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Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
A basket of balls of Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, fingering weight, on a white background
Ball of Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn in colorway Russet, a rust color.
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Acer, a deep burgundy
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Blossom, a ballet pink
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Chestnut, a warm reddish brown
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Corncockle, a light cornflower blue
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Dahlia, a rich orange-brown
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Dark Apple, a rich apple green
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Eau de Nil, a light aqua blue
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Foxglove, a raspberry pink
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Evergreen, a pine green
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Lime Flower, a light yellow-green
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Mallard, a medium teal
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Mulberry, a warm royal purple
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Pale Oak, a warm natural tan
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Ocean, a rich blue
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Quince, a warm straw yellow
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Raw, natural
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Rose, a medium raspberry
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Russet, a warm deep brown
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Seagrass, a grass green
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Storm, a medium charcoal
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Silver Birch, a silver grey
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Walnut, a cool deep brown
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Thistle, a deep lavender purple
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Willow, a cool rich straw yellow
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Woad, a medium blue-green
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Wood, a chocolate brown
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
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Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply

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  • BREED: 100% British Wool (Blend of Bluefaced Leicester, Exmoor, Romney, and Zwartbles)
  • PACKAGE: 25 gram ball
  • WEIGHT: Fingering
  • LENGTH: 93 yards (85 meters) / 25 grams
  • GAUGE:  28sts and 29 rows x 4" over Fair Isle knitting using 3.25mm needles; 26 sts and 34 rows x 4" using 3 mm needles on stockinette stitch.
  • CARE:  hand wash in cold water only, using a mild liquid detergent suitable for delicate woollens and reshape while damp.
  • Made in the UK

Marie Wallin's exceptional yarn, British Breeds, is even more beautiful in person and is supported by Marie's books Gentle, Shetland, Cherish, and Cumbria in which you will find patterns written especially for British Breeds.  We also offer various Yarn Sets from each of the book which you can look at here!


Marie Wallin's BRITISH BREEDS took two years to develop into the beautiful, soft, bouncy 4 ply yarn that it is today. Worsted spun in Devon by John Arbon and his wonderful team, BRITISH BREEDS is available initially in twenty lovely shades. It took Marie a long time to finalize the color palette as she had to be sure that all of the colors worked well together in Fair Isle knitting as well as having each shade stand on its own as a beautiful individual color for single color knitting.

BRITISH BREEDS is made from four different British sheep breeds:

  • Bluefaced Leicester
  • Exmoor Horn
  • Wensleydale
  • Zwartbles

The wool fiber from each breed adds a certain characteristic to the yarn.  Bluefaced Leicester adds the beautiful softness, Exmoor Horn adds the softness too but this sheep produces a white fleece therefore adding a ‘cleanness’ to the blended tops making for more successful dyeing. Wensleydale adds the strength and luster and Zwartbles adds the bounce or springiness. To produce the yarn, the Bluefaced Leicester, Exmoor Horn and Wensleydale wool fibers are first blended together and then dyed into various colored tops. These colored tops are then blended together using a ‘recipe’ to create each of the twelve base colors. Each color base is then blended with the un-dyed Zwartbles fibre creating the lovely mélange effect. Once the yarn is spun it is sent to Edward Hill’s Ltd in Bradford, England to be steam relaxed and balled into 25g balls. The steam finishing ‘opens up’ the yarn creating the full, light appearance and handle.


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Color: Acer
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Acer, a deep burgundy
Color: Blossom
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Blossom, a ballet pink
Color: Cave
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Color: Chestnut
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Chestnut, a warm reddish brown
Color: Citrine
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Color: Corncockle
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Corncockle, a light cornflower blue
Color: Dahlia
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Dahlia, a rich orange-brown
Color: Dark Apple
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Dark Apple, a rich apple green
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Eau de Nil, a light aqua blue
Color: Evergreen
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Evergreen, a pine green
Color: Foxglove
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Foxglove, a raspberry pink
Color: Lime Flower
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Lime Flower, a light yellow-green
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Mallard, a medium teal
Color: Mulberry
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Mulberry, a warm royal purple
Color: Oat
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Color: Ocean
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Ocean, a rich blue
Color: Pale Oak
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Pale Oak, a warm natural tan
Color: Quince
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Quince, a warm straw yellow
Color: Raw
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Raw, natural
Color: Rose
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Rose, a medium raspberry
Color: Russet
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Russet, a warm deep brown
Color: Seagrass
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Seagrass, a grass green
Color: Silver Birch
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Silver Birch, a silver grey
Color: Storm
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Storm, a medium charcoal
Color: Thistle
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Thistle, a deep lavender purple
Color: Twilight
Marie Wallin's British Breeds 4ply
Color: Walnut
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Walnut, a cool deep brown
Color: Willow
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Willow, a cool rich straw yellow
Color: Woad
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Woad, a medium blue-green
Color: Wood
Marie Wallin's British Breeds yarn, a fingering weight, in color Wood, a chocolate brown

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