Name: Cardiff Cashmere Classic | Sport / DK Yarn
Brand: Cardiff Cashmere
Price: 15.0 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5.0 (10 reviews)

If you have ever wondered what it feels like to knit with pure cashmere, Cardiff Classic is a very good place to start. This is 100% cashmere in a DK / sport weight, and it has a softness that is genuinely hard to put into words. It is one of those yarns that makes you slow down and enjoy every stitch.

Cardiff Classic is made from the fleece of Hircus Goats, selected to strict standards: no fibres longer than 15.5 microns and no more than 38mm in length. That level of care in selection is what makes the finished yarn so soft in the hand and so resistant to pilling over time. All the processing happens at the mill in Biella, in the heart of Italy's most celebrated textile region, where traditional craft and modern technique are combined. It is a yarn built to last and to be enjoyed for years to come.

Classic works across a wide range of projects, from simple accessories and hats through to more involved sweaters and cardigans, and it gives lovely stitch definition throughout. It comes in a beautiful range of colours, with new palettes arriving each season.

Yarn Specifications

Yarn Name: Classic

Yarn Brand: Cardiff Cashmere

Ball Weight: 25g

Ball Meterage: 112 meters

Ball Yardage: 122 yards

Yarn Composition: 100% cashmere, spun in the Biella textile district, Italy.

Yarn Weight: DK / sport weight. Classic sits at the lighter end of DK, and can also be used as a sport weight depending on your pattern.

Recommended Gauge: Using 4mm needles, 20 stitches x 27 rows per 10 x 10cm. Always knit a swatch as gauge is for guidance only.

Recommended Knitting Needles: 3.5mm to 4mm (US 4 to 7)

Recommended Crochet Hook: 3.5mm to 4.5mm (US E to 7)

Knitting Machine: Can be used if the yarn is wound onto a cone.

Care Instructions: Hand wash with a no-rinse wool detergent, then shape and lay flat to dry.

Other Information: Made in Italy within the Biella textile district.

Pattern Ideas

Here are some pattern ideas we think are great for the yarn. There are many more, and if none of these is right for you, please feel free to contact us for more ideas.

A few of these we have knitted here in the shop in Cardiff Classic, so do pop in and feel them for yourself. Amelia made her Anna Top in Classic, which you can see here: the Anna Top knitted in Cardiff Classic on our Instagram. Our Focaccia Cowl is knitted up in Classic too: see the Focaccia Cowl in Cardiff Classic. And we have put together a Sophie Scarf kit in Classic: see the Sophie Scarf kit in Cardiff Classic.

About Cardiff Cashmere

Cardiff Cashmere is an Italian yarn brand with cashmere running right through its DNA. Founded in the 1980s by a family of entrepreneurs from Biella, the brand has spent over four decades doing one thing: making exceptional cashmere yarn. It is worth knowing that despite the name, Cardiff has nothing to do with Cardiff in Wales. The name comes from the way the yarn is produced, a nod to a particular technique in the processing of the fibre. The brand is Italian through and through, and every skein is made in the Biella textile district, the heartland of Italian textile craft.

What sets Cardiff apart is the quality of the raw material and the rigour of the selection process. Their cashmere comes from Hircus Goats and is sorted fibre by fibre to meet strict standards of fineness and length. That attention to detail is what gives the finished yarn its exceptional softness and longevity. The colour palettes are updated each season and are beautifully considered, ranging from classic neutrals to more unexpected tones that sit well with both modern and timeless knitting styles.

At Knit With Me we stock Cardiff Classic and Cardiff Prime. Both are worth knitting with at least once.

Browse the full Cardiff Cashmere collection at Knit With Me

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