Ella Rae Classic Wool Yarn

Description

Ella Rae Classic Wool Yarn - Single Balls
The wide color range includes primary, bright and jewel tones that mix and match with other yarns
And yes, you can get quantity discounts for mixed colors of this listing. Just add a color to your cart, then come back and add another color, you should see the combined discount before completing checkout.
Fiber Content: 100% Wool
Yardage/Weight: 220 yards per 100g skein
Gauge:
Knits to a
round 5
sts
/ inch on US 6-7 needles
Crochets to around 3
sts
/ inch on G6/4.0mm - 7/4.5mm
hook
Care: Hand wash and dry flat
Ella Rae Classic is a staple yarn for your stash.  Give your project a little body without the old itchy yarn woes. Also good for felting.
NOTE
: Delivery of exactly the same color you see on your screen is not guaranteed; no returns based on skein color not matching the color on your screen.
Matching the exact color on your screen is impossible to promise. Start with the fact that even recent monitors vary.  We work hard to use accurate photos matching the skein as closely as we can, but there can still be variations in lighting between any camera and your home.  Where the skein and swatch look slightly different, the swatch is more accurate.  If you require exact matching colors, that's a great time to visit your local yarn shop in-person.  We will of course arrange a return or exchange if we send you the wrong color number by mistake.
About Ella Rae's Designer Leanne Prouse
:
Growing up in a home where things were always being created, Leanne Prouse learnt the basic stitches of handknitting at an early age. “I never had the patience for knitting at that stage — I’d much rather spend my time sourcing and designing the next project and then get mum to knit it! The first garment I knitted was when I was about 18. I found a design I liked in a magazine and knitted it up with no pattern to follow, but using mum for guidance,” she relates.
When she left school, she studied fashion design and textiles and spent many years traveling the world. She returned to the south-west coastal region of Australia to live and raise her family and discovered the well-known designer, Jo Sharp, lived in the same town. “Looking for another challenge while raising a young family, I approached her with some design ideas. That was a very happy and exciting time; the moment I walked into that design studio I felt like I belonged there. Being surrounded by all the yarn and amazing
colour
really ignited the passion for knitwear design as a career option, not just a hobby,” Leanne explains. She went on to become a head designer at Jo Sharp.
Leanne went out on her own in 2004 and has developed her Ella Rae Designs label in association with Knitting Fever Inc (KFI), a prominent American distributor of fine handknitting yarns and patterns. Her growing portfolio of designs continues to evolve and changes with the seasons — she has produced more than 30 knitting books and published a 160-page hardcover book in October 2010 called Knitting at Home, as well as developing her own line of knitting yarns. Launched in early 2005, the Ella Rae Designs label has gone from strength to strength in a growing market and is available in the USA, Canada, UK, Europe and, more recently, Australia. “The concept behind the design process is to produce classic, contemporary knitwear with a modern edge,” she says.