Peace Fleece Worsted

Peace Fleece is an incredible yarn with an amazing story and history. It began during the cold war as a project to combine Russian wool & American wool to create a yarn - “Warm wool from a Cold War” became the Peace Fleece motto. There were various iterations combining wools from countries in conflict. Nowadays however, Peace Fleece work with indigenous farmers in America.

"In 2008 Peter and Marty’s son Silas was asked to film a horseback ride by the Lakota and Dakota Native Americans to commemorate the death by hanging of forty of their ancestors in 1863, the largest mass execution in American history. The effect the film had on Peter was profound and begged these questions. Rather than working overseas, should we not refocus Peace Fleece’s efforts to better understand what we did to the Native Americans? Might this not be an important step in healing the social and political divisions that plague our country today?

In 2010 Peace Fleece purchased its first native Rambouillet wool from the Cook Ranch on South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Reservation, beginning the journey of learning what happened to these tribes a century and a half ago. The following year Peace Fleece visited the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico and met with native ranchers to learn how it might assist them in the production and marketing of their wool. 

Peace Fleece continues to work alongside the Navajo Nation, spinning wool with meaning and producing lines of worsted & DK weight yarns, along with fleece and knitting needles."

Specs

2-ply Aran. Woolen Spun. Approx. 200 yds per 4oz skein.

Suggested Gauge: 16 stitches over 4 inches on US 8 needles.

Fiber Content

50% Navajo Rambouillet/30% Fine Wool/20% Mohair.