Contest: Win a 5-pack! Help us Name our new collections!

Enter your suggestions in the comments section below! The winners will receive their choice of two 5-packs! Good luck! Contest ends Sunday September 6th at 11:59 pm EST.

We have eight new bases being spun for us right now that will be in our warehouse in a few weeks. These eight bases are part of three collections, and we would love your help coming up with a fun name for each of these 3 collections. Below are the collections compositions:

New Yak blends:

Fingering Superwash 50% Extra fine Merino, 25% Superfine Merino 25% Yak
DK Superwash 50% Extra fine Merino, 25% Superfine Merino 25% Yak

Biodegradable additions to our eco-friendly Down to Earth line:

75% Fine Organic Merino 25% Biodegradable Nylon
80% Fine Organic Merino 20% Biodegradable Nylon

New Falkland Merino blends:

Superwash Fingering 100% Fine Falkland Merino
Superwash Bulky Single Ply 100% Falkland Merino
Superwash Sport 100% Fine Falkland Merino
Superwash DK 100% Fine Falkland Merino

How to enter? Copy and paste the text below into the Comments section of this blog post. Replace the text "[ENTER CONTEST NAME HERE]" with your suggested name and post it to the comments section below. Our team will go through all the names and pick the winners the week of September 7th. Good luck!

New Yak blends: [ENTER CONTEST NAME HERE]

Biodegradable additions: [ENTER CONTEST NAME HERE]

New Falkland Merino blends: [ENTER CONTEST NAME HERE]

Congratulations to our contest winners!

Yakulent (Yak Blends) ~ Rachel from Ottawa, Canada

Ecotopia (Biodegradable additions) ~ Tyra Jenkins from Illinois

Malvinas (Falkland Merino blends) ~ Angela from The Whimsical Gnome and Amy W. from Minnesota (great minds think alike - both submitted this entry at the same time!)

The mill is spinning these new yarns for us now! Watch our announcements page for news about when they will be in stock!

September 01, 2020 — Content Team

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Comments

Andrea Smith said:

New Yak blends: Yak-tastic

Biodegradable additions: Earth Love

New Falkland Merino blends: Island Vacation

Deatra said:

New Yak blends: [Yak ah de yak] or [Yak-O-merino]

Biodegradable additions: [Greener days]

New Falkland Merino blends: [Falkland Delights ]

Mariachiara said:

New Yak blends: TIBET BOSS or TIBET BOS

Biodegradable additions: BIOS

New Falkland Merino blends: JSTRONG BLEND

Lella said:

New Yak blends: The soft duo

Biodegradable additions: BioNyM

New Falkland Merino blends: Falklana

Sylvia Rivera said:

New Yak blends: [Luv Yak]

Biodegradable additions: [Green Horizon]

New Falkland Merino blends: [Malvinas (Falkland in Spanish)]

Lindsey Van Gerven said:

New Yak Blends: Lux Yak
Biodegradable: Terra Wool
Falkland merino blends: Pleasure Isle

Mauri Stott said:

New Yak blends:
YAK-SO-FINE

Biodegradable additions:
AWARE

New Falkland Merino blends:
CAMPO (in the Falklands, “countryside” – it’s where the sheep are). 😊

Melissa said:

New Yak blends: [Yak Sheep Yarn]
Biodegradable additions: [Gaia Sock]
New Falkland Merino blends: [Squeeky Penguin Merino]

Diane Littman said:

New Yak blends: Yakalicious
Biogradeable Ecowool : Green and Friendly Wool
New Falkland Merino: Snow White of the Falklands

Ulla said:

New Yak blends: [ExtraSuperYak]

Biodegradable additions: [Sock the Planet]

New Falkland Merino blends: [Super-White Superwash]

Ulla said:

New Yak blends: [ExtraSuperYak]

Biodegradable additions: [Sock the Planet]

New Falkland Merino blends: [Super-White Superwash]

Catherine Genereux said:

New Yak blends: Yak Yeah!

Biodegradable additions: Squeeky Clean

New Falkland Merino blends: Frosty Blend (since Falkland is so naturally white)

Melissa R Strait said:

New Yak blends: Yakity-Yak

Biodegradable additions: Ambiental

New Falkland Merino blends: Esponjoso

Taylor said:

New Yak blends: Altitude

Biodegradable additions: Conscientious

New Falkland Merino blends: Gaucho

Tamara Purrington said:

New Yak blends: [Yakkity Yak]

Biodegradable additions: [Biodegreat Yarns]

New Falkland Merino blends: [Falkland Fantasy]

Ranney said:

New Yak blends: A Touch of Exotic Luxury

Biodegradable additions: Nicer Nylon

New Falkland Merino blends: Merino Brights

Pam said:

Yak Fingering – Yak4You (50/25/25)
DK. Yak2DK ( 50/25/25)
Bio
FriendlyFine (75/25)
FriendlySock (80/20)
Falkland
SheepySWLite
SheepySWBulky
SheepySWSport
SheepySWDK

Pam said:

Yak Fingering – Yak4You (50/25/25)
DK. Yak2DK ( 50/25/25)
Bio
FriendlyFine (75/25)
FriendlySock (80/20)
Falkland
SheepySWLite
SheepySWBulky
SheepySWSport
SheepySWDK

Jessica said:

another bio-degradable: [ Eco-Kind Wool ]
or
[ Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow ]

Jessica said:

New Yak blends: [Yak Attack] [Back in Yak] [No Flack Yak] [Knack for Yak]

Biodegradable additions: [No Yarn Left Behind] [ Here today, Gone tomorrow ] [Earth Friend]

New Falkland Merino blends: [ Merinolux] [Island Escape] [Malvinas Merino]

Naomi said:

New Yak blends: “Yamdrok Yak” (Would be nice to pay homage to the Tibetan peoples who rely on the Yak. Yamdrok is a Lake in Tibet!)

Biodegradable additions: “Clean Craft”

New Falkland Merino blends: “Fine Folks” or “Fine Folks Falkland”

Julieta said:

New Yak blends: Yakme spirit

Biodegradable additions: Knitting for tomorrow

New Falkland Merino blends: Malvinas blends

Jeanette said:

New Yak blends: [Yakkity-yak wools]

Biodegradable additions: [bio-rhythms wools]

New Falkland Merino blends: [Ewe know best merino]

Josephine said:

New Yak blends: [Wool Meets Yak]

Biodegradable additions: [Earth Wool or Crunchy Sheep]

New Falkland Merino blends: [More Than Merino]

Anabel Sánchez said:

New Yak blends: Yak Touches

Biodegradable additions: Unguilty Pleassures

New Falkland Merino blends: Falkland Fantasy

Lisa DiFruscio said:

New Yak Blends: YAK CREATURE COMFORT

Biodegradable blends: BIO OPULENCE

New Falkland blends: FALKLANDS OPEN COUNTRY

Jessica said:

New Yak blends: Thundercuddles

Biodegradable additions: Evereturn

New Falkland Merino blends: Falking Amazing

Wendy Jackson said:

Thought of another for biodegradable
Break it to me gently

Mary said:

New Yak blend. “Just a lot of Yakking“

Biodegradable blend. “Bio shock”

New Falkland merino blend. “Falkland soft”

Erica McLean said:

New Yak blends: Yak-tastic

Biodegradable additions: Bio-tastic

New Falkland Merino blends: Falk-tastic

Mariachiara said:

New Yak blends: YaKool

Biodegradable additions: ’Bio’+ or ‘Bio+Life’ or ‘Bio Line’

New Falkland Merino blends: SeaWool or Malvine Fibers

Patti Sienkiewicz Ross said:

New Yak blends: super yak

Biodegradable additions: kindness or gentle earth

New Falkland Merino blends: island soft

Jessica Marie Oliveira said:

New Yak blends: yakety yak (please come back)

Biodegradable additions: I’m Down (for earth)

New Falkland Merino blends: not falking around

Tasha said:

New Yak blends: Casablanca

Biodegradable additions: Gaea

New Falkland Merino blends: Cailíni

Rachel Ballew said:

New Yak blends: Someone beat me to it and had the idea first, well darn. Had thought the same as previous poster, but spelled differently[Meriyak]; or [Quarter Yak]; or [Bovidae Fibers]
Biodegradable additions: [Green String]; or [Eco Renew]; or [A Kinder Earth]
New Falkland Merino blends: [Island Ewe]; or [Falkland Memories]