ORCHID YARN KITS USING OUR BEAUTIFUL HAND-DYED EXCELANA NORTH FINGERING WEIGHT, 100% BRITISH WOOL ARE NOW AVAILABLE. Choose from yarn only or yarn plus PDF pattern option. 10% OF PROCEEDS FROM ORCHID YARN KIT SALES TO BE DONATED TO CANCER CARE, MY LOCAL CANCER SUPPORT CHARITY* * until end August 2026. About Orchid: Orchid is an easy-to-wear, comfortable sweater featuring a beautiful lace yoke knitted in a fingering weight yarn. Orchid is worked in the round from the bottom up, on reaching the armholes the body is put to one side, then the sleeves are knitted, then the body and sleeves are joined together and worked in one piece, in the round. Short row shaping is worked on the upper back section of the body ensuring the front neckline doesn't sit too high. Once the short rows are completed the lace yoke is then worked. Orchid is knitted using [link: Susan Crawford Excelana North, fingering weight = /collections/excelana-4-ply :link] a soft, fingering weight 100% British wool, spun for us in nearby Yorkshire and hand-dyed at our Lake District studio. Orchid is shown here in [productlink: Rhubarb= rhubarb :productlink] a delightful shade of pink, reminiscent of stalks of freshly picked rhubarb. [split] [description_box:Orchid yarn kits are also available in all of the other fabulous Excelana North shades. Choose from any of the listed colourways to select a shade of your choice. See all the colours in the range of colours in Excelana North.:description_box] The kits are available in seven sizes as follows: Simply select whether you would like a yarn only or a yarn plus PDF pattern kit option then choose the correct size yarn kit for the size sweater you wish to knit, then finally select which colour you would like to knit your Orchid in. What your kit includes: KIT ONE- 5 50g skeins of your chosen colourway - to fit 71-76cm (28-30in) chest (1st size in the Orchid pattern) KIT TWO - 6 50g skeins of your chosen colourway - to fit 81-86cm (32-34in) chest (2nd size in the Orchid pattern) KIT THREE- 7 50g skeins of your chosen colourway - to fit 91-107cm (36-42in) chest (3rd and 4th sizes in the Orchid pattern) KIT FOUR- 8 50g skeins of your chosen colourway - to fit 112-117cm (44-46in) chest (5th size in the Orchid pattern) KIT FIVE - 9 50g skeins of your chosen colourway - 122-127cm (48-50in) chest (6th size in the Orchid pattern) KIT SIX - 10 50g skeins of your chosen colourway - 132-147cm (52-58in) chest (7th and 8th sizes in the Orchid pattern) KIT SEVEN - 11 50g skeins of your chosen colourway - 152-157cm (60-62in) chest (9th size in the Orchid pattern)
KIT ONE - 5 skeins, KIT TWO - 6 skeins, KIT THREE - 7 skeins, KIT FOUR - 8 skeins, KIT FIVE - 9 skeins, KIT SIX - 10 skeins, KIT SEVEN - 11 skeins
Rhubarb, Coral Lombard, French Rose, Himalayan Blue, Powdered Egg, Nile Green, Plum Jam, Swimming Pool, Virginia, Spruce, Ruby Red, Cornflower Blue, Charcoal, Dark Mandarin, Damson Wine, Clematis, Custom shade