Our Yarns
Fine Yarns from across the British Isles
The yarns we stock here at Kathy’s Knits are some of the finest from across the British Isles, a few of which are exclusive to our shop in the Edinburgh area. While much is centred around Scottish breeds, our stock includes yarns from the Shetlands to Guernsey from hand-picked producers.
Here are just a few examples :
Orkney Texel DK by Kathy’s Knits
Orkney Texel 4ply
by Kathy’s Knits
Blacker Breeds
Blue Faced Leicester Lace
Blacker Breeds
Pure Shetland 4 Ply
Jamieson & Smith
Shetland Supreme
2 Ply Lace Weight
Jamieson & Smith
Shetland Aran
Jamieson & Smith
Shetland Heritage
Jamieson & Smith
Shetland 2 Ply
Jumper Weight
Hebridean Mohair
4 Ply
by Kathy’s Knits
baa.ram.ewe
Titus Eccup
baa.ram.ewe
Dovestone
Orange
baa.ram.ewe
Aran Cream
JC Rennie
Supersoft Cashmere
4 Ply
JC Rennie
Unique Shetland
4 Ply
JC Rennie
Supersoft cashmere DK
JC Rennie
Chunky Aran 4 Ply
New Lanark
Chunky 100% Wool
New Lanark
Aran 100% Wool
New Lanark
Aran 90% Wool, 10% Silk
New Lanark
DK 100% Wool
WYS
Aire Valley DK
WYS
Signature 4 Ply
WYS
Bo Peep Luxury Baby
WYS
Exquisite 80% Falkland 20% Mulberry
Easyknits
Sushi Roll 4 Ply
Easyknits
Smoke 4 Ply
Eden Cottage
Bowland DK
Eden Cottage
BFL Sock Yarn
Best of British Yarns
Our yarns are sourced from a select group of British farmers and suppliers. These include Blacker, New Lanark, JCRennie, Jamieson & Smith, Woolyknits, baa ram ewe, West Yorkshire Spinners (WYS) and Eden Cottage.
All our suppliers have been carefully chosen for their superb quality, range and reputation.
We specialise in natural fibre and hand-dyed yarns in beautiful colours, shades and textures to satisfy even the most demanding knitters. As part of our quality control, we regularly visit our suppliers and input ideas into product development.
We stock 100% natural wool from some of the rare Scottish and English breeds, the Channel Islands and the Falklands. Kathy’s Knits own brand Hebridean yarn is of the highest quality and our Hebridean/Mohair 4-ply blends mohair with the natural dark Hebridean fleece to enhance its softness and ability to work with dyes. When available we stock yarn from St Kilda sheep.
As well as Shetland, other breeds include Blue-faced Leicester, Romney and Wensleydale. As a result we have a varied range of weights, colours and textures for all kinds of hand-knit and machine knit projects.