Welcome to Great Northern Yarns

Developed in August 2008 by Great Northern Yarns, our exclusive 70% Mink 30% cashmere yarn is among the world’s finest, exotic luxury yarns. It’s important to know the minks are not harmed in any way. Healthy, stress-free minks sheared once a year produce the softest, most lustrous fibers. Finally you can enjoy the luxury of real mink with peace of mind. The ultra soft mink down is wonderfully compatible with cashmere resulting in this extraordinarily soft yarn. The mink yarn is versatile DK weight; the generous 230 yard skeins arrive sealed against the elements in a large in a large zip lock bag, complete with care instructions. This yarn is sold directly to the knitting consumer through this website at real wholesale prices. We are the sole global distributor.

The mink cashmere yarn has many unique properties. Knitting stimulates a blossoming of the mink fibers creating a lovely soft halo.

All of our colored yarns are top dyed. A more expensive but superior method for dying yarn. The fibers are dyed before carding and spinning. Top dyed fibers are softer with richer more consistent color saturation. There is no color variation from dye lot to dye lot. A hang tag with dye lot and care instructions is attached to your yarn.

The minks are sheared once a year in the warm summer months.  The guard hairs and more coarse fibers are removed yielding a treasure of ultra-soft mink down. Thanks to the development of our 70% mink 30% cashmere yarn, the mink fiber as a renewable resource is more valuable to the mink farmer than an individual pelt.

A note about mink yarn colors. Accurately displaying yarn colors on a website can be difficult. Depending on the calibration of ones' monitor, yarn colors can appear a shade different from one monitor to another. On the Detailed Description page for each mink yarn color, I've added the Pantone color reference number from their textile color guide for you to use as a cross reference.  

Please e-mail  greatnorthernyarns@comcast.net with any questions.

Products
Terracotta, 70% Mink 30% Cashmere Yarn, 230 yard skeins Price: $19.50 Add to Cart	English Lavender, 70% mink 30% Cashmere Yarn, 230 yards per skein Price: $19.50 Add to Cart	Saddle Brown, 70% Mink 30% Cashmere Yarn Price: $19.50 Add to Cart	70% Mink 30% cashmere Color Card Price: $0.00 Add to Cart
Mink Scarf with cable pattern Price: $82.50 Add to Cart	Coral, 70% Mink 30% Cashmere Yarn, 230 yard skeins Price: $19.50 Add to Cart	Apple, 70% Mink 30% Cashmere Yarn, 230 yard skeins Price: $19.50 Add to Cart	Marigold, 70% Mink 30% Cashmere yarn, 230 yard skeins Price: $19.50 Add to Cart

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