Barwick Green

£20.00

Barwick Green was composed by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood and is the iconic theme tune of “an everyday story of country folk”, otherwise known as The Archers. The Archers was first broadcast in 1951 and is the world’s longest running present day drama. In the 1950s and 60s the programme was recorded in a studio above a used car showroom on Broad Street, moving to Pebble Mill in 1971. When Pebble Mill closed in 2004, recording moved to the BBC’s new studios in the Mailbox, where it continues to be recorded.

Yarn:

Barwick Green was composed by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood and is the iconic theme tune of “an everyday story of country folk”, otherwise known as The Archers. The Archers was first broadcast in 1951 and is the world’s longest running present day drama. In the 1950s and 60s the programme was recorded in a studio above a used car showroom on Broad Street, moving to Pebble Mill in 1971. When Pebble Mill closed in 2004, recording moved to the BBC’s new studios in the Mailbox, where it continues to be recorded.

Yarn bases

100% Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply / sock 100g skeins (approx 350m)

100% Bluefaced Leicester double knit 100g skeins (approx 225m)

Our non superwash yarn is spun in Yorkshire from British fleece and hand dyed in small batches in Birmingham. Whilst colour consistency between batches is good, due to the dyeing process no two skeins will be identical and there may be slight colour variations between batches. It is therefore recommended that you buy enough yarn from the same batch to complete your projects and that you alternate skeins every other row.

Once you have completed your garment, it is recommended that you handwash your finished item in lukewarm water with your wool wash of choice and lay your washed garment flat to dry. Although the yarn is thoroughly rinsed after dyeing, some slight colour bleed may occur at first wash.

I photograph my yarn in natural daylight, however colour variations can occur between monitors.