Featured Collections
Wandering Cable Scarf Pattern Yarn Kit (Scarf Only, Meribel yarn)
$52.00
The kit contains two balls of Meribel 70% Mink 30% cashmere 6 ply yarn DK...
Sand, 100% Cashmere, lace wt.
$26.00
This is among the finest Mongolian cashmere money can buy. It's soft, very light weight...
Pure White 100% Angora, bulky wt. 100 gram skeins, 109 yards
$38.00
Available in large 100 gram skeins. This yarn has not been dyed; it's the natural...
Sangria, 100% Yak, sport wt.
$34.00
100% Yak, sport wt. 100 grams, 218 yards, 200 meters, 6 sts per inch on...
Great Northern Yarns has a new name, MinkYarn.com
We developed our signature 70% Mink 30% Cashmere "Chamonix" yarn in 2008. Innovative design lives on with our amazing yak and camel yarns; spongy, soft and smooth, perfectly unique befitting our brand. Our cashmere is decadently luxurious and wonderfully affordable; and oh how we love our mink!
Mink fiber is exceedingly lightweight, warm and oh-so soft, yet possesses marvelous body and drape. Spun with cashmere it develops its signature whisper-soft halo – you'll want to pet your fabric! The minks are not...Read More
Recent Articles
The first thing I do when I receive freshly spun yarn is to send it out to testers for review. Here's what the first tester (an expert knitter, spinner, teacher and pattern designer) had to say about the new Chamonix....
Ahhhhh cashmere. There's something about it, I even like writing the word. I just restocked colors that had recently sold out and added a new bright white color, Star White. My lace weight cashmere has always been popular. My cashmere...
The Chamonix will be available in 3 colors: Natural, Jet Black and new Dark Purple. It's being plied now and should be ready in a few weeks. I had the fiber triple carded this time and it should be softer...
Chambery, our 90% Mink 10% Cashmere fingering wt. yarn was recently up-dated. This new version is made with shorter finer fibers. It's next-to-the-skin soft, has a soft delicate halo and is available in 7 colors as of this writing. The original version...
