Bases
All Brine Dyeworks yarn bases are selected for garment knitting, with a focus on durability, drape, and long-term wear.
For info on yarn weights (Craft Yarn Council guidelines), please click here.
BFL Fingering
A drapey, durable fingering-weight yarn ideal for garments and shawls.
Bluefaced Leicester creates fabric with excellent stitch definition, strength, and a beautiful drape that softens with wear. It's a favourite for sweaters and heirloom knits that are meant to last.
This untreated base has a naturally warm tone and subtle sheen, giving colourways depth and richness. Dye behaves in a soft, watercolour-like way, creating gentle variation rather than crisp speckles.
Fibre Content: 100% untreated Bluefaced Leicester wool
Yardage: 420 yds / 115g
Construction: 2-ply · fingering weight
Origin: Spun in Canada (fibres from the UK)
BFL Sport/ DK
A versatile sport-to-DK weight yarn ideal for sweaters, shawls, and textured garments.
This base works across a range of gauges and is suitable for both sport and DK patterns. Bluefaced Leicester offers excellent stitch definition, durability, and drape, making it a great choice for cables, texture, and colourwork.
As an untreated yarn, this base dyes with soft, blended variation rather than crisp speckles.
Fibre Content: 100% untreated Bluefaced Leicester wool
Yardage: 280 yds / 115g
Construction: 3-ply · sport/ DK weight
Origin: Spun in Canada (fibres from the UK)
BFL Worsted
A cozy worsted weight yarn ideal for sweaters, shawls, and warm, comforting knits.
Bluefaced Leicester is known for its naturally warm undertones and subtle sheen, giving finished fabric depth and richness. It offers excellent stitch definition, durability, and drape, making it a beautiful choice for cables, textured stitches, mosaic and stranded colourwork. This base creates a slightly more structured fabric while still maintaining softness and movement.
As an untreated yarn, it has naturally warm undertones and a subtle sheen that give colourways depth and richness. Dye behaves in a soft, watercolour-like way, creating gentle variation rather than crisp speckles.
Fibre Content: 100% untreated Bluefaced Leicester wool
Yardage: 210 yds / 115g
Construction: 4-ply · worsted weight
Origin: Spun in Canada (fibres from the UK)
Mohair/ Silk Lace
A light, airy lace-weight yarn that adds softness, warmth, and a delicate halo to garments.
This base can be used on its own for ethereal, lightweight fabrics, or held double with another yarn to add texture, warmth, and depth. It's especially beautiful in sweaters, shawls, and layering pieces.
The fine halo of kid mohair softens colour transitions, creating a gently blended, hazy effect. While colourways may appear more muted than on other bases, the silk core adds a subtle luminosity that brings richness to the finished fabric.
Pairs beautifully with BFL bases for colourwork and layered garments.
Fibre Content: 70% kid mohair, 30% silk
Yardage: 476 yds / 50g
Construction: 1-ply · lace weight
Origin: Spun in Canada (fibres from South Africa & Italy)
Note: Mohair can feel prickly for those with fibre sensitivities.
Silk Linen Sport
A lightweight, breathable sport-weight yarn ideal for warm-weather garments and layering pieces.
This base can be used in place of fingering weight to create a slightly more substantial fabric while still remaining light and airy. The combination of silk and linen produces fabric with beautiful drape, a subtle sheen, and a cool, crisp hand. A beautiful choice for simple, textured, or openwork patterns where the fabric and drape can shine.
The linen fibre resists dye, creating a softly heathered effect that gives colourways depth and texture. Variation is more subtle on this base, with colourways appearing tonal or semi-solid rather than variegated.
Fibre Content: 65% tussah silk, 35% linen
Yardage: 367 yds / 115g
Construction: 4-ply · sport weight
Origin: Spun in Canada (fibres from Europe)
DISCONTINUED BASES
Eco Sock
A durable, easy-care fingering-weight yarn ideal for socks and everyday garments.
This base creates vibrant colour with crisp speckling and lively tonal variation. The added nylon increases strength, while eco-processing helps resist felting and shrinkage.
Fibre Content: 80% organic merino, 20% recycled nylon
Yardage: 420 yds / 115g
Construction: 3-ply
Weight: Sock/ Fingering
Origin: Spun in Canada (fibres from Germany)
Canadian Yarns
Listed yardage is a guideline for determining yarn weight, but because these yarns are woolen spun, you may find you can knit at a significantly smaller gauge than with "worsted spun" yarns of the same weight, and that your finished fabric behaves differently than worsted spun yarns. Swatching will help you figure out what gauge you like best!
Finn DK/Worsted
Fibre Content: 100% untreated Finn wool
Yardage: approximately 198m (216 yds) per 112g (4oz)
Construction: woolen spun 2-ply
Weight: DK/ Worsted
Origin: Spun in Alberta, Canada (fibres from Frostad Farms, AB, Canada)
Finn Bulky:
Fibre Content: 100% untreated Finn wool
Yardage: approximately 137m (149 yds) per 112g (4oz)
Construction: woolen soft spun 3-ply (has the appearance of a single ply)
Weight: Bulky
Origin: Spun in Alberta, Canada (fibres from Frostad Farms, AB, Canada)