Debbie Bliss is a prolific design studio of highest standards and quality. Debbie has 18 yarn lines and 31 design pattern books to use the yarns. Debbie also has two books of Noro yarn designs; so if you like our Noro yarns, look on the Web for Debbie's Noro books. We admire and applaud Debbie's sheer volume of production, as well as her quality!

We offer the Debbie Bliss Cashmerino mix yarns and her Cotton Aran Denim skeins.

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Baby Cashmerino is Debbie's luxury cashmere blend of 55% merino wool, 33% microfibre and 12% cashmere. She has two books baby designs, 23 patterns in all, just for this particular blend. The fiber mix is durable and soft and not at all scratchy on tender skin. As required for infant designs, the luxury cashmerino blend is machine wash and tumble dry.

Cashmerino Aran favors the Aran stitch designs, and you can knit this in a heavy worsted weight gauge. The cashmere of the blend gives you luxurious hand that is a pleasure to knit and to wear. Mixing in a little wool helps the knit fabric to drape and mold to the body as needed. All Debbie Bliss cashmerinos are machine washable and dryable.

Cashmerino Super Chunky knits up beautifully soft garments very quickly, almost too fast for your fingers to keep up with!

Cotton Denim Aran is Aran weight 100% Peruvian cotton in 3 denim shades that will add the relaxed country look to your projects.

The Aran lines are especially suited for Aran stitch designs and projects. Steeped in Irish history and fishermen's lore, the Aran stitches descend from the Isles of Aran in Galway Bay off the West coast of Ireland. The Aran fishermen first wove nets and ropes as tools of their trade 2,000 years ago, and then began knitting warm, heavy, water-repellent garments using local lanolin-rich wools.

The three basic Aran stitches had deep significance to these ancient druidic fisher folk.

• The honeycomb stitch signifies the hard work of the fishing life and shows the ocean spirits the wearer is willing to work hard to bring home the catch.
• The cable stitch is a plea for protection from the seas, a safety cable to keep the wearer from the chilling grasp of Galway Bay.
• The basket weave entreats the spirits for a plentiful catch, for full baskets of life-giving fish for their families and villages.