CVM/Romeldale 1.0
Quick Facts Gauge: A lofty woolen-spun two-ply yarn, CVM/Romeldale 1.0 produces the most stable and cohesive (not to mention cuddly and come-hither) fabric in the 4.75-5.25 stitches per inch range on US 6-7 (4-4.5mm) needles. As always, use those numbers as a starting point for your own swatching. Put-up: 300 yards (274m) Skein weight: 115gSource: Wool from CVM/Romeldale sheep raised in Pennsylvania, shorn and hand-sorted by color. Fibers scoured, picked, carded, spun, skeined, and given a second rinse at Blackberry Ridge Woolen Mill in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin. Skeins then twisted at the Saco River Dyehouse before being tagged and shipped from Biddeford, Maine. About the Breed Yarn Story Patterns The California Variegated Mutant began as a fluke. In 1915, a man named A.T. Spencer attended the Pan-American exposition in San Francisco and came home with a bunch of New Zealand Romney sheep. He crossed them with his Rambouillet flock, hoping that the longwool Romney genes would help his Ra