A Whiskerwool set is four mittens, hand-knit by Mara at her pine table in Loxton, finished with a soft rib cuff that will not snag on a whisker, on a wheel, on a sliver of cardboard. The mittens are packed in tissue, inside a small wooden box, with a paper slip naming the colour and the dye. Each set is made on its own; one set, one evening, sometimes two.
The wool comes from a single farm in the Karoo, where the sheep are kept warm so the fleece comes off plush, not coarse. Mara dyes it in small batches: chamomile for the pale gold, beetroot for the soft red, and walnut hull for the quiet brown. Four colours are offered, named the way old kitchen jars are named: marigold, rosehip, walnut, and hayfield. Each set is one colour throughout, all four mittens cut from the same batch so they match.
One size, knit to fit most pet hamsters from a dwarf to a full Syrian. The cuff stretches gently; the body is shaped to the paw. A measurement guide can be sent on request, but most hamsters fit a Whiskerwool mitten without one.
Whiskerwool is a small operation, with no cart and no checkout button. To order a set, please write to us at the address on the contact page, and we will tell you what to put in the envelope and where to send it.
