We always get excited when a new yarn comes our way and Lore from The Fibre Co is no exception. This yarn has landed in our shop and perfectly timed for Autumn. It’s a gorgeous yarn for those cosy autumn evenings.

Lore is a 100% lambswool from the English Romney sheep breed. A woollen spun DK weight yarn, processed in a mill in West Yorkshire. Warm and light but also hardwearing, a wonderful yarn perfect for garments and accessories, which blooms and softens more after soaking.

Lore is a good all round yarn and will give you superb results, with great definition and structure on cables and other stitches and across fair isle and colour work. What’s more is it comes in sixteen beautiful colours. Each colour name designed to be uplifting. Daphne Marinopoulos the founder of The Fibre Co. says of the colour names:

‘In naming the colours for Lore, I wanted to build on the story concept and use the fact that stories are emotive and colours have emotional associations. So you’ll find names like Gentle, Courage, Bold, Reliable, and Heaven.

For example, the colour yellow is usually associated with cheerfulness, joy, and being expressive, which meant that we just had to name the yellow in the line “Happiness”.’

Released alongside Lore, The Fibre Co has created a series of patterns called The Barrowdale Collection, named after the Barrowdale Valley in the Lake District. This is a great opportunity to see how the yarn knits up, across a variety of techniques and gives you an idea of its qualities and strengths. The Barrowdale Collection Patters are available in store through Ravelry Buy In-store.

Brandelhow by Natasja Hornby knit in the Earthy colour. This graphic jumper of mock cables and broken rib shows off Lore’s ability to hold definition.

High Raise by Emma Wright knit in the Gentle and Comfort colours. Showing Lores colour work potential.

Honister by “Amanita” Agata Mackiewicz in the Heaven colour. Lore is also perfect for those cosy layers.

As the weather starts to cool may of us are thinking of those cosy winter knits. I hope Lore will inspire you to create some wonderful knitwear and as The Fibre Co say, create some everyday adventures.