This series celebrates 25 wonderful years of Opal yarns. Each colour features a joyous pictures of this moment by children 2-12 years old on the ball band, mentioning their name and age.

Opal sock yarns are a quality self striping yarn with each range inspired by nature and humanity. 

One ball sufficient for an adult pair of socks.  If you would like a free sock pattern please ask in the comment field during checkout.  Please specify if you would like a Ladies, Mens or Childs sock pattern.

Schoppel have once again given us a premium yarn with stunningly blended hand painted colours.  6 Karat is a luxurious blend of 80% merino wool and 20% silk, in a lace weight knitting yarn that would be perfect for any lace weight shawl pattern!

Whilst 1 ball of Admiral R Druck is sufficient for a generous sized pair of socks, do not stop there!  Admiral R Druck is perfect for knitwear for little ones – soft and machine washable, 1 ball will complete a simple jacket or jumper up to 6 months of age.

Bright bold colours in 4ply Sock Yarn by Schoppel.  We recommend socks are knitted on 2.25mm needles.  Knit garments on size 3.25mm.

Akari is light in Japanese. Inspired by the midnight sun, its light changing colour from moment to moment.

Akari is another stunning Noro yarn which is so soft and lightweight, yet warm.  A blend of silk, cotton, viscose, mohair, wool and polyamide gives this yarn a beautiful and interesting blend of texture and colours.

A lustrous and silky natural tubular fibre. Beautifully soft and warm without the weight. A delight to knit.

Light as air and soft as a cloud, this yarn is sure to please anyone seeking a luxurious and quality 12 ply yarn.

Dreamy colour palatte to choose from.

Pack of 10 x 10gm balls of pure cotton - perfect for Amigurumi projects AND Katia have very kindly provided free patterns for this purpose. To access these free patterns, copy and paste the link below to your browser.

www.katia.com/lana.php?idLana=amigurumi100cotton

Such fun!!

You can't get much more devine than this 100% angora yarn.  Feather soft, light and exquisite.  We think it would be beautiful to trim a hat or cardigan, adding a little softness and texture to your work or as a warm and delicate scarf.

Super soft and luxurious Arawi Super Chunky yarn.  Perfect for quick knits and so beautiful to wear against the skin.

Lovely Wool and Linen blend 8ply yarn from Sesia of Italy.  Colours are heathered with hints of the linen showing through.

Super lightweight, soft and airy yarn - perfect for accessories and in such beautiful colourways.

The stunning colours of wool blend Azteca still delight!

Makes beautiful garments or accessories - light and warm and of course eye catching colours.

Specially developed to be incredibly soft, gentle and smooth for Baby, this yarn is a new blend with natural bamboo and wool fibres. It will keep its quality through gentle machine washing.

Baby Brush, by Alpaca Yarns of NZ, is a beauitifully soft, light and fluffy, 14ply,  alpaca blend yarns.  Perfect for cosy garments and accessories.

The most exquisite blend of cashmere and silk using only the best quality of Himalayan cashmere fibre gives this noble fibre yarn an extraordinary softness on skin. The beautiful, understated shades add luxury to this irresistable Italian yarn.

Reduced from $15.50

Delicate, squishy silky soft blend of Merino, cashmere and silk - perfect 4ply yarn for little ones.

A fine 100% merino yarn in classic pastels.  Please note:  AYC are currently amending colour numbers.  Please note White and Cream have new numbers.  Old numbers are in brackets.

A superfine merino wool available in classic white only.

Beautifully soft extra fine Merino 4ply...perfect for babies and adults too of course!

Bambini 4 is 100% Australian merino, spun in Italy for Australian Company, Prestige Yarns.

Subtle colour blended 8ply yarn - Superwash merino blended with acrylic.

Suitable for all your 8ply/DK favourite designs.

Soft, warm and smooth, this 100% extra fine merino yarn is hard to say no to.  Available in a range of beautiful colours.

100% pure NZ wool in Chunky/14ply weight.  Perfect for those hardy outdoor jumpers and sweaters.  Range of natural colours.

Big Natural is a big 150 gm ball, so great value.

100% pure NZ wool in Chunky/14ply weight.  Perfect for those hardy outdoor jumpers and sweaters as well as homewares.  This range features an array of modern colours.

Big Natural is a big 150 gm ball, so great value.

Bio Bimbo is a beautifully soft organic cotton yarn made in Italy. Available in a stunning range of colour blends. 

Excellent yarn for baby or you.

Sesia of Italy have now given us the softest pure cotton in a ranged of self patterning prints.

This is a 4ply cotton and the length of the repeats will work perfectly for all your 4ply baby knitting.

Italian yarn gauges are sometimes a little confusion...we suggest you treat this as a regular 4ply tension of 32 sts/10cm in stocking stitch using 3.25mm needles.

A blend of organic cotton and linen make this yarn soft, cool and a delight to wear. Available in a huge range of classic yet modern colours. 

Beautiful 100% organic cotton 10 ply yarn featuring a fine chain-like twist.  Stunning colour range and soft enough for babies or you.

Bio Sesia 5 is a beautifully soft organic cotton yarn made in Italy. Available in a stunning range of colours. 

Excellent yarn for baby or you.

Beautiful sequinned Laceweight yarn for your evening wraps and toppers.

Patons Bluebell 5ply, loved by generations of knitters for its fine crepe construction and it's lighter weight which is perfect for milder climates and little ones.

100% Australian Merino.

The colours in this self patterning sock yarn, BOHO by Nako yarns, are vibrant and striking.  Whilst there a couple of traditional greys and blues, the multicolours are vivid!

We recommend socks be knitted on 2.50 or 2.25mm needles!

Brilla is an easy care cotton blend yarn,  best knitted to a standard 8 ply tension.  Sadly now discontinued.

Reduced from $12.00

Available online and in our Clearance Area only. 

Clearance Area is open during  normal trading hours on 

FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS only.

Glorious rich melange colour palette in Sesia's Bunny - chunky weight wool alpaca blend yarn.

Beautiful pure, washable merino wool 3ply.  Just perfect for those delicate shawls and baby garments.

This very popular 8ply cotton blend yarn - perfect far garments and homewares.

Cotton Merino by Katia has a fibre-filled net construction which gives the yarn a rounded, cable like appearance which knits beautifully and is superbly light and soft and has a halo effect.  We have classified as a 10ply, but this is not a true 10 ply, so do be careful if subsituting yarn or patterns.

The core of these yarns is a light colour with hints of the overal colour that surrounds the core in a halo effect.  Quite a stunning yarn for a variety of uses.

Soft and luxurious cotton, wool and yak blend yarn in a range of subtle chalky colours.

Very genereous 130 metres per 50gm ball makes this an attractive choice for a range of 8ply/DK projects.

An excellent all purpose yarn which is 100% machine washable pure wool and available in a wide colour range.

This unique blend is popular because of its distinctive natural shades. 

Big, bold and beautiful - 100gm mega ball of bulky yarn that is super soft and lush.  Fibre is a blend of Alpaca and Pima Cotton.

Would be perfect for a lightweight, warm and cozy throw rug or accessory.

A beautiful light, soft and voluminous 4 ply yarn in a range of marle colours.

Light and airy yarn that suits so many applications where a 4ply yarn is required.

Dahu Fancy by Sesia of Italy,  matches the colours of Dahu perfectly for colour work projects.

Dipinto is a self striping yarn with a gentle metalic finish throughout. Great for accessories or garments.

Huge 100g ball gives 360 metres.

Beautiful soft, 100% Merino wool 8 ply available in a colour range to suit all modern babies.

Superior, natural smooth and every so soft, 4 ply merino.

Super soft blend of cotton and premium cotton with beautiful self patterning outcomes...espeically for babies!

12 ply 100% pure new wool spun into a premium crepe yarn that is soft and versatile. A warm and practical yarn that is hard wearing and long lasting.

Light as a cloud, this stunning bulky yarn from Sesia of Italy is a beutiful choice when you are looking for scrumptious natural fibre (wool and alpaca blend) that is ligth, soft and incredibly warm.

Echos comes in a range of natural and warm shades.

Soft and warm quality yarn featuring half virgin wool and half alpaca with a delicate touch.  Perfect for garments or accessories in a range of natural shades. Needle size 5/5.50mm.

Delightfully light and soft mohair silk blend yarn with a great range of patterns.

Beautiful 100% Australian extra fine merino, machine washable in a stunning range of colours in a 100g/215m hank.

Don't forget, you will need to roll the hank into a ball before you start! Hook over the back of a chair or have a helper hold the yarn while you roll.

Fusion is a fingering weight yarn in a combination of 50% Baby Llama and 50% Lyocell (wood pulp). It’s equivalent to a 3 to 4ply yarn suitable for light and lacy garments for summer evenings, such as shrugs, shawls, vests, cardigans and cowls

This is a summer weight yarn in 8 exciting shades which are a mix of neutrals and vibrant colours. The yarn has a wonderful sheen, is soft and silky with 175 meters on a 50 gram ball.

Stunning bulky yarn.  You won't believe how light, lofty and soft this beautiful European melange roving is.

A gorgeous blend of alpaca wool and Merino wool featuring a tweed fleck throughout.  This soft, silky and warm wool comes in a great range of colours.

A gorgeous blend of alpaca wool and Merino wool, same yarn as Inca Spun tweed, so works well if you wish to mix and match these solid colours with the Tweed variety.

Beautifully soft 100% luxurious Baby Alpaca 4ply from Peru.

Gloriously soft, silky and light blend of baby Suri Alpaca and Mulberry silk.  This unique yarn is an absolute delight to knit with and wear. Ball band states tension as between 18-25 sts per 10 cm depending on needle size! Needle size between 3.00 - 6.00mm.

The most beautiful and squishy soft Alpaca yarn ever!

Produced by Michell & Co (one of the world's leading producer of the finest Alpaca fibre) exclusively for Alpaca Yarns.  

Indiecita Grande is a Chunky or 14ply weight yarn.

Fantastic mix of 75% Extrafine Merino Superwash wool and 25% Polyamide give this yarn a beautiful softness yet strength.  Perfect for accessories, garments or of course, socks!  Hank is 100g/450m which is plenty for a pair of socks. In a range of gorgeous gelato colours.

Soft and hard wearing 100% Superwash wool with beautiful hand painted colour palette. 100g hanks.

JOY collection from Opal -  happy colours for everyone!

Lovely soft blend of alaca, merino and acrylic in a marled or heather look, make this light and lofty 12ply the perfect choice for a bulkier knit without weight.

Another Noro Beauty...Kumo.  With a tension suggestion that this yarn is an 8ply, the meterage and look of this yarn suggests it would work up just as well on smaller needles traditionally used for 8ply yarn - 4mm.

The colour range  available is subtle and stunning.  Perfect for trans seasonal projects!

Lammermoor Organic is a beautiful organic yarn grown, spin and created in New Zealand.  Inspired by the stunning Lammermoor Station located in the South of the Maniototo, Central Otago on the South Island of New Zealand.  Known for it's harsh and varying weather, Lammermoor Station is world renowned for the beautiful Merino wool it produces.

100% New Zealand Merino/Romney Wool

Fabulous blend of Superfine Alpaca, Suri Alpaca and Merino Wool provides a mohair style look, with alpaca softness.  Black base with a thread of colour throughout.

Katia Linen is a beautiful blend of natural fibres - 53% Cotton 47% Linen.

Linen can be quite a little stiff, but the inclusion of cotton gives this a lovely soft feel and drape.

Machine Washable too!

The prettiest, softest colour range in thus pure wool, self patterning baby wool.

Self striping pure wool 8 ply in a palette of colours especially for babies and children.

Loyal DK/8ply, pure new wool from New Zealand in a fabulous colour palette for all your favourite 8ply patterns.

Lovely pure wool with little coloured dyed spots, given a lovely tweed effect.

Luxurious is just that, with a blend of the finest fibres, this yarn is soft, smooth, silky, and has an delicate yet interesting texture.

Fabulous Macrame cotton as yes, it's back with avengence! Get your macrame fingers working or you can knit or crochet with this super bulky macrame yarn.  Perfect for decorative wall art, pot plant holders, baby mobiles, key rings, you name it.

Made from recycled cotton and polyester.

To give you an idea of it's thickness, KFI suggests:

5mm cord, 250g 46m

8 - 12.75mm knitting needles 7-11 sts x 10cm

9 - 16mm crochet hook for 11-14 sts

Magnum is a firm family favourite. Perfect for garments, crafts, toys and inexpensive too. Vast colour range - approximately 50 to choose from.

Melody is a chain yarn, with a cable loop in beautiful degrade colours. Light voluminous and incredibly soft yarn suitable for oversized feminine ponchos, textured shawls and spongy scarves to wrap up in cold weather.

Free pattern for Poncho and Ribbed Scarf, as shown hereunder, available upon request.

The poncho takes 4 balls of Melody

The scarf takes 2 balls of Melody (suggested to use 1 ball each of 2 different colours)

Mille Colori Baby is a thousand colours in one ball of pure merino superwash wool. With a gentle twist this beautiful yarn is soft enough for babies or your favourite scarf, beanie, etc.

3mm or 3.50mm needles.

This delightfully soft yarn features a stunning colour mix inspired by nature and fashion. Fine plied yarns with changing colours are combined creating unique colour palette. A huge 290m in this 100g hank.

Beautifully soft and gentle 4 ply extra fine merino wool made in Italy in a self patterning effect. Perfect for adult or child garments, accessories, homewares, whatever your needs.

Beautiful lush extra fine merino that has been computer printed to give the effect of fairisle on small knits suitable for accessories or children's wear.

Beautifully soft, this fine merino wool is perfect against baby's delicate skin.

Sweet little pops of colour make this a delightful choice for your 4ply baby knitting.

Beautiful brushed baby alpaca created with chain core that ensure the garment will be lift, lofty and trap all the warmth.

Muhu - a simply divine 100% baby alpaca 8ply/DK from Peru.  Beauitiful rich colour palette to create your stunning garements or accessories.

Incredibly soft, light and extremely cosy chunky yarn made from 100% baby alpaca.  In a range of elegant colours.

Metalic yarn which can be knitted on its own or added to another yarn to give a special effect.

Nordica is a beautiful 8 ply extra fine merino wool made in Italy in a range of modern and classic colours. Perfect for adult or child garments, accessories, homewares, whatever your needs.

Nordica Print is a beautiful 8 ply extra fine merino wool made in Italy in a self patterning effect. Perfect for adult or child garments, accessories, homewares, whatever your needs.

Lofty and soft yarn from Sesia featuring a mix of 65% mohair, 35% organic wool.  Fabulous for warm yet light weight accessories.

Stunning new possum blend yarn from Naturally Yarns of NZ.  NZ Luxury is well named - luscious mixture of Alpaca, Merino and Possum give this yarn it's soft feel and subtle colouring.

Use this with your favourite 8ply/DK pattern when something special is required!

Okunoshima is an energetic new yarn that convincingly mimics the very best in true handspun.
It is a trusted silk and wool blend with added Angora and mohair to provide lightness and loft.
Knitting up at a worsted-weight gauge, Okunoshima is a unique yarn that's unlike anything you've seen before.

Okunoshima is a small island best known as 'Rabbit Island' for its plentiful, furry wild denizens, making it and apt name for this soft yarn.

Omana 4ply Sock Yarn - beautiful blend of Merino/Alpaca/Acrylic for a super specially soft pair of socks but could just as easily be used for any 4ply project.

5 soft melange tones.

Please note:  tension on ball band is for a standard 4ply yarn...but we would always recommend knitting socks on 2.25mm or 2.75mm needles.

Opal Memories celebrates those special moments in life from hearing Grandma's stories to remembering your first true love. Another beautiful colour range from Opal sock yarns, a quality self striping yarn with each range inspired by nature and humanity.

One ball sufficient for an adult pair of socks.  If you would like a free sock pattern please ask in the comment field during checkout.  Please specify if you would like a Ladies, Mens or Childs sock pattern.

Painted Sky is 100% Pure Superwash Australian Virgin Wool features beautiful graduated colours blended through the ball.  In a huge 100g/200m ball, fabulous for garments and blankets.

A lightweight smooth and silky summer yarn perfect for your next cardigan or sleeveless top project.  Papyrus comes in an assortment of gorgeous chalk box colours.

Click on main picture for the colour range.

Buttery soft Australian Merino 10ply - named after the famous Peppin Merino breed which was bred in Australia 150 years ago by the Peppin family in the Riverina NSW.

If a machine washable, pure Australian Fine Merino superwash wool,  in a good range of colours is what you are after, we are sure you will thrilled with this one.

Buttery soft Australian Merino 14ply - named after the famous Peppin Merino breed which was bred in Australia 150 years ago by the Peppin family in the Riverina NSW.

The range of colours we have stocked are perfect from homewares and accessories...harmonious,  understated shades.  

Peppin 4ply is named after the famous Australian Merino Breed which was developed in NSW 150 years ago by the Peppin Family.

This Australian Fine merino wool is buttery soft and machine washable.  Perfect for all your 4ply projects especially baby items.

Peppin 8ply - named after the famous Australian Merino Breed which was developed in NSW 150 years ago by the Peppin Family.

This Australian Fine merino wool is buttery soft and machine washable.  Perfect for all your 8ply/DK projects.

The Rainforest range is back with Rainforest 17 Jungle League, defending our rainforests by raising money and awareness. Opal sock yarns are a quality self striping yarn with each range inspired by nature and humanity. 

One ball sufficient for an adult pair of socks.  If you would like a free sock pattern please ask in the comment field during checkout.  Please specify if you would like a Ladies, Mens or Childs sock pattern.

A soft and warm roving yarn with flecked and gentle colour blend.  Fabulous for accessories and garments.

A classic 100% mercerised cotton which takes dye more easily and does not pill. Available in a good range of classic colours and prints.

Soft, strong, and washable, this 10ply yarn is a workhorse! The plies help resist pilling and washability makes it fantastic for frequently-worn garments, housewares, and children and baby clothes. Spun from premium superwash merino, it comes in an array of watercolor-multi, semi-solid, and variegated colorways. Great for accessories, garments, baby and kids items, housewares, toys, cables, textured stitches, colorwork.

The softest of the soft, this stunning blend of silk, mohair and wool makes for the lightest yarn to create the most beautiful accessories or garments.

100g ball, 230m, 35% Silk 35% Mohair 27% Wool 3% Viscose

Great transeasonal blend, giving softness and warmth.  Eight different colour blends and a huge 150g/375m ball. Soft enough for garments, accessories or homewares.

Individually dyed to produce a unique palette of subtle shadings and vivid hues - the colours of nature.  A truly beautiful yarn.

Silk Garden Solo - in the Silk Garden family with the same blend of Silk Mohair and Lambswool but unlike the vibrant multi colours of other yarns in this family, Solo has just one base colour although in some colourways there is a hint of other colours in little tweedy strands.

Knits to a standard 10ply or Aran weight pattern.

Glorious blend of superkid mohair and silk, this soft and elegant yarn features a rainbow of gentle colour change print with little work by you.

Huge 100g 450m ball of the most beautiful Superfine Alpaca, Kid Mohair and nylon blend.  So soft and light with a glorious multi colour blend ball.  Perfect for garments or accessories.

Snuggly is the perfect quality yarn for tiny and new born babies first hand knits. It is soft and gentle, and comes in baby fashion colours as well as classic pastel shades. Snuggly 4 ply will keep its quality through machine washing and tumble drying.

Sirdar Snuggly Baby Crofter Dk is a gorgeously soft yarn with an incredible Fair Isle colour effect that appears as you knit. Inspired by the gentlest colours of the Scotland Highlands, Snuggly Baby Crofter Dk is the same wonderfully soft blend of 55% nylon and 45% acrylic as Snuggly Dk, and is machine washable and easy care. This yarn will also knit to all Sirdar double knitting baby patterns.

The UK’s favourite baby hand knit yarn, Snuggly Dk has a softness that babies love and comes in a wide range of colours, spot dyes and trendy colour twists. Snuggly Dk is easy care and will keep its quality through machine washing and tumble drying.

Stunning 70% Alpaca and 30% nylon blend sock yarn, almost too delicious for socks! A range of beautiful kettle dyed colours. So soft and light, perfect for accessories, socks or even a garment.  Even machine washable!

Tacama Colours is a beautiful blend of 70% organic cotton 30% superfine alpaca yarn giving it warmth and a lovely drape.

Stunning organic cotton alpaca blend DK/8ply yarn in a large 100g/175m ball. Beautiful pattern are available with this yarn too.

The Pair or 'das Paar' is the sock yarn for you if you love self patterning sock yarns but stress about the difficulty in getting a perfectly matched pair.  Two 50 gram skeins are wound separately from the same starting point so that your socks will be a perfectly matching pair.

Paton's Totem 8 ply - Australia's most loved and trusted yarn for over 90 years.  Totem is a crepe twist yarn which gives it strength and durability, but made with Australian Merino to give it that feel that only merino can!

Named for the barn swallow that migrates to Japan during cherry blossom season, this is a classic worsted-weight silk/wool blend. Each oversized skein contains 656 yards making it ideal for an endless variety of one-skein projects!

Beautiful mohair/silk laceweight yarn.  Light as air and soft as silk.

Wanderer is 100% Corriedale wool with a twist of 3 shades in a huge 100g 200m ball. Excellent for garments.

8ply pure cotton in a breathtaking range of colours to inspire you!

Australian Extra Fine Merino spun and dyed in Italy to create the luxuriously soft Zarina - perfect for babies and adults who love the feel of extra fine merino.

If you already love Zauberball 100, Zauber Flower has taken the colour intensity you love into a 150gm cake.  Perfect for shawls and blankets where the long, non repeating colour changes create a stunning item.

Zauber Flower is a 4ply, certified virgin wool from Patagonia  00metres of stunning non repeating colour blends.  Every ball has its own custom made long colourway.  Not all colours will be found in all balls.

Zauber Perlen. - mini magic pearls of graduated colour.  Your own paint box - 7 mini balls of colour.  2 sold colours and 5 gradient shades that shade across from one solid colour to the other.

7 mini balls has a total of 400m/100gms.

Just one ball of Zauberball Sock Yarn is sufficient to create a stunning pair of socks or a stunning scarf! The range of colours caters for all tastes from dramatic blends of vibrant shades to subtle blending of sombre tones. Every sock , scarf or shawl unique. Tension quoted is our recommendation based on our own experiences with this yarn.

Your favourite Zauberball 4ply Sock Yarn, now available in 100% pure wool.  Super soft and with the colour range you expect from Schoppel, these yarns make the most beautiful scarves, wraps and of course socks.

Crazy Zauberballs have a changing colour twist along with the long colour shading – giving a tweedy effect which is very effective. One Crazy Zauberball will knit a generous pair of socks or a very elegant scarf or wrap. Every sock , scarf or shawl unique. Tension quoted is our recommendation based on our own experiences with this yarn.

Organic Cotton DK/8ply in the magical colour mixes that Schoppel's Zauberballs are reknowned for.

As with most of Schoppels range of Zauberballs, every ball has its own unique custom character - not all colours will be the same in every ball.