Bare
Wools Product Guide
From the Farm to Your Needles
Inspired by the raw and natural perfection of Mother Nature, Bare Naked wools was created to provide a natural and environmentally friendly fiber source for the socially conscious knitter. Founded by Anne Hanson, the designer behind Knitspot, Bare Naked Wools is an ethical and locally sourced yarn label. The company has a close relationship with the fiber producers, pairing the farmers and their animals with experienced, artisan spinners. Along with using clean, natural materials, Bare Naked Wools provides the highest standard quality for the discerning knitter. When it comes to a fiber for the softest, most luscious and longest lasting garments and accessories, Bare Naked Wools has gone through trial and error to find the perfect fit so that the customer does not have to.
Unique and Ethical Yarns
We are known for being one of the only companies in the U.S. to provide undyed yarns in single breed and wool blends, wool and alpaca blends, and luxury blends. Bypassing chemical processing and dyes in favor of showcasing the unique colors and characteristics of each fiber type, Bare Naked Wools offers hand knitting yarns with the spring and vitality of handspun and the consistency of millspun. We like to say that knitting with our yarn is like eating food from the garden, lively and full of flavor as they pass through your hands.
Design Support
Bare Naked Wools is a branch of Knitspot, the company created by knitwear designer, Anne Hanson, offering hand knitting patterns for all sizes, styles and skill levels. Knitspot provides a design aesthetic that showcases the beauty of our natural fibers and yarn shades.
Single Breed and Wool Blends
Weights: Sport, Worsted Fiber Content: 100% Corriedale Wool Colors: Sport-4 colors; Worsted-5 colors Pricing: $32
Confection is a soft, lofty 3-ply yarn, spun from comforting, robust Corriedale wool. Available in several natural shades, this cozy blend makes bold accessories, sweaters, cowls, and more! Confection is produced and spun entirely in New York State.
Weight: Sport Fiber Content: 100% Coopworth Wool Color: One color Pricing: $45
This uniquely dense 2-ply yarn is made from Coopworth lambswool. The plentiful 500 yard skein creates a sturdy fabric with a complex luster in each stitch. Cooper Sport is ideal for durable winter socks, garments and accessories, and the generous skein offers a wide range of project options.
Weights: Sock, DK Fiber Content: 100% Cheviot Wool Colors: One Color Pricing: $34- $45
Cheviot is a soft, resilient, heritage wool fiber traditionally used to make hardwearing Scottish tweed and twill cloth as well as for knitting kilt hose. Its unusual crimp gives it bounce and strength; it blooms wonderfully into a soft, cohesive fabric with excellent stitch definition. This wool is produced and spun entirely in New York .
Weights: DK and Worsted Fiber Contents: 60% Merino Wool, 40% Romney Wool Colors: DK-8 colors; Worsted-5 colors Pricing: $31
A squishy 2-ply yarn spun from soft, lustrous Romney wool blended with combed merino top. The resulting yarn is airy and light, and knits up into fabric with a gorgeous hand for long wearing sweaters, accessories, or blankets and other home items. This wool is grown and spun entirely in New York State.
Luxury Blends
Weights: Lace, Sport Fiber Content: 40% Kid Mohair, 40% Coopworth Wool, 20% Unbleached Tussah Silk Colors: Lace-3 colors; Sport-5 colors Pricing: $45-$48
Cabécou is made from three gorgeous lustre fibers—Coopworth, Mohair, and Tussah silk—which come together to make this luxurious yarn with beautiful drape and sheen.
Weights: Lace, Sport, Worsted Content: 60% Merino Wool, 40% Mohair Colors: Lace-6 colors; Sport-6 colors; Worsted-5 colors Pricing: $36-$39
Chebris is a wonderful, airy blend of Merino and Mohair that knits up into a luxurious and unbelievably lustrous fabric. It has a soft, next-to-the-skin appeal that truly defies the myth that all Mohair is itchy.
Weights: Lace, Fingering Content: 40% Merino Wool, 35% Tencel, 25% Cotton Colors: Two colors Pricing: $38
This luxurious 2-ply yarn creates a beautifully feminine, glimmering fabric. It is perfect for scarves, garments and light accessories. The blend of Merino, Tencel, and cotton gives this yarn a light and airy character with strong stitch definition.
Weights: Fingering, Lace Fiber Contents: 50% Alpaca, 25% Cotton, 20% Merino, 5% Nylon Colors: 3 colors Pricing: $45-$48
Hempshaugh, named after an English town, is a blend of soft, comfortable Merino wool, luxurious silk, and sturdy, breathable hemp. This blend is perfect for garments and accessories that look refined and feel comfortable through all seasons.
Alpaca Blends
Weights: Fingering, DK, and Worsted Fiber Content: 55% Merino Wool, 35% Dehaired Alpaca, 10% Nylon Colors: Fingering-11 colors; DK-11 colors; Worsted-4 colors Pricing: $36-$38
Better Breakfast is our signature yarn line, a versatile alpaca blend. Better Breakfast is a remarkably soft, springy yarn that knits up to a sturdy fabric knits up into sturdy socks, cuddly sweaters, and light, lovely lace fabric. For this blend, we use dehaired alpaca that is sourced and spun in Ohio, and gives each skein a truly buttery feeling.
Weights: Sport, DK Fiber Contents: 50% Alpaca, 25% Cotton, 20% Merino, 5% Nylon Colors: 3 colors Pricing: $37-$39
Ginny is a cotton blend for wool lovers. It has the undeniable texture and comfort of cotton combined with the warmth, substance, and versatility of wool. A generous measure of dehaired alpaca lends this yarn the hand and halo of soft cashmere.
Weights: DK, Fingering Fiber Content: 80% Wool, 15% Alpaca and Llama, 5% Varied Exotics Colors: 5 colors Pricing: $32
Stone Soup is a unique blend of Rambouillet, Columbia, Lincoln, Navajo-Churro, alpaca, silk, bamboo, Tencel, bison, and llama, a combination which offers exotic color, tweedy texture, and crisp stitch definition. This yarn is spun at a small mill Wyoming using wools sourced from family farms on the western range.
Pattern Support
Knitspot owner and designer Anne Hanson, a life-long knitter with a background in the fashion and graphic design fields, teaches and writes about knitting, spinning, and designing at her blog, K nitspot.com. A native of New York’s Hudson Valley, Anne now lives and works in Ohio with David, who loves wool, too. Together they are the owners and creators of the renowned Knitspot yarn clubs and Bare Naked Wools yarn collection. Anne is the author of The Lace Lessons, The Bare Naked Knitspot Series, and many other eBook Publications. Her design work has been included in Brooklyn Tweed Wool People, Interweave Knits, Knitty, Sock Knitting Master Class, The Knitter’s Handy Book of TopDown Sweaters, The Knitter, Twist Collective, and My Grandmother’s Knitting. She has produced instructional videos with Craftsy and Interweave Knits. Anne’s complete catalog of designs and Bare Naked Wools Yarns may be viewed and purchased in the Knitspot Pattern Shop.
To feel our products is to fall in love at first touch. We work with producers to hand-select the highest quality fibers, which are spun into soft, bouyant, and durable yarns without chemical interference. Every opportunity to talk with customers and watch them touch, squish, and smell our yarns in person is uplifting and energizing to our team. We are proud to show at various venues, including but not limited to the following: • Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival • Michigan Fiber Festival • Great Lakes Fiber Show • Indie Untangled And other surprise pop-ups here and there-you never know where you may find us next!
Contact barenakedwools.com knitspot.com 330.453.7867 operations@knitspot.com 1508 Harvard Avenue NW, Canton, OH 44703