garment whilst damp and allow to air dry naturally. 

More about British Breeds Aran

British Breeds Aran has the same composition and is exactly twice as thick as the original British Breeds yarn. Like British Breeds, it is made from the wool of four different British sheep breeds. The wool fibre from each breed adds a certain characteristic to the yarn; Bluefaced Leicester adds the beautiful softness, Exmoor Horn adds the softness too, but this sheep produces a white fleece therefore adding a ‘cleanness’ to the blended tops, making for more successful dyeing. Romney adds the strength and slight lustre and Zwartbles adds the bounce or springiness and the characteristic ‘sheepy’ smell!

To produce the yarn, the Bluefaced Leicester, Exmoor Horn and the Romney wool fibres are first blended and then dyed using a ‘recipe’ to create each of the 12 base colours. Each colour base is then blended with the undyed Zwartbles fibre creating the mélange effect. Once the yarn is spun, it is sent to Edward Hill’s Ltd in Bradford to be steam relaxed and balled in 50g donut balls. The steam finishing ‘open up’ the yarn creating the fullness, light appearance and handle.