Horopito

Horopito: 250m skeins = approx. 100g. Hand-dyed. A rich rustic pink, the colour you find around the edges of leaves on a Horopito bush (the New Zealand native Peppertree)

This yarn is named after Rough Ridge, the geographical location of the farm in the Maniototo where the merino-cross sheep come from. The picture on the label shows the rocky hills of Rough Ridge with the shearing shed in the foreground. You can see the shearers vans parked outside the woolshed.

• 250m skeins = approx. 100g.
• Gauge: 20 – 22 sts per 10cm on 4mm or 4.5mm needles