Fingering Weight Recycled Cashmere Yarn in Calamine

100% cashmere yarn, carefully reclaimed from a gently worn women’s sweater.  This fingering weight yarn is made up of three fine 2-ply strands held together; the color is a soft pinkish greyish beige, or calamine. Soft, yet strong.

This sweater yielded four skeins:

• 440 yards / 402 meters, 3.2 ounces / 91 grams, 2 knots
• 380 yards / 347 meters, 2.9 ounces / 82 grams, 2 knots
• 360 yards / 329 meters, 2.8 ounces / 79 grams, 1-2 knots (Quantity: 2)

Please review all photos carefully before purchasing, and contact us if you have any questions.

Would you like your skein wound into a center-pull ball?  We would be happy to wind your yarn for you free of charge.  Just leave us a note when you place your order.

Cashmere is light, warm, soft, and surprisingly durable. Handwash in lukewarm water with a wool-safe detergent (or a squirt of shampoo and a dab of conditioner), and dry flat.

Did you know–soaring US demand for cashmere has devastated parts of China’s landscape? Overgrazing by cashmere-producing goats has led to the “desertification” of formerly rich grasslands. If you want to help reduce demand, enjoy the luxury of cashmere in a more thoughtful way, by buying recycled yarn instead of new.