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Baby Camel Wool Yarn - Dark Harbor Blue - Fingering

Baby Camel Wool Yarn - Dark Harbor Blue - Fingering

100% Baby Camel Wool | 100g / 430yds (393m)

Regular price $32.00 USD
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Exceptionally soft and warm, our Mongolian camel wool has a beautiful, flowing drape that's perfect for comfortable, luxurious knitwear.

Quantity

Fiber Content

100% Baby Camel Wool

Gauge and Yarn Specs

Fingering:

100g/3.52oz

393m/430yds

28 sts x 38 rows = 10cm

US 3 | 3.25mm

Shipping

Ships from Pittsburgh, PA, USA. All items produced 100% in Mongolia from 100% 

Mongolian raw materials, so it is marked and treated as Mongolian products for international shipping. Allow two weeks for international delivery, but usually less for Canada.

Care Instructions

For the initial wash, use a dish detergent and hot water to remove spinning oils. In depth directions and a video can be found on our washing instructions page.

For subsequent washings, hand wash gently in cool or lukewarm water using a mild wool wash. 

Rinse carefully, gently press out excess water, and lay flat to dry. Reshape while damp.

We recommend washing and drying a gauge swatch before beginning your project, as the yarn will soften and bloom substantially during finishing.

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Naturally warm, soft, and wonderfully comfortable, our 100% Mongolian camel wool brings something special to your knitting. Collected from the fine undercoat of Bactrian camels raised across Mongolia, this beautiful fiber is known for its warmth, light weight, and distinctive natural character.

Camel wool creates a soft, insulating fabric that's especially lovely for sweaters, scarves, shawls, and cozy accessories. Whether you're working with its beautiful natural shades or one of our dyed colors, it's a unique fiber that's a pleasure to knit and wear..

Herders to Home

Discover the people and processes behind our yarn.

Every skein of ULA+LIA yarn begins in the Mongolian countryside.

For generations, nomadic herding families have raised their animals across Mongolia's vast grasslands, deserts, and mountains. These animals produce some of the world's most remarkable natural fibers, adapted to the country's famously harsh climate.

We work with herding cooperatives and local producers to bring these fibers from Mongolia's countryside to knitters around the world.

From the collection of raw fiber to the finished skein of yarn, we're proud to share the people, places, and processes behind what we make.

Herders to Home.

Naturally Warm Mongolian Baby Camel Wool

Mongolia's Bactrian camels are remarkably well adapted to life in some of the country's most extreme environments. Their fine undercoat provides natural insulation through the coldest months of the year.

Our camel wool is exceptionally soft, warm, and lightweight, with a beautiful drape that gives knitted fabric a relaxed, flowing character.

It's an excellent choice for scarves, shawls, sweaters, and other garments where softness and movement are especially important.

Find Your Perfect Fiber

Every natural fiber has something special to offer. Some are softer, some have more drape, and some are better suited to everyday wear.

Use this guide to compare the characteristics of our four core Mongolian fibers and find the right yarn for your next project.

Cashmere

Exceptional Softness

Our softest fiber, beautifully light and warm with lovely drape. Perfect for sweaters, scarves, and accessories worn close to the skin.

closeup of newly born baby yak with mom

Yak Wool

Softness with Resilience

A wonderfully soft fiber that creates a dense, cozy fabric with excellent warmth, structure, and wear resistance.

Baby Camel Wool

Soft with Beautiful Drape

Exceptionally soft and warm, with flowing drape that's especially lovely for scarves, shawls, and relaxed garments.

Sheep Wool

Soft, Structured, and Durable

Specially dehaired for softness while retaining the structure and wear resistance that make wool so versatile.

The Difference After Washing 

Our yarns are sold with spinning oils still present from the manufacturing process. These oils help protect the fibers during production, but they also affect how the yarn looks and feels. Washing them out makes a substantial difference, allowing the fibers to relax, soften, and bloom into their finished state.

You have two options: wash the yarn before knitting or wait until your project is complete. Some knitters prefer to wash their yarn first so they can enjoy its full softness while working. Others prefer to leave the spinning oils in place until the end, as they provide additional protection and help the yarn withstand the wear and tear of knitting, particularly when a project involves a lot of ripping out and reknitting.

In fact, even our finest cashmere can hold up remarkably well through repeated frogging and reknitting while the spinning oils are still present.

Whichever method you prefer, washing is an essential part of bringing out the true character of our yarns. The difference in softness, fullness, and overall appearance can be dramatic.

We always recommend knitting and washing a gauge swatch before starting your project, especially for fitted garments, so you can see how the finished fabric will look and feel. Please see the indepth instructions and washing videos in our FAQ.

Here's the difference with one of our yak wool sweaters!

Pre/Post Washing

From Our Yarn to Finished Garments

We don't just produce yarn at ULA+LIA. We also use our own fibers to design and make a wide range of knitted clothing, from sweaters and cardigans to hats, scarves, and other accessories. These aren't just craft yarns! They are also made with industrial production in mind.

Working with everything from cashmere and yak to camel and our specially dehaired sheep wool, we create garments that showcase the unique qualities of each fiber. We also hand-dye many of our yarns, experimenting with different colors and combinations to create pieces that are uniquely our own.

Making clothing with our own yarn gives us firsthand experience with how each fiber knits, drapes, and feels when worn. It's also a great way to show you what's possible with the yarn you're buying.

Take a look at some of the pieces we've made below, or explore our Apparel Collection to see more finished garments made from the same Mongolian fibers we offer to knitters around the world.

  • Cashmere

  • Yak

  • Sheep

  • Camel

  • Easy Shipping Options

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  • Hassle-Free Exchanges

    Not happy with the color after all? Let us know and we can refund your purchase or swap it out for something you like.

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Lani
Beautiful color

As with all of their yarn, this particular gold yarn was exactly as pictured.

Thank you!

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Ashley
Stunning

Just finished a sweater in fingering natural camel and it’s gorgeous- beautiful drape, soft, warm. The yarn was a pleasure to work with and represents excellent value. I used other natural color yarns (yak, cashmere, camel) from Ula + Lia as well as some stash yarns in a similar gauge and they are magical together. Also made a couple of hats to test things out!

The sweater is beautiful, thank you for sharing Ashley! Happy to hear you liked working with everything!

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Rosemary
[updated] Camel yarn soft but…

I was very excited to try this yarn out! I got the two skeins as ordered. It arrived quickly and undamaged. Also, the skeins upon arrive were great. However, I noticed as I untwisted my skeins for I can wash them with the recommended steps on the label, I noticed the blonde yarn was noticeably different. It looks like it as too tightly wounded when spun. So, it has more kinks/twists and no matter how many times I shake or untwist this manually they come right back. In addition, it also affected how it washed. The strands did not expand and/or relax like the other DK skein. Thus impacting the overall feel and drape of the yarn. The brown one is super soft and drapes beautifully! I can’t wait to start working with it. I just wish my blonde one came the same way.

[Update]: The owner addressed the problem promptly and solved the issue with this skein. It ended up a small portion of the yarn was over spun and it wasn’t caught before shipment. He sent me a replacement one swiftly and this one was perfect! The new blonde skein acts and feels just like my initial tan skein and I am excited to use it in the future! I already have a pattern for it.

Sorry about that! Just an area of a skein that got over twisted. I was happy to hear the replacement skein is up to our usual standards!

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Dustytoes
Beautiful yarn

First time using this camel yarn, and knitting a hat. I love the natural sand color. The skein was easy to wind, and the yarn is really lovely. I would buy it again.

It looks great, thank you for sharing! Happy to hear you're enjoying the yarn and everything is knitting up well.

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Simcha Valeur
A dream to work with

I've bought both undyed baby camel yarn as well as moss green baby camel yarn, and my initial impression was that the undyed felt softer initially. After having washed and blocked them both, they're both extremely soft. A couple notes: the moss green seemed to have small bits of debris (seemed like fragments of straw, if I'm guessing), and regarding the directions to soak in hot soapy water, periodically gently swishing or squeezing, at 10-minute intervals until the water runs clear...I gave up on clear water after the eighth or ninth repetition. Not sure why this happened, but neither of these issues diminished my feelings about this yarn, I just may not try that many repetitions with the next project as it was a bit taxing on my body. Sad to see that the moss green color doesn't seem to be on offer next year, as it's my favorite. Thank you to Ula + Lia for making these exotic fibers available at such a reasonable cost. I've ordered twice now and I'm sure I'll be ordering more in the future.

Sorry to hear you had to wash it a bit more than expected! As for the debris, I think you're probably referencing the small amount of guardhair that's left in camel wool. It's not thicker to where it affects the softness, but it doesn't take the dye exactly the same. It's not noticeable in the undyed colors because it's all the same color, but you can see it in the dyed pieces. You mentioned straw, so I'm assuming it's the natural camel color. Camel (and yak wool) do tend to have a lot of organic matter in the wool when harvesting, but it's all removed in the washing and dehairing process. The shawl looks lovely, thank you for sharing!

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Leslee
Absolutely stunning color

I think the color is more marigold meets pumpkin. It’s a gorgeous rich tone and I’ve already bought more. It’s soft and silky feeling. I can’t wait to make a sweater out of it.

Glad to hear you like the color! It's been one of my favorites

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Robin Mayfield
Mittens and hat

Very soft and warm. Will order more next year.

wow they turned out great, thank you for sharing!

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Lori Parker
Heaven on my needles

This yarn is fabulous for stranded colorwork! It's soft, it's fluffy, the color is saturated and beautiful. The stitches fill in nicely and no strands show through. I'm making a tubular cowl, so will effectively have 4 layers of fiber, and it's going to be warm and wonderful!

(the other two colors are Deep Harbor Blue and Gold, also on baby camel)

I saw this on ravelry too, the colors look awesome together. Thank you for sharing!

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Christine Wheatcroft
Lovely color and very soft

I got the gold color in this Baby Camel yarn and it’s beautiful. I would call it Marigold or Turmeric as it is between yellow and orange. I started knitting a swatch and it’ll work perfectly with the two cashmere yarns. It’s super soft, I really enjoy this yarn! Be sure to wash it several times before using as it lost quite a lot of surplus dye which could bleed into your other colors if knitting a pattern.

Glad to hear you're happy with the yarn Christine, thank you for the tips about the washing.

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I.K.
Beautiful yarn

Basic oversized sweater (will be converted to long sleeves),with 1 lace and 1 fingering. Two lace would be nice too with this voluminous pattern. Breathable, after 2 washes with shampoo became slightly fluffy, which looks very nice. Pretty color too.
Switching to undyed yarn entirely.

Beautiful! I was so happy when we got the blonde camel for this year. Thank you for the review and picture!

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Inna Komarova
My cat loves it too

Made a sweater for my daughter (with an option of long sleeves) in a combination of fingering and lace. The thickness is about what I wanted.
Both fingering and lace are beautiful and fluffy after I washed the yarn before knitting and after. Laid it flat to dry.

My mom has a cashmere blanket that our cat loves as well. They must have a thing for soft natural fibers. Thank you for the review!

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Bri Petroski
Wonderful

Gorgeous color. What a beautiful job.

Thank you for the review Bri! I hope you enjoy knitting it up.

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Anonymous
Baby Camel Wool Yarn - Dark Harbor Blue - Fingering

Color is exactly as pictured. I have not yet worked this up, but I did make a small search and it feels exceptional on the skin when it blooms. Excited to keep going.

Thank you for sharing your experience! We're delighted to hear you love the color and feel of the yarn. Can't wait to see what you create with it!

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MARIA

Great soft yarn!

Thank you!

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Regina Rioux
Beautiful Yarn

Such lovely yarn! Shipped quickly. I will definitely be purchasing more!

Happy to hear it got to you fast and are enjoying the yarn, thank you!

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Sarah

❤️ love it!

Thank you!

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Merit Qviste

So soft

Glad you like it, thank you for the review!

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Lisa

Baby Camel Wool Yarn - Natural Blonde Tan - Fingering

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Alice
Wonderful yarn!

This is an a very lovely light, warm brown color. I haven't had a chance to wind a cake yet but just holding the yarn in the skein I can tell it is very soft. The shipping was very fast and I got excellent communication on the progress off the project. I am very happy and I'm looking forward to ordering for next year. I'm planning on using the yarn for a crocheted shawl, when I have something to show I will post a picture

Thank you Alice, glad you like it. I look forward to seeing the project!

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FortuneKnit
Baby Camel yarn

Very soft and light weight, can't wait to find the perfect pattern for this beautiful yarn!

Finding patters is always the hardest part. I hope the search was fruitful!

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Linda McNair-Felton
Beautiful Yarn!

This yarn is soft and the color is fabulous. It will make a great wrap/shawl. It arrives quickly.

Thank you Linda, I hope you enjoy the project!

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Patricia Fitnich
Beautiful lace yarn!

I love baby camel! It works up with such nice stitch definition and that subtle halo. The moss color is just lovely. This is going to be a beautiful shawl!

That's great to hear, enjoy knitting up your shawl!