Candide

Organic Merino from Arles and recycled cotton spun and dyed in France with natural dyes.

This yarn is made from the wool of Arles merinos raised in organic farming in Provence and from cotton recycled on the spot by the spinning mill thanks to a patented technique that preserves the length of the fibres. 

The presence of cotton gives it a little more softness, a fresher feel and more compactness than pure wool. The small cotton flecks give it a tweedy texture and create a mottled look, more or less pronounced depending on the colour. It is a rather dry-feeling yarn which, like many woolen spun yarns, gains in softness and fluffiness once washed. 

To create this palette, part of the wool is dyed with natural plant extracts (indigo, chestnut, reseda, madder and cochineal) selected for their shades and strength. The dyed and unbleached yarns are then mixed to create the colour range according to the chosen blends and then woolen spun. 

The range includes two undyed colours: the unbleached "sucre glace" colour and the "nougat" colour which is a blend of 60% unbleached Arles merino / 10% black French merino and 30% recycled cotton. 

This yarn was dyed and spun in France in the Tarn region by companies with the "living heritage company" label.