The Sugar Candies Collection by DHG is a sumptuous wool top blend of extra-fine merino and lustrous tussah silk.

Through milling, coordinating shades of silk and merino are combed together to give each hue a subtle melange of colour.

While the extra-fine merino provides warmth, loft and structure, the addition of tussah silk imparts an unmistakable lustre and sheen for a seriously luxurious fibre blend.

With its classic heathered palette, the Sugar Candies Collection will add a sweet new depth to your hand spinning, felting and textile projects.

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THE FIBRE

FIBRE: 70% Extra fine merino wool tops (19 microns), 30% tussah silk
CONSTRUCTION: Combed sliver
ORIGIN: Merino sourced in Australia and South America, tussah silk from China
PRODUCTION: Dyed and milled in Italy
NET WEIGHT: Approx. 23g/m
YARDAGE: Approx. 4m/100gColourways Available

Colourways Available

ABOUT WOOL AND TUSSAH SILK TOP

This merino and tussah silk blend top is commercially prepared, the wool and silk fibres undergoing a mechanical combing process to straighten and align the fibres for a silky smooth preperation.

The extra-fine merino is sourced from both Australia and South America from strictly mulesing-free lots, carefully selected to ensure consistent quality between batches.

Supporting sustainability, DHG ensures the dye process complies with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and the dye house complies with GOTS 5.0 and GRS certifications.

Use this blend for hand-spinning, weaving, needle and wet felting, giant knitting and a myriad of textile art projects.

ABOUT DHG

Dyeing House Gallery have been in the business of dyeing textile fibres and yarns since 1952. Their mission, to make their long-standing expertise available to all artists, artisans, designers and crafters.

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DHG has transformed their extra-fine Merino wool tops to create Piuma, an ultra-soft, feather-light yarn for winter wardrobe staples and home textiles.

Italian for feather, Piuma echoes its namesake with a delicate and lofty hand feel made possible by the yarns single ply construction and gentle twist.

The extra-fine Merino is sourced from both Australia and South America from strictly mulesing-free lots, carefully selected to ensure consistent quality between batches.

Supporting sustainability, DHG ensures the dye process complies with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and the dye house complies with GOTS 5.0 and GRS certifications.

Piuma is a generous yarn that works up quickly. With a palette that mirrors DHG’s Classics Collection, mix and match colour and texture to create your next bespoke textile piece.

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THE YARN

FIBRE CONTENT: Extra fine Merino wool, 19 microns
NET WEIGHT: 100g (3.55oz) per ball
YARN WEIGHT EQUIVALENT: Bulky / 12 Ply
APPROX. YARDAGE: 120m (131yd)
CONSTRUCTION: Single ply, gentle twist
ORIGIN: Fibre sourced in Australia and South America
PRODUCTION: Dyed and milled in Italy
CARE: Cold hand wash (see notes below)

Colourways Available

WORKING THE YARN

Piuma is suitable for most fibre crafts, including knitting, crochet, weaving and felting. You’ll find gauge suggestions for these crafts below. You may also like to browse our project suggestions on RAVELRY.

This yarn is spun with an intended soft and lofty hand-feel. This is achieved by using a fine staple fibre and milling with a looser twist. These elements make for a delicate yarn that needs to be handled with care when working. Finished pieces that are intended to be worn or handled will see some pilling.

GAUGE SUGGESTIONS

The gauge information below can be used as guidance when planning your projects. We always recommend that you swatch to determine a configuration that results in the ideal fabric and hand feel for your project.

KNITTING

10 stitches over 10cm, using 8mm (2.5 stitches per inch, US size 11 needles)

CROCHET

7 stitches over 10cm, using 9mm hook (1.75 stitches per inch, US size M-13 hook)

WEAVING (AS WEFT)

4 epi (16 ends / 10cm)

ABOUT DHG

Dyeing House Gallery have been in the business of dyeing textile fibres and yarns since 1952. Their mission, to make their long-standing expertise available to all artists, artisans, designers and crafters.

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The Classics Collection by DHG offers artists and textile makers an enviable palette of extra-fine Merino wool tops perfect for hand spinning, felting and fibre crafts.

The extra-fine Merino is sourced from both Australia and South America from strictly mulesing-free lots, carefully selected to ensure consistent quality between batches.

Supporting sustainability, DHG ensures the dye process complies with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and the dye house complies with GOTS 5.0 and GRS certifications.

With its extensive colour palette and next to skin softness the Classics Collection extra-fine Merino wool tops will suit a range of textile applications where colour play is the feature.

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THE FIBRE

FIBRE: Extra fine Merino wool tops, 19 microns
CONSTRUCTION: Combed sliver
ORIGIN: Fibre sourced in Australia and South America
PRODUCTION: Dyed and milled in Italy
NET WEIGHT: Approx. 23g/m
YARDAGE: Approx. 4m/100g

Colourways Available

ABOUT WOOL TOPs

Wool tops is a commercially prepared wool product in which the wool fibres undergo a mechanical combing process to straighten and align the fibres. The result is an extremely smooth, silky fibre preparation favoured by hand spinners and textile artists.

Use wool tops for hand-spinning, weaving, needle and wet felting, giant knitting and a myriad of textile art projects.

ABOUT DHG

Dyeing House Gallery have been in the business of dyeing textile fibres and yarns since 1952. Their mission, to make their long-standing expertise available to all artists, artisans, designers and crafters.

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A Natural Dyes Collection

The Tempera Collection by DHG brings together coordinating shades of extra-fine Merino wool tops to create a range of marled fibre blends for hand spinning, felting and fibre crafts.

The extra-fine Merino is sourced from both Australia and South America from strictly mulesing-free lots, carefully selected to ensure consistent quality between batches.

Supporting sustainability, DHG ensures the dye process complies with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and the dye house complies with GOTS 5.0 and GRS certifications.

With its next to skin softness and exciting palette of colour fusion the Tempera Collection extra-fine Merino wool tops will suit a range of textile applications where colour play is the feature.

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THE FIBRE

FIBRE: Extra fine Merino wool tops, 19 microns
CONSTRUCTION: Combed sliver
ORIGIN: Fibre sourced in Australia and South America
PRODUCTION: Dyed and milled in Italy
NET WEIGHT: Approx. 23g/m
YARDAGE: Approx. 4m/100g

Colourways Available

ABOUT WOOL TOPs

Wool tops is a commercially prepared wool product in which the wool fibres undergo a mechanical combing process to straighten and align the fibres.

The result is an extremely smooth, silky fibre preparation favoured by hand spinners and textile artists.

Use wool tops for hand-spinning, weaving, needle and wet felting, giant knitting and a myriad of textile art projects.

ABOUT DHG

Dyeing House Gallery have been in the business of dyeing textile fibres and yarns since 1952. Their mission, to make their long-standing expertise available to all artists, artisans, designers and crafters.

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A Natural Dyes Collection

We’re proud to have partnered with Dyeing House Gallery (DHG) of Italy to bring you a collection of naturally dyed, extra-fine Merino wool tops.

These seventeen new colours are dyed with natural dye extracts obtained from plants and cochineal. They produce a palette of cohesive and unified shades, a unique quality of naturally dyed fibres.

The extra-fine Merino is sourced from both Australia and South America from strictly mulesing-free lots, carefully selected to ensure consistent quality over time.

Supporting sustainability, DHG ensures the dye process complies with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and is done in a dye house which is GOTS 5.0 and GRS certified.

With its next-to-skin softness and luxurious hand feel, the Natural Dyes Collection extra-fine Merino wool tops is a versatile fibre for a range of textile applications.

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THE FIBRE

NATURAL DYE EXTRACTS: Chestnut, Cochineal, Coreopsis, Cutch tree, Indigo, Logwood, Madder rich, Madder standard, Rhubarb, Sorghum, Turmeric, Weld
FIBRE CONTENT: Extra fine Merino wool tops, 19 microns
CONSTRUCTION: Combed sliver
ORIGIN: Fibre sourced in Australia and South America
PRODUCTION: Dyed and milled in Italy
NET WEIGHT: Approx. 23g/m
YARDAGE: Approx. 4m/100g
CARE: Cold hand wash (see notes below)

Colourways Available

ABOUT NATURAL DYES

Fibres dyed with natural dye extracts will behave slightly differently to traditional commercially dyed fibres – specifically, they have a lower resistance to light and reduced colour fastness. Over time this product may change in colour or release some dye when washed.

To extend the colour life of your project we recommend that they not be placed in direct sunlight for extended periods and only be washed in cold water, limiting the soaking time to 10 minutes.

ABOUT WOOL TOP

Wool top is a commercially prepared wool product in which the wool fibres undergo a mechanical combing process to straighten and align the fibres.

The result is an extremely smooth, silky fibre preparation favoured by hand spinners and textile artists.

Use wool tops for hand-spinning, weaving, needle and wet felting, giant knitting and a myriad of textile art projects.

ABOUT DHG

Dyeing House Gallery have been in the business of dyeing textile fibres and yarns since 1952. Their mission, to make their long-standing expertise available to all artists, artisans, designers and crafters.

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