Bramble & Fleece Wooltrace DK • The Orry Mill

Arriving mid-September. The twelve shades below are the full range — this page will open for orders as soon as the delivery lands. In the meantime, the rest of the Bramble & Fleece range is in stock now.

Wooltrace is the range where Bramble & Fleece take provenance as far as it will go. Every hank carries a QR code that traces the wool in your hands back to the farm it came from, and the scheme guarantees fair payment to the sheep farmers and welfare standards for their flocks. The DK is worsted spun from 100% British Romney, one of the oldest and hardiest of the British longwools, and it behaves exactly as that suggests: crisp, resilient and hard-wearing, with a long staple that gives real clarity to a stitch.

This is a working wool rather than a next-to-skin luxury, and that is the point of it. Romney has spring and body, so cables stand proud, colourwork lies flat and a garment holds its shape through years of wearing rather than growing tired after a season. If you want softness against the neck, reach for the Sheepsoft range or Wooltrace 4 Ply, which is Bluefaced Leicester; if you want a sweater, cardigan or slipover that lasts, this is the one.

Wooltrace DK is the workhorse of the Bramble & Fleece pattern collection - nine of their own designs are written for it, from the beginner Sloe Snood and Malton Sweater to the colourwork Bramble Hat and the cabled Thistle Slipover. The twelve shades are solid rather than heathered, which suits the character of the fibre: colours read clean and saturated, from Ecru and Silver Skies through Dried Lime and Sunset to Claret, Violet Blue and Perfect Navy. It is a palette built for contrast, so stranded and Fair Isle motifs stay crisp.

Brand: Bramble & Fleece
Yarn Weight: DK / Light Worsted
Ball Weight: 100g hank
Length: 225m (246yds)
Recommended Needle Size: 4mm (US 6)
Blend: 100% British Romney
Tension: 22 stitches × 30 rows = 10 × 10cm (4mm needles)
Care: Hand wash and dry flat. Do not bleach or tumble dry. May be dry cleaned.
Quantity Guide: In Bramble & Fleece's own patterns, a snood takes 2-3 x 100g, a two-colour scarf 4 x 100g, a cardigan 6-9 x 100g and an adult sweater 6-8 x 100g.

Why choose Wooltrace DK?

Every hank is traceable back to the individual farm through a QR code on the ball band.
The scheme guarantees fair pay for British sheep farmers and welfare standards for their flocks.
100% British Romney, a hardy longwool that wears hard and holds its shape.
Worsted spun from a long staple, so cables and colourwork read sharply.
Twelve solid, saturated shades built for contrast in colourwork.
The most widely used weight in the Bramble & Fleece pattern collection.
Spun and dyed in Yorkshire from British fibre throughout.

Looking for something softer? Wooltrace 4 Ply is 100% British Bluefaced Leicester and carries the same farm traceability, and the Sheepsoft DK blend is the softer choice at the same weight and tension.