Add a touch of seasonal magic to your making with our hand-picked selection of festive blanket yarns.
Gathered from beautiful wool offcuts in the Yorkshire mills, these cosy, richly textured strips are perfect for winter crafting—think cheerful projects, comforting colours, and that unmistakable handmade warmth. Whether you’re whipping up gifts or treating yourself to a seasonal make, these special edition yarns bring a little Christmas cheer to every stitch.
About this product:
These beautiful blanket yarns are sold in balls of 250g and can be used for the traditional British techniques of rag rugging - shaggy (proggy), loopy (hooky) or short shaggy - as well as weaving, extreme knitting, twining, peg loom weaving... the list goes on. This blanket yarn is ideal for making long-lasting rugs, sophisticated cushions and much more.
It's always a lovely surprise to see what colours and patterns of blanket offcuts we get from the Yorkshire mills. It's honestly like Christmas when we visit!
Browse the specific yarns we have on offer and choose from the drop down list to select your balls.
Want to save 25% on the price? Check out our "Fully Wool Rug" Blanket Yarn Discount below.
Why blanket yarn is great:
100% Wool Blanket Yarn has fast become one of our favourite materials to rag rug with for a number of reasons:
1) It's 100% wool, so is not only super soft, but also excellent quality. It's an absolute pleasure to work with, and any rug or cushion made in blanket yarn will last for generations.
2) Blanket yarn comes pre-cut into strips, which saves on cutting time. We recommend cutting the strips in half for ease of use and to make them go further, but that takes considerably less time than breaking down any item of clothing into strips.
3) It looks gorgeous when rag rugged. The texture and depth of colour is just lovely. Don't believe us, check out our Blanket Yarn Inspiration Blog Post here.
4) It's sustainable. Our blanket yarn is made from offcuts from blanket production in Yorkshire, so you can rest assured that every ball you use is less wastage going to landfill.
5) It goes far. Blanket yarn is thick, which means that it covers the hessian much quicker than most fabrics. This means that you can rag rug further apart and your rag rug creation will be done in no time.
Find out more:
Intrigued by our blanket yarn? Don't forget to check out our Blanket Yarn Inspiration Blog Post to browse some of our blanket yarn creations and for tips on usage.
"Why eight?", you may ask. It takes eight 250g balls of blanket yarn to fully rag rug our 100 x 60cm medium rug hessian in the shaggy rag rug technique, so this will give you enough material to make a fully wool rug. And with eight balls, you could make two 100 x 60cm rug in the loopy technique of rag rugging! Eight just seemed to make sense.
Blanket Yarn "Lucky Dip Pack":
Don't want to commit to a full 250g of one colour? Check out our Blanket Yarn 1kg Lucky Dip Pack, which includes at least ten smaller balls of mixed plain and patterned blanket yarn. Same great quality, more variety!
