Baby Yak Lace

Baby yak is the bedrock of mYak. Touching baby yak down is a unique experience: a precious fiber that creates a fabric different from anything else you have ever knitted before. Baby yak has a micron count around 17 microns, similar to cashmere.

Warmer than wool, and as soft as cashmere, 100% baby yak is the right choice if you are looking for a unique, ethically sourced fibre that is good for you, for the environment and for the community that produce it.

In this yarn, two plies gently twisted together create a delicate lace-weight yarn perfect for lacy shawls and accessories. Used double, it’s warm and lustrous, lightweight and breathable, making it perfect to wear through the seasons. According to the down color,  there are three natural shades - chocolate, desert and oatmeal -  which are dyed in order to get our palette of soft colors that evoke the five elements of nature. Most yaks produce darker fibres, therefore light colors are very rare and even more precious.

As a natural material, each color will vary from season to season depending on the shade of the natural fibers, making it at times darker and at times lighter. This is the beauty of working with natural fibers and therefore the shade of the sample you see photographed here, might not always correspond to the  exact shade we have in stock.