Sandnes Peer Gynt Yarn : Dark Grey 1053

Sandnes Peer Gynt - Dark Grey 1053

A classic dark grey that goes with absolutely everything 🩶

Sandnes Peer Gynt in Dark Grey 1053 is a deep grey melange with that wonderfully timeless quality that makes you want to cast on something substantial immediately. It's understated without being dull, and works beautifully as a main colour for jumpers, cardigans and jackets as well as a dependable shade for colourwork and stripes.

Peer Gynt is made from 100% Norwegian wool, giving it warmth, natural resilience and plenty of spring. It's a proper hardwearing yarn for garments you'll actually wear, with excellent stitch definition and good shape retention. Norwegian wool is durable, resists pilling and becomes softer with wear, making it particularly well suited to everyday knitting.

The dark grey melange gives this shade a little more depth than a flat grey, which makes it especially useful for textured knitting. Pair it with cream, natural and soft grey shades for a classic Nordic palette, or use it as the dark contrast in colourful stripes and Fair Isle-style colourwork. It's also rather good when you simply want a beautifully straightforward grey jumper that you'll wear constantly.

A proper wool yarn for proper everyday knitting

Peer Gynt has been a Sandnes classic since 1938 and is particularly well suited to sweaters, cardigans and larger garments where you want the finished knitting to keep its shape. Its structured, woolly character gives excellent stitch definition, making cables, ribs, texture and colourwork stand out beautifully.

Yarn details: 100% Norwegian wool; 50g ball; approximately 91m per ball; recommended needle size 3.5-4mm; tension 22 stitches = 10cm. Wash separately on a gentle wool programme and dry flat. Peer Gynt is not superwash treated.

Skill level: Beginner / Intermediate / Confident.

Whether you're knitting a classic grey jumper, a cosy cardigan or a colourwork project with a bit more going on, Sandnes Peer Gynt Dark Grey 1053 is one of those wonderfully useful colours that earns its place in your yarn cupboard. Dependable, versatile and very easy to live with - basically the little black dress of the knitting world, only grey.

Yarn Details

• 100% Norwegian Wool
• 50g ball
• 91 metres per ball
• Recommended needle size: 3.5 - 4mm
• Tension: 22 stitches x 30 rows = 10 x 10cm
• Hand wash recommended and dry flat