Type 49316 - Donegal Aran

85% Superwash Merino Wool

15% Donegal Nep

166m per 100g

Gauge: 4mm - 18sts & 30 rows 5mm - 14sts & 26 rows

WPI: 13/14

Our Donegal aran has a slightly soft silver colour due to the blending of the neps in this yarn. The neps resist the dye so maintain their colour and will not bleed into the yarn. The yarn takes the dye really well and you can achieve speckles on this yarn, although they may not appear so prominently due to the donegal nep. This is suitable for socks on a tighter gauge. We produced two swatches for this yarn, the 4mm creates a better structured fabric, although the 5mm has a nice drape. Please note the neps on this yarn are brown and black.

In this blend:

49119 Donegal White Nep

49145 Donegal 4ply

49181 Multi - Coloured Donegal

59105 My Name Is Neo

49219 Donegal DK

49233 Multi - Coloured Donegal DK

49251 Neo DK

49320 Multi- Donegal Aran

This aran looks rustic, but is soft and dreamy. The yarn takes the dye really well and works well as solids, semi solids or speckles ot compliment the neps.

This yarn knits up into a lovely soft fabric with a nice drape, I made two swatches using 4mm and 5 mm, getting 18 sts over 10cm on the 4mm which gave a lovely soft but firm fabric. 5mm was alot more drapy but still worked well, therefore you can play with these needle sizes to get the kind of fabric you want, 4.5mm probably being the best of both worlds.