{"id":12975,"date":"2018-10-25T07:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T11:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillsyarn.wpengine.com\/?p=12975"},"modified":"2018-12-18T20:42:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T01:42:37","slug":"hello-kelbourne-woolens-germantown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/yarn\/hello-kelbourne-woolens-germantown\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello, Kelbourne Woolens Germantown."},"content":{"rendered":"

The inspiring women of Kelbourne Woolens have just released their fourth new yarn, one for each season of their 10th year in business. Meet Germantown!<\/p>\n

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Germantown is a North American sourced yarn with a story to tell, a recreation of a classic wool that had been produced in Germantown, Pennsylvania, under a few different brand names since the mid-to-late 19th century.<\/p>\n

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Courtney Kelley, one of the founders of Kelbourne Woolens, writes beautifully on the KW blog<\/a> about her dream to remake Germantown, and what it took to realize that dream. Also on their blog<\/a>, historian Nic Tenaglia writes more about the history of Germantown yarns, how they were produced and where they got their name – a very interesting read!<\/p>\n

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Germantown is made of 100% North American wool, Territorial wool, to be precise. On the KW blog<\/a>, Kelley elaborates that Territorial wool is “a bit of an archaic name for wool that comes from the former US Territories, broadly anything west of the Missouri River, but in the case of Germantown, mostly from Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. The most prevalent breeds are Rambouillet, Targhee, Columbia, and Polpay.” This makes for a worsted spun yarn with a smooth texture, soft hand, and nice elasticity.<\/p>\n

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With a suggested gauge of 16-20 stitches over 4″, Germantown is worsted weight, that versatile category in which most of us begin our knitting and crocheting. The Kelbourne Woolens team see this yarn as a classic basic wool for beginners as well as more advanced stitchers – easy to work with, with good stitch definition, but at a reasonable price for a domestically-produced yarn of this quality. With that in mind, they’ve created the KW Building Blocks<\/a> collection.<\/p>\n

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This collection consists of three basic patterns: a hat, a scarf, and mittens. Each one has three variations, taking knitters from the simplest stitches to more complicated patterns, one step at a time. I can see one of these patterns as a great gift for a new knitter, along with a few skeins of Germantown. You can read more about KW Building Blocks on their blog<\/a>, and buy the patterns on Ravelry or here at the shop as an in-store sale.<\/p>\n

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Looking for a bigger project to sink your teeth into? Consider Karen Templer’s “Anna Vest,”<\/a> a textured waistcoat knit with Germantown. Plenty more worsted weight pattern inspiration<\/a> can be found on our HYS Pinterest boards<\/a>, too!<\/p>\n

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Look for Germantown in our worsted weight section here at the shop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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