Appledore Aran

Description All the fibre in the Appledore range is sourced from the West Country in England and consists of a palette of unusual heathered shades. Appledore is steeped in English fibre heritage (all hail those vintage machines). Appledore is a blend of Devon Closewool, a moorland breed with rustic and grippy fibre, with lustrous and characterful Romney, and the gloriously bouncy Exmoor Blueface. The resulting blend is packed full of woolly bounce and a smattering of lustre, the perfect canvas for Appledore’s range of playful modern shades. When creating Appledore’s palette, John Arbon Textiles was drawn to the depth of tone found in traditional tweed textiles. Many of the shades in Appledore’s orchard of delights have been blended using four or five different base shades, creating a sublime richness to the colours. The shades are all named after different varieties (or cultivars, if you want to get all fancy) of apples found in the West Country. Some of them are rather puntastic as w