Yarn

Mountain Colors is a small wholesale yarn company located in Montana's beautiful Bitterroot Valley. They produce multi and solid color hand dyed yarns for knitters, weavers, crocheters and other fiber artists. Mountain Colors has been in business for fifteen years. Their number of yarns has grown to 15 and they have increased their colorways to 46 colors inspired by the mountains, rivers and woodlands of the west. The yarns Mustard Seed Dreams carries include the following:

Mountain Colors

Bearfoot

bearfoot

A soft, strong, and washable yarn. Perfect for socks. It is now being offered in dark solitary colors.

Composition: 60 % Superwash Wool, 25 % Mohair, 15 % Nylon Yardage:350 yds/ 100 gram skein
Gauge: single strand: 5 - 6 st/in. Needle size:3-4

Winter Lace

winterlace

The newest addition to the wonderful line of handpainted yarns from Mountain Colors! Winter Lace is the new hand dyed lace weight yarn.

Composition: 50% Wool, 50% Silk lace weight yarn Yardage:1200 yds/ 100 gram skein
Gauge: single strand: 7 - 8 st/in. Needle size:4-6

Wool Crepe

woolcrepe

Tiny, tight loops wonderful for weaving and fun used double for knitting. NOT re-skeined. Available in all Colorways colors.

Composition: 100% Merino Wool Yardage:1450 yds/ 12 oz.skein
Gauge: double strand: 4 st/in. Needle size:8-9

Cashmere

cashmere

There is nothing like 100% cashmere for silky softness and luxury.

Composition: 100% Cashmere Wool Yardage:95 yds/ 1 oz.skein
Gauge: 4-5 st/in. Needle size:5-8

Weavers Wool 1/4

weaverswool

Soft and practical yarn spun for a wide variety of knitting and weaving projects. Sett = 8 - 10 e.p.i. NOT re-skeined.

Composition: 100% Wool Yardage:350 yds/
100 gm skein
Gauge: 20 sts= 3.5 in Needle size:4-6

3-ply Wool

3 ply wool

Soft as cotton, great for "next to your skin" wear.

Composition: 100% Targhee Wool Yardage:145 yds/ 100 gram skein
Gauge: 3-5 st/in. Needle size:8-10

River Twist

rivertwist

Super soft for next to skin wear.

Composition: 2 ply, 100% merino wool Yardage:240 yds/ 100 gram skein
Gauge: single strand: 3-5 st/in. Needle size:8-10

Twizzle

twizzle

A fun wool yarn plied with a strand of silk that creates a heathered effect.

Composition: 85 % Merino Wool, 15 % Silk Yardage:250 yds/ 100 gram skein
Gauge: 4-5 st/in. Needle size:4-6

Mountain Goat

mountain goat

A smooth non-fluffy mohair/wool blend that is excellent for doing colorwork and stitch patterns.

Composition: 55 % Mohair, 45 % Wool Yardage:230 yds/ 100 gram skein
Gauge: 5 st/in. Needle size:6-8

4/8's Wool

4_8s

Good basic worsted weight yarn. Use it alone or team it with other Mountain Colors yarn. Makes great ribbing and warp too.

Composition: 100% Wool Yardage:250 yds/ 100 gram skein
Gauge: 4-6 st/in. Needle size:6-7