My favourite yarn

After revealing my favourite designer and inspiration, it's time for my favourite yarn. It is Visjö by Östergötlands ullspinneri. There are many reasons for this:

• 100% swedish wool
• family business run in a small barn in the middle of nowhere, with sheep around the corner
• made on a real Spinning Jenny machine
• soft enough for children
• knits at gauges between 23-30 sts/10 cm
• great for multicoloured knits
• available in many solid colours
• several variegated colourways, three of which are shown in my picture

I hope they can carry on for many years to come. Meanwhile I delight in their super soft Pälsull, that is so thin that my shawl never gets finished, but I hope it will be done before Christmas. I was too clever and bought it in blue, which I never wear, so I would have to give it away. If that makes me too sad, I have a skein in red as well. I won't take a picture of it until it is done, that way I might get to the end of it soon.