Pip Colourwork comes in 25g size balls and knits to a standard 4 ply weight, it's a robust yarn with a soft handle that includes the sticky qualities to make it ideal for Fair Isle or stranded knitting.  The name Pip comes from the traditional Swaledale ‘Yan Tan Thethera’ method of sheep counting: Yan (one), Tan (Two), Tether (Three), Mether (Four) and Pip- the Fifth baa ram ewe yarn!

Very sadly, Baa Ram Ewe went into liquidation - so this is now a discontinued yarn.

Yardage: 126 yards (115 meters)

Unit weight: 25 grams (0.88 ounces)

Gauge: 32.0 sts = 4 inches

Needle size: 2 - 3.25mm

100% Wool, Plied

Care: Dry Flat, Hand Wash Cold

Pip Colourwork was used in a knit-a-long that SBY hosted just before Covid hit - using a design by Jenise Hope from her 'Aviary Collection' - I've included a pic or two to show how perfectly suited Pip is for fair isle techniques!

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