Welcoming the Sugar Candies Collection, A Wool and Silk Blend by DHG
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.
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.
