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Note: yarn names appear as they are listed on the Schoolhouse Press website. In the index table, accents and special characters are omitted so you don't have to type them when searching.

CURRENT (available from Schoolhouse Press)  
Canadian Regal (Briggs & Little Regal)
272 yards (249m)/4 oz. (113g)
2-ply wool (light worsted weight)
Note: originally called "Homespun" in early newsletters; now sold elsewhere as Cottage Craft 2-ply, Selkirk wool

Guernsey wool (Wendy Guernsey)
245 yards (224m)/3.5 oz (100g)
5-ply wool (fingering weight)

Homespun
renamed; same as Canadian Regal

Icelandic lace weight (Istex Loðband Einband)
250 yards (229m)/50g
1-ply Icelandic wool (heavy lace weight)


Jamieson Shetland Spindrift
115 yard/25g
2-ply Shetland wool (fingering weight)


Jamieson & Smith 2-ply jumperweight
125 yards (114m)/25g
2-ply Shetland wool (fingering weight)

     old put-up: 150 yards/1 oz

J&S Shetland lace weight (Jamieson & Smith 2-ply lace weight)
252 yards (230m)/25g
2-ply Shetland wool (heavy lace weight)

J&S Shetland cobweb (Jamieson & Smith 1-ply cobweb)
380 yards (347m)/25g (cobweb weight)

Québécoise (Filature Lemieux, Canada)
210 yards (192m)/3.5 oz. (100g)
2-ply wool (worsted weight)

 
Rangeley wool (Bartlettyarns Rangeley 2-ply)
210 yards (192m)/4 oz. (113g)
2-ply American wool, mulespun
same as Sheepswool 2-ply, but dyed

Satakieli (Vuorelma, Finland)
360 yards (330m)/3.5 oz (100g)
2-ply wool (fingering weight)


Sheepsdown (Bartlettyarns Bulky)
85 yards (78m)/4.4 oz (125g)
1-ply wool (super bulky weight)
Note: the original Sheepsdown was produced by Cambridge Woolen Mills, Cambridge, MN

Sheepswool 2-ply (Bartlettyarns Fisherman 2-ply)
210 yards (192m)/4 oz. (113g)
2-ply American wool, mulespun, undyed natural colors

Sheepswool 3-ply (Bartlettyarns Fisherman 3-ply)
145 yards (133m)/113g
2-ply American wool, mulespun, undyed natural colors (chunky/bulky weight)

Ultra Alpaca (Berroco)
215 yards (197m)/3.5 oz (100g)
3-ply 50% alpaca, 50% Peruvian wool (worsted weight)

Unspun Icelandic (Istex Pl
ötülopi)
300 yards (274m)/3.5 oz (100g)
Icelandic wool pencil roving

 
NO LONGER AVAILABLE

Fisherman yarn
Original mill closed; replaced by Québécoise

Highland wool (Jamieson & Smith Embo)
 
 


ARTICLES ABOUT EZ and SCHOOLHOUSE PRESS

Remembering Elizabeth (Knitter's Magazine)
Elizabeth Zimmermann: A Tribute to 50 Years of Inspiration (Vogue Knitting)

FANS

Zimmermania blog

Facebook:
Fans of Elizabeth Zimmermann Knitting

Ravelry groups:

Zimmermania
A Knitter's Choice
Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp

...plus several more knitalong groups for specific books and patterns



 

 

 

 

 

 

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