Dear Francis
The Shetland wool spinners of whom I am a satisfied customer, but otherwise
unconnected, give what I think are the details you require. The website is
www.shetlandwool.org, and clicking on “products” gets you to the wools. The
“lace weight” yarns are dyed, the one-ply being 1/14.5NM, the two-ply 2/14.5NM.
The “Shetland Supreme” ones also have lace weights, one-ply being 1/16NM,
two-ply2/16NM. I hope this does mean enough to you; there are some other
statistics which I also don’t understand.
>From a practical point of view, the Supreme is worsted spun and undyed, the
>range of colours (including black, grey and a dark brown) are what the sheep
>come in, and works up much finer than the ordinary dyed. Using the ordinary,
>I get a tension of 44st to 10 cm on 1.75mm needles, and use 108st for a sock
>for a small but perfectly-formed leg (mine). The Supreme, admittedly on 1.5mm
>needles to get a suitable fabric, requires 180st.
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