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Nettle is a vegetable yarn that reinterprets the natural textile tradition in a contemporary way, transforming a wild and hardy plant into a textile raw material with a strong and authentic character. In this yarn, nettle is combined with cotton to build a balanced structure, where the softness of the cotton fiber meets the tenacity and slightly drier, “living” nature of the nettle fiber. The result is a yarn with a natural, slightly textured hand, with a texture that is never flat but always dynamic, capable of restoring depth to stitches and personality to surfaces. The nettle fiber, also historically used for its strength and visual resemblance to more noble fibers such as linen or silk, helps to make the yarn more robust and structured, without sacrificing the typical lightness of vegetable fibers. A choice that speaks of concrete sustainability and intelligent recovery of natural resources, where the material is not simplified but enhanced in its most authentic identity.
Availability and packaging
Our Nettle is available in 250 g spools, which can be purchased individually. Each package has a natural tolerance of ±3%.
Composition: 75% cotton, 25% Nettle
Length and weight: approximately 400 yards per 100 g / 437 yards per 3.5 oz
Each spool of Nettle yarn is approximately 1000 yards / 1093 yards.
Yarn type: Worsted, Afghan, Aran.
Yarn tension with needles: 17 stitches and 21 knits in a shaved knit 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 in.
Yarn tension with crochet hook: 15 stitches and 18 rows in a low knit 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4 in.
Raw materials used in DHG's yarns are selected and purchased from areas of the world where each specific fiber expresses the best natural and performance qualities. Depending on the type, the fibers come from vocated and traditionally specialized regions, chosen to ensure high standards of purity, fineness and textile performance. Once selected, the fibers enter a transformation process that combines technical expertise and craftsmanship savoir-faire. In fact, yarns such as Ortica are made through a careful twisting process, largely carried out with a still strongly artisanal approach in the textile district of Prato, a historic international center for fiber processing.
This balance between global sourcing and local processing allows the characteristics of each fiber to be maximized, resulting in yarns that combine quality, identity and manufacturing tradition.
With the loom: we worked the yarn with comb-loom 32:10 (3.2 threads/cm). Can be used in both warp and weft. Easy to work. Hand feels dry but pleasant.
Tips for working and care.
Our colors generally have high lightfastness and washfastness. Exceptions are fluorescent colors which have low lightfastness and may release color in the presence of alkaline or harsh soaps and with prolonged washing. The same applies to dark and bright colors. In all these cases it’s essential to test a small sample before starting the project, especially if these materials are combined with raw or light-colored fibers. In any case, it’s always good practice to dry finished items away from direct sunlight, preferably in shade.
A practical tip: Buying balls or spools of different baths can cause what is known as the barred effect: subtle variations in shade that seem invisible when comparing balls and spools, but become apparent once worked. Therefore, always be sure to buy some yarn in excess of what is needed for your project. We will be sure to send you spools and balls of the same lot.
Colors in real life.
Since colors may vary depending on your screen settings, we recommend purchasing our Color Card to check them in person before placing your final order.
