Craft enthusiasts and knitters alike will appreciate the unique charm of this Zebra Yarn. Handspun with care, this artisanal yarn is a testament to quality and creativity, featuring a striking chiroscuro pattern that adds a touch of wildness to any project. Every inch of it is made from 100% wool, ensuring warmth and durability for all your crafting needs. Ideal for a variety of projects, this fine/sport weight yarn is perfect for accessories like scarves, or decorative home comforts such as blankets and throws. I have no idea if it'd work for gloves– depends on how sensetive your skin is. The striped candy-cane in black and white look is so unique I've never seen anything like it to even know what to call it. Hopefuly, tht will make it it a standout addition to your yarn collection. Whether you're crocheting, knitting, weaving, committing crewelwork or macrame, or any other form of yarncraft, this yarn is sure to add a splash of intruige to your design. This is the by the ball listing. Listed price is for a relatively standard ball, 115 yards total. If you want intensely precise quantites of it, check out my Zebra by the yard page. White Masham and Welsh Black wool, plyed together, create a nice, striped black and white yarn I call "Zebra". Zebra is priced by material weight plus labor time. I'm not sure it'd be good to wear next to the skin, but it certinaly looks pretty as a scarf or shawl. This is sold in units by the yard. Talk to me before sale for more exact numbers. I strive to fill these orders with the precise amount you request. About the crafting: I begin by pulling the roving from the bag - that's a fancy term for spinnable wool- and set up at my Ashford Traveler wheel. After a few hours, there's quite a bit of single spin up nicely. But the work doesn't stop there - I then have to wind it off onto another bobbin and get ready for the next step. Plying. Plying is the process of finishing the yarn so that it will be hard to unravel, and so that it will not twist anything kit or woven out of it into spiral shapes. To ply this I set up the two bobbins - each with one color - on the Lazy Kate next to my feet, and feed the ends into the wheel once more, just like when I sit to spin. But now the wheel is turning the opposite way, so the energy built up in the fibers will hook the two singles together. The step between spinning and plying, wind-off, is critical. Yarn plied in reverse - which is to say, from the end I stopped spinning at - will misbehave more while plying, and as it's worked later. It may also have thick or thin spots. Wind-off is the process of transferring all that mass of yarn onto another bobbin, so that the end I began spinning it from will be the end on the outside; the one I feed into the wheel to begin the ply. In the process of winding off, over-energized spots relax and slack spots take up the extra, so the yarn is smoother all around. Once plying is completed, I transfer it into a skein, tie up that skein, and soak it in boiling water for ten minutes to set the twist in place. I then hang it somewhere and let it drip dry. A few days later, I wind it into a ball, measure the yards, and consider it ready for sale or use. A whole day can be spent doing nothing but this and pausing to eat. With my yarn, you know you’ve got something professionally made, with care in every step.