If know me at all, I don’t have to tell you how much I love goods that are made: 1.) locally–or just within the US, 2.) sustainably, and 3.) from natural fibers. So it’s no wonder Brooklyn Tweed is one of my absolute favorite yarn companies; they beautifully embody these values, so I wanted to share a few of my favorite yarns from them! I hope to do more yarn reviews in the future…there are so many I love! But I thought today we’d start off with some classics. If you’ve got a project you’re ready to start but are waiting for the perfect yarn, hopefully this will help.
Peerie / 100% American-grown Merino wool
Peerie is a fingering weight yarn with gorgeous stitch definition (a common theme in BT yarns!) Like most of their yarns, it’s available in a wide range of rich colors, making it ideal for colorwork.
Shelter / 100% American Targhee-Columbia wool
Shelter is such a classic, staple yarn–possibly one of my favorites. It’s a a woolen-spun, worsted weight yarn, which means it has a lot of rustic texture, but is incredibly light, warm, and squishy. It’s such a “comfort yarn” to me, and lends itself perfectly to sweaters, accessories, and pretty much anything you want to make cozy. I created my Farm Girl Fingerless Mitts using Shelter (you can find the free pattern for them here!)
Arbor / 100% American Targhee wool
Arbor is a classic DK weight. For some reason, I don’t use DK weight often, but I love this stuff. Like the other BT yarns I love, this is so squishy and cozy…
Quarry / 100% American Targhee-Columbia wool
Quarry is so fabulously fluffy! It is chunky yet still light, and while it’s made from several strands spun together, it’s done so in a way that gives it the look of a single ply, so it has more strength than pencil roving. Right now I have some that I’m planning to make a neckwarmer/scarflette from, but I think it would be so wonderful as something like a coat or blanket.
If you’d like to see some of the yarns I mentioned here, be sure to check out my video review below!
