Burnham’s Trading Post Yarn #2 (Fine weight) (Discontinued)

  • FIBER | 100% wool, 56-micron count (medium fineness)
  • LENGTH | 325 yards| 297.2 meters
  • WEIGHT/PLY | Sport Weight Singles
  • USE FOR | High twist yarn intended for use as a weaving yarn; can be felted
  • SETT | 10-12 epi

Spun Especially for Weavers

Burnham’s Trading Post Yarn was spun specifically for use with Navajo and tapestry weaving techniques, so that it is ready to use without re-spinning.  They use commercial wool with a micron count of about 56.   The yarn has a tighter twist than knitting yarns of the same weight, so it may look thinner than the specified weight would suggest.  You’ll notice the extra twist when you wash the wool.   We dye many of the colors we carry in our store, which means we have ultimate control over them.  Because we dye our yarns in small batches of five skeins each, and we exhaust the dye, we have gradients in many of our colorways.

Burnham’s Trading Post Yarn is available in Size 1, approximately 210 yards per skein, and Size 2, around 325 yards per skein.  A skein will cover about a square foot of the weaving area.

Effective May 20, 2026, we will not accept backorders because we do not have any remaining inventory of the base yarn. 

Inside Burnham’s Trading Post Yarn #1: Good Stuff, What to Know, and Pro Tips

Good Stuff: 

This is very smooth and even singles yarn.  It takes dye very well. It felts well too!  You don’t need to re-spin this yarn because it’s spun for weaving in the first place, meaning that it will give your designs crisp definition and a smooth surface.  If you dye your wool, you’ll find that it takes color well.  It weaves evenly with a sett of 10-12 warps per inch. We try to keep the price down so that it is affordable for production weavers.

What to Know:

The mill that produced this yarn for us has gone out of business, and so has Burnham’s Trading Post. We hope to produce a similar yarn in the future, but we are not able to do it right now. We will be dyeing Brown Sheep Top of the Lamb in the colors we developed for the Burnham Yarn base. Our Burnham’s colors are limited to stock on hand. 

Pro Tips: 

We have too many colors to offer color cards, but we are happy to send you samples of up to five colors that you think you might like.  We’re also available for color consultations by phone so you can talk to a fellow weaver about our favorite subject.

 

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