Handspun Heritage 2-Ply Bulky, Charcoal & Pink — CVM Heritage Wool, 212yd / 5.5oz

A substantial 212-yard handspun true-2-ply from an anonymous indie spinner — charcoal natural-grey ground with rose and pink overdyed fibre plied through the strand. The paper band reads *cvm+? — 212 yds* in pencil; the spinner believes the base is CVM (a heritage breed) but isn't 100% certain. Very even spin, tight 2-ply, and an unusually generous yardage for a handspun bulky skein.

This listing is for 1 skein of Handspun Heritage 2-Ply in color Charcoal & Pink.

About the yarn:

This is heritage-breed handspun true 2-ply, spun bulky by hand with a smooth even twist. The base is natural-grey wool — almost certainly CVM (California Variegated Mutant), a heritage fine-wool sheep registered in the 1970s and prized by handspinners for its multi-toned natural grey fleeces — plied with a rose and pink overdyed fibre that flickers pink through the charcoal ground. Gauge sits in the US 7–10 (4.5–6 mm) range. 212 yards in a single 156 g (~5.5 oz) skein is genuinely a lot of yarn for a handspun bulky — enough for a substantial hat-and-cowl set, a chunky cropped sleeve, or a generous one-skein cowl.

• Bulky weight
• Composition: CVM heritage wool
• Weight: 156 g
• Yardage: 212 yds
• Needle: 5–6.5 mm
• Construction: 2-ply
• Care: Hand wash cold, lay flat to dry

About Handspun Heritage 2-Ply:

The spinner is unknown. The band — *cvm+? — 212 yds* in pencil — is the entire identification: no studio name, no website, no signed colourway. The fibre identification is the spinner's own best guess, which is a familiar handspinner habit when working from a fleece or a roving lot whose breed wasn't fully labelled. Reading the construction (true 2-ply, very even twist, heritage-breed natural grey base with hand-plied pink fibre), this is somebody who has spun for a long time and built up enough technique to turn out a generous skein of an even 2-ply. We don't know who she is, and there's no way to source another one. The 212-yard yardage on a single bulky handspun is the unusual part — that's most of the value here.

Quick reference: Color: Charcoal & Pink · Yarn weight: Bulky · Thickness: Bulky · Fiber: CVM heritage wool · Skein weight: 156 g