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.
Beartooth High Twist
$30.00
A fingering weight yarn with Laneras's signature ply technique, but spun with high twist! This adds more strength to the yarn, and gives it a nice, smooth finish with incredible stitch definition that is still next-to-skin soft.
100% Superwash Polwarth
Signature 4-Ply Fingering Weight
Approx. 390yds/356m, 100 grams
Pattern Suggestions:
Drumblebee socks - textured
Terraced Hill Shawl
Eldred Scarf - two very contrasting colors
Crandell Shawl - two gently contrasting skeins
Accidentally in Love by Melanie Berg - three contrasting skeins
Strawberry Rhubarb - double-stranded for slippers
Nila - sweater
Alpine Bloom - short-sleeved colorwork tee
Wildflowers Tee
Lowtide - pullover
Impact:
Laneras is a family-owned business that creates yarn that is ethically & sustainably sourced, expertly spun, and dyed with love. The mill they use is carbon negative. Their signature twist makes their yarn strong enough for socks without adding synthetic fibers.