Mackenzie from Ashford

Mackenzie

from Ashford
discontinued
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
14
390 yards
(357 meters)
100 grams
(3.53 ounces)
26.0 to 28.0 sts
= 4 inches
US 2 - 3 or 2.75 - 3.25mm
100% Wool - Merino
plied
yes
Care: Machine Dry, Machine Wash, Superwash
Color: Solid color, Variegated
Dye: Machine dyed
Dyed: New Zealand
Milled: New Zealand
Source of fiber: New Zealand

100% pure New Zealand Merino

Ashford is proud to have its very own Mackenzie yarn. It is 100% pure New Zealand with the wool grown on high country sheep farms around New Zealand and spun in a small boutique mill in Hawkes Bay. It is a soft 4 ply machine washable yarn perfect for knitting and weaving.

The yarn is named after the Mackenzie Basin, near Mt Cook and Lake Tekapo, where the Merino sheep thrive in the dry conditions and high altitude. The Basin was named in the 1850s after James MacKenzie, a Scottish shepherd, who, with his faithful collie dog, Friday, herded stolen sheep into this empty and isolated basin. A bronze memorial to working collie dogs such as Friday stands on the shores of Lake Tekapo near the Church of the Good Shepherd.

popular colorways

601 White

4 stashed

8 projects

602 Natural White

5 stashed

13 projects

603 Biscotti

13 stashed

28 projects

605 Blossom

3 stashed

5 projects

608 Chartreuse

16 stashed

17 projects

609 Sangria

11 stashed

17 projects

610 Orchid

7 stashed

22 projects

611 Stonewash

15 stashed

15 projects

612 Graphite

19 stashed

41 projects

613 Navy

7 stashed

14 projects

614 Black

5 stashed

8 projects

615 Red

10 stashed

5 projects

617 Pistachio

15 stashed

22 projects

618

7 stashed

6 projects

619 My

16 stashed

4 projects

620 Nautical

11 stashed

10 projects

802

1 stashed

7 projects

811 Navy

3 stashed

5 projects

850

4 stashed

6 projects

865 My

9 stashed

6 projects

866 My

5 stashed

8 projects

880

4 stashed

4 projects

882

3 stashed

5 projects

884

6 stashed

2 projects

Black

13 stashed

34 projects

Cream

10 stashed

33 projects

Green

7 stashed

7 projects

Light Blue

3 stashed

15 projects

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Mint

0 stashed

8 projects

Pink

5 stashed

12 projects

Red

6 stashed

10 projects

White

7 stashed

16 projects