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Mile High Merino

Mile High Merino is a collaboration between High Steaks Farming and 24 Mile Hollow Yarn Co producing ethically grown, single flock, 100% Australian made, superfine Merino yarn.

Our aim is to share the story of the land & flock and give people a connection to the fibre they wear.

 

Step inside Mile High Merino’s stall

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Hand dyed skeins in pink, green & brown lying on a wooden table with red gumblossoms
Flock of sheep standing on green-brown grass, with gumtrees in the background and a cloudy sky
Soft ocean blue-green yarns on a crumpled white background with wattle leaves
Long golden grass with sheep in the background
White yarn in a hank, skein and ball on a wooden background with yellow wattle blossoms
6 wool bales blanketed in a golden light hue with a dark background

Our flock consists of superfine merino sheep, which we have both bought and bred over the last 10 or so years.

They graze 2000 acres of native, perennial grasslands high in the hills of the NSW Northern Tablelands – fine wool growing country.

There is a large variety of superfine wool merinos and we have experimented with quite a few kinds, but we have now settled on a plain bodied (no wrinkles), soft skinned type which have proven to be hardier, more maternal ewes and don't require muleseing but are still able to grow good quality wool of between 15 and 17 microns.

It takes a lot of people, and a few handy sheepdogs, to turn wool into yarn. Once shorn, skirted, classed and baled the wool makes it’s way to Victoria for scouring and then milling. Then back up to New South Wales to be hand dyed or sold as natural coloured yarn.

We’re proud to be supporting boutique businesses in rural Australia to produce this beautiful, soft fibre.