By purchasing yarn from String Theory, you’re lifting up a number of small and female-owned businesses. We help women in Rwanda, who survived the genocide, educate a new generation. We help women in Uruguay find meaningful work without leaving their rural homes. We help a family in New Hampshire maintain a mill, a tradition spanning hundreds of years. We help restore the Patagonia Grasslands by encouraging sustainable farming.Every yarn we stock makes a positive impact.
Highland Pullover & Beanie Kit
$64.00
A beautiful baby pullover with matching beanie styled after the colorwork of the Faire Isles of Scotland using our U.S. Organic Cotton yarn.
The kit also provides a link for two adorable puppet patterns: one a lamb we call Little Lamb and the other our Loch Ness Monster, Nessie. These designs use the left over yarn from the pullover and beanie colorwork section and make a very fun washcloth puppet for your little ones.
The pattern also links to our "Mum" hat, a smart-looking adult beanie, which also uses the leftover colorwork yarn.
Kit includes:
The kit comes with three balls of the base color and three balls of each contrasting color, for a total of six balls. Each ball of U.S. Organic Cotton is 3 oz.: 194yd/177m
You will also need:
Size US 4 (3.5 mm) 40-47" (100-120 cm) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Size US 6 (4.0 mm) 40-47" (100-120 cm) circular needle, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Removable markers
Stitch holders of waste yarn
Stitch markers
Tapestry Needle
Impact
Appalachian Baby's U.S. Organic Cotton Yarn comes from sustainable family owned cotton farms and family mills in the United States. Both natural non-dyed yarn and classic colors are available. All dyed colors have been dyed with a low-impact earth-friendly process.