Rosie's Yarnstash

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Adrienne Vittadini

Celia	A narrow tape made of pure silk. The suggested gauge is 7 sts per inch on a US #5 needle, but you can check it out used double at 4.5 sts per inch.
Paloma SALE!	Paloma is a new alpaca-based boucle: 83% baby alpaca (it really is softer!), 14% wool, 3% nylon. It knits at 3.5 sts per inch on about US #9 needles; 78 yards per 50-g skein. Regularly just $10 a skein, sale price $7.00
	View Adrienne Vittadini Books here.

Alchemy

Alpaca Pure	Lovely hand-dyed alpaca from Alchemy $14/skein plus .50 shipping
Haiku	A lace weight kid mohair and silk blend, handdyed in lovely rich colors.
Pagoda	100% silk, shiny and with a subtle nubbly texture in fabulous hand dyed colors. $28/skein plus .50 shipping
Silken Straw	A stranded tape with a sturdy hand and a lovely sheen. $28/skein plus .50 shipping

Artful Yarns

Virtue

Virtue features beautiful, bright tweeds in 100% Cashmere.

Artyarns

Silk Rhapsody Glitter

This is a great luxury scarf or shawl yarn. Makes a great Clapotis! We carry Silk Rhapsody Glitter in the shop.

Araucania

Nature Wool	On Clearance in the shop now! 40% off all solid Nature Wool.
Nature Wool Multi	A hand painted version of Nature Wool. Great unusual colors in a nice basic DK/light worsted 100% wool. Sturdy enough for the kids, beautiful enough for you.
Ranco	This is a sport/fingering weight 75% wool, 25% Polyamide in lovely subtle colors we love from Araucania. Great for socks and baby items, or anything else you need a hand-dyed 24-28 sts per inch yarn.

Austermann

Alpaca Silk	A worsted weight alpaca and silk blend in natural colors.

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Berroco

Comfort	A great worsted weight yarn for machine washable and dryable kids things, or anything that needs easy care. There is no wool in this yarn either, which makes it perfect for sensitive skin. We couldn't believe this had no natural fiber at all, it is incredibly soft.
Comfort DK	Speaks for itself.
Peruvia	We are so excited about this yarn. It is 100% Peruvian highland wool at a heavy worsted weight. Great for basic sweaters and felting.
Ultra Alpaca Light	A great blend of Alpaca and Wool in great heathered colors. A light dk/sport weight makes it a great candidate for light pullovers or cardigans.
	View Berroco Books Here

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Cascade

Cascade 220	This is the perfect yarn for when you just want to knit a sweater. Nothing fancy, but one of the best basic wools on the market. It comes in tons of colors, which we are happy to special order for you, if we don't have the perfect color in stock. Come in to view our colors, which are constantly changing in accordance with your demands. Perfect for your home dec projects too!
Ecological Wool	Undyed, minimally processed, natural right-off-the-sheep wool!

Classic Elite

Alpaca Sox	A luxurious sock yarn with 60% Alpaca, 20% Merino Wool, 20% Nylon this yarn will keep your feet toasty this winter!
Bam Boo	100% bamboo. A natural plant fiber, like cotton, but has much better drape and less density; it should "breathe" just as well as cotton. The drape is more reminiscent of rayon, but with a more eco-friendly angle. On Clearance.
Fresco	An innovative blend of wool, alpaca and angora. Just enough fuzz without getting too fluffy or shedding. Great for Bohus style knitting or any colorwork.
Inca Alpaca	100% alpaca, they don't call it the "poor man's cashmere" for nothing.
Inca Marl	A separate color for each ply gives a tweedy effect to this classic.
Inca Print	Classic Elite's Inca Print is a space dyed version of the classic Inca Alpaca.
La Gran	Warm winter sweaters that look soft and touchable; cardigans and jackets (it's very durable); scarves, hats, and mittens...
Premiere	A unique braided structure gives this cotton/tencel blend great stitch definition. This yarn drapes beautifully and is perfect for casual wear or office wear. Stop in a take a look.
Provence	Our all-purpose cotton: women's t-shirts, baby blankets, a strand of something non-wool to fill in a novelty-yarn scarf, you name it. It's 100% Egyptian cotton, mercerised for luster and softness, with a cable twist that resists splitting and shows stitch patterns beautifully.

Claudia Handpaint

Claudia Sport

Claudia's Sport Weight is a great seller here at Rosie's for baby sweaters, bulkier socks and any kind of accessory imaginable. Stop in to see our selection of colors which is always changing. Great pattern ideas and samples in the shop too.

Conjoined Creations

Optim Roving

What is Optim you ask? Optim is 100% merino wool that has been "stretched," lengthening the fiber and thereby making it softer, stronger and just darn amazing. Comes the same as the soysilk, get it while you can.

The quote below is from Knitter's Review: "The stretching process—called Optim—was first introduced in Australia in 2002. It permanently alters the molecular structure of merino wool, giving it greater luster that, in turn, reflects dyed colors more brilliantly than the standard merino counterparts."

Pastimes Soy Silk pastimes soysilk

Pastimes is one of our favorite yarns. It comes in hundreds of colors and the lovely ladies who dye it will custom dye any number of skeins in any number of color combos. It's no wonder we spend well over an hour in their booth at TNNA twice a year! And, at $11 a pop for 550 yards it's good for you too. Stop in to see what we have available.

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Dale of Norway

Baby Ull

The world's greatest baby yarn, ever, hands down. Fingering weight, machine washable and in tons of colors. The crazy cute patterns don't hurt either.

Debbie Bliss

Alpaca Silk

Alpaca Silk is unbelievably soft. It's also a lot loftier than your average alpaca yarn. The colors gleam--thanks to the silk, presumably--and the pattern support is typically terrific.

Diakeito

Diarufran

This is the softest wool we've ever felt. It's a chainette construction, so it looks a little like a hollow tube, and the yardage is wild: 163 yards per 50-gram ball.

Drops/Garnstudio

Drops Alpaca

A sport weight 100% alpaca, and one of the best color ranges available. The pattern books by Drops, imported from Sweden, are also great. Think "Rebecca" with a more grown up (but not at all stodgy) Nordic look. Stop in and see!

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Ella Rae

70% Bamboo and 30% Silk. Great drape, soft as anything. A good luxury all purpose worsted for those of you who can't do wool.

Elspeth Lavold

Silky Wool

It's 65% wool and 35% silk; it feels very soft, with a very light hand that won't stiffen even in complex cable patterns.

The Fibre Company

Canopy	Canopy comes in two weights and we carry the lighter one which knits at about 7-8 sts per inch. A unique mix of Merino, Alpaca and Bamboo this is a luxury yarn indeed! Hand-dyed.
Road to China	Road to China is one of the most stunning yarns on the market today. A blend of baby alpaca, cashmere, camel, soy fiber and yak down it is soft, lustrous and complex. The colors are rich and deeply saturated.
Terra	Terra is a great all around luxury yarn. Perfect for sweaters, gifts, and something every knitter needs in the stash. 60% merino, 20% baby alpaca and 20% silk. The yarn takes the dyes in a complex manner, due to the different fibers, and the result is deep and complicated--reminiscent of irridescent sari fabrics. A must have.

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Galler Yarns

Peruvian Tweed

100% alpaca, incredibly soft and warm, lofty, and in 7 fascinating undyed tweeds.

Grignasco

Merino Silk

Merino Silk is miraculous stuff--even thinner than Zephyr, with a more even, polished twist. And like so many ultra-thin yarns, the value is almost ridiculous: 1533 yards per 100 grams for $16.

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Handjive

Nature's Palette Fingering	A machine washable fingering weight merino wool, perfect for delicate wraps or baby items. Hand-dyed with all natural dyes.
Nature's Palette Thick and Thin	An incredibly soft 100% merino wool thick and thin bulky. A great all naturally dyed yarn perfect for this holiday's scarves and hats.

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Jade Sapphire

2 ply Cashmere	100% Cashmere in a fingering weight. Just imagine the possibilities. Hand-dyed in semi-solids and multis.
2-Ply Silk and Cashmere	A blend of silk and cashmere make this yarn as soft as it is lustrous. Hand-dyed in semi-solids and multis.

Jaggerspun

Zephyr

A 50% merino, 50% silk luxury blend -- perfect for heirloom shawls, with a multitude of other uses.

Jamieson's

Shetland Spindrift

The fiber is 100% Shetland wool; the yarn is a classic 2-ply "jumper weight," i.e. 7.5 - 8 sts per inch on US #2 - #3 ndls. The complex, heathery colors blend beautifully for Fair Isle work, or any other kind of multicolor project.

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Lorna's Laces

Green Line DK	100% certified organic merino in naturally dyed colors.
Helen's Lace	Helen's Lace is a great big handdyed hank of merino wool and silk. A free shawl pattern comes on the ball band too!

Louet

Euroflax Linen Sportweight	A great basic linen yarn for garments. Softens when washed, don't let the stiffness scare you off! Also great for summer stoles or wrap.
Gems Fingering	Louet Gems Fingering is a great all around fingering weight yarn. Used by hand-dyers around the world for it's bouncy merino sheen and resilience. Washable, soft, strong. Great for socks, just ask Cookie A.!
Gems Sport	The heavier version of the classic Gems Fingering.

Louisa Harding

Kimono Angora Pure

From Louisa Harding this angora, wool and nylon blend has great use as a sweater yarn, but also makes a great substitute for applications that call for 100% angora.

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Manos Del Uruguay

Cotton Stria	Kettle-dyed to a more subtle stonewashed look than the Manos wool.
Silk Blend	A new yarn from Manos! This is one of our favorite companies, and the Silk Blend is now one of our favorite yarns. A true sport weight, it fills a much needed gauge gap for us. The softness and sheen have made this a true Rosie's Favorite.
Wool Clasica	We stock all 102 colors of Manos del Uruguay yarn. Hand spun and dyed by a truly worker owned women's cooperative. This is a yarn we feel really good about.

Misti Alpaca

Alpaca Lace	This is laceweight baby alpaca, even softer and silkier than the non-baby alpaca alpaca! Great for shawls, this one has become a classic.
Chunky Baby Alpaca	I can't say enough about this yarn. It comes in 36 colors, solids and rich subtle heathered tones, it is soft, supple, did I mention it comes in 36 amazing colors? We can't keep the stuff in the place! A good price, $15 per skein for 108 yards and a gauge of 3.5 sts/1" make this the go-to yarn for winter. Quick scarf? Yep. Sweater for you? Yep.
Cotton Silk	Pima Silk is the yarn for kids items, sweaters for those allergic to wool, afghans, you name it! This yarn has it all, color range, softness, washability, versatility.
Suri Silk	Misti Suri Silk is a sport weight silk and baby suri alpaca blend, creating the most exquistite yarn--and at an affordable price, $8.50 a ball! Available in 21 rich tones, this fine yarn will make your shawls shine and your sweaters superb.

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Nashua

Creative Focus Cotton

Our all-purpose cotton, in more than 30 colors.
On Sale Now!

Noro

Iro	Iro is a bulky weight silk and wool blend in similar self striping colors to Kureyon. A great sweater yarn!
Kureyon	We carry tons of colors of this self striping classic. In shop only but stay tuned, we're revamping the page to make ordering easier.
Kureyon Sock	A laceweight version of the Noro classic, Kureyon. Great for shawls and lightweight scarves.
Kochoran	Similar to the Iro, but with angora added for fuzziness and warmth. It also tones the colors down some, making a subtler, but still kooky, yarn.
Silk Garden Sock	A great sport weight yarn from Noro destined to become a classic.

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O-Wool

	O-wool Balance is a cotton and wool blend that is certified organic.
	Available in 8 colors and new for fall 2007, O-Wool's Classic 2-ply is certified organic and a fingering weight, perfect for delicate baby garments. A yarn you can feel good about.

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Pear Tree 4-Ply

This yarn is so soft you could die. $10/skein for 175 yds/50gms. 6-7 sts=1" and with the cutest patterns. Perfect for soft warm baby items and accessories.

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Rauma Ullvarefabrikk

Gammelserie	The traditional fine wool used for Selbuvotter. Knits at a recommended gauge of 32 sts to 4" or smaller! Great for traditional mittens and other heirloom items.
Finullgarn	A lightweight 100% wool imported from Norway. This yarn is used for Selbu mittens (Selbuvotter) and other accessories in addition to being a great sweater yarn.

Reynolds

Soft Sea Wool	This yarn is 100% wool, super soft and fingering weight. Could you ask for more? 26-28 sts to 4"on #2 or #3 needles.
Whiskey	A heathered, softly spun DK/sport weight yarn perfect for Fair Isle jumpers.
Rapture	Its chainette construction keeps it light and soft; the silk gives lustre; and the fact that the silk and wool take the dye slightly differently means that the colors all have a sort of shimmering depth to them.

Rowan

4 Ply Cotton	A fingering weight 100% unmercerized (matte) cotton in great colors. Very nice for baby items when you don't want to use wool.
4 Ply Soft	Lovely soft colors, perfect stitch definition, 100% merino.
All Seasons Cotton	60% cotton and 40% acrylic, machine washable, and good for everything from baby blankets to summer tees.
Bamboo Tape	A worsted weight tape from Rowan. 100% Bamboo fiber has drape and a warm sheen, silky smooth.
Biggy Print	A dramatic thick-and-thin 100% wool yarn.
Calmer	75% cotton, 25% acrylic microfiber in nice summer colors. Has a nice bounce, due to the microfiber so is great for sweaters if you have a sensitivity to wool.
Cocoon	An aran weight single ply wool in natural sheepy colors.
Felted Tweed	Not actually felted; it's a two-ply flecked tweed, very soft (thanks to some alpaca in the mix) and very light.
Kid Classic	Enough mohair for lustre, warmth, and a slight haze, but not enough to shed on your trousers or limit the yarn to arctic applications.
Kidsilk Haze	70% superfine kid mohair and 30% silk. Great for lacy items or lightweight items that are incredibly warm.
British Sheep Breeds	This amazing yarn is minimally processed, supports small British farmers dedicated to maintaining British breed standards and supports the Yorkshire spinning industry
Purelife Organic Wool	Organic Wool which conforms to EU regulations, uses all natural dyes with no toxic mordants with wool from sheep grazed in pastures free of pestisides. I think they've covered all their bases.
Purelife Organic Cotton	A 100% organic and naturally dyed yarn from Rowan. The Organic Cotton Collection book has great pattern support, or use any of your patterns using DK weight yarn. Perfect for baby things too.
Scottish Tweed 4-Ply	A beautiful heathered tweedy yarn with lots of gumption. Perfect for fair isle projects. This has a tweedier look than Jameison's.
Summer Tweed	70% silk and 30% cotton, with an extremely dry, nubby texture.
Tapestry	Rowan Tapestry is a subtle self striping yarn made of wool and soy silk. Very warm, strong, soft and has a lovely sheen.

RYClassic

Bamboo Soft	100% Bamboo at a DK weight. Soft, drapey and natural.
Cashcotton 4-Ply	A fingering weight blend of 35% cotton, 25% polyamide, 18% angora, 13% viscose, 9% cashmere. Now that's a kitchen sink yarn if I've ever seen one. Knits up beautifully, with a bit of a halo, but not too sheddy.
Cashcotton DK	A DK weight blend of 35% cotton, 25% polyamide, 18% angora, 13% viscose, 9% cashmere. Now that's a kitchen sink yarn if I've ever seen one. Knits up beautifully, with a bit of a halo, but not too sheddy.
Cashsoft 4-Ply	The fingering weight version of Cashsoft. Perfect for delicate baby items, and still machine washable.
Cashsoft DK Cashsoft Baby	Both are 57% extra-fine merino, 33% microfibre, 10% cashmere, but they have different color selections.
Natural Silk Aran	RYC Natural Silk Aran is a luxurious tweed yarn appropriate for chilly summer evenings or for a great year round sweater.

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Schaefer Yarns

Anne	One of the Cellar's all time favorites. This yarn began as a sock yarn, given it's superwash wool, merino and nylon content, but it quickly became a favorite for shawls of all kinds. Courtney's Parthneope is done in Anne, as are numerous Half-Pi Shawls and Perfect Pi Shawls (from Weekend Knitting). Schaefer Yarns great colorways really shine in this yarn. Always lots in stock.
Elaine	Another best seller at the Cellar. Elaine is great for last minute scarves, one skein will do it with a bit left over for a matching hat or mittens. But, by far, the favorite Elaine project around here is the Elaine Hooded Baby Jacket.
Esperanza	Esperanza, 70% lambswool and 30% alpaca, is a lofty and soft 2 ply bulky available in the same 30 colors as Elaine.
Lola	Lola, available online in the varigated shades we love and Sublty Solid Botanicals, new for Fall 2008. Machine washable, good for heavier weight socks or kids items.

Shokay

Shambala

Shokay is 100% Tibetan yak down, fairly manufactured, traded and imported. It's as soft as cashmere without the high price. This yarn knits at 4.5-4sts per inch. Perfect for quick holiday gifts, like this great his and hers hat set.

Sublime

Cashmere Merino Silk Aran	What could be better than Merino wool, silk and cashmere together in one reasonably priced ball of yarn? Not much.
Organic Merino DK	This is an incredibly softly spun airy merino that is 100% organic. Soft color palette gives it a natural look. The gauge is flexible, they recommend it as a DK, we think of it as a solid worsted.

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