Banbha Donegal Tweed: Irish heritage, everyday luxury
Discover Banbha at Folklore Yarns, a luxurious sport-weight Donegal tweed that brings a little of Ireland into your handmade wardrobe. Spun by Donegal Yarns at their Kilcar mill on the Wild Atlantic Way, Banbha combines 80% merino, 10% cashmere and 10% mulberry silk. For knitters and crocheters in the United States, Canada and across Europe who love Irish yarn, it offers a beautiful connection to the place where it is made.
A special blend, a pleasure in every stitch
Banbha brings together the softness of merino and cashmere with mulberry silk in a characterful tweed. Its sport weight offers possibilities for finely detailed garments and accessories, from textured pullovers to colourwork cowls. With approximately 300 metres per 100g, or 328 yards per 3.5oz, it is a lovely choice when you want the personality of Donegal tweed in a finer yarn. Choose your colours, enjoy the making and create something special enough to treasure but far too lovely to save only for best.
From Ireland’s Atlantic coast to your next cast-on
Named for a patron goddess of Ireland, Banbha celebrates a connection between landscape, storytelling and textile craft. Whether you have Irish roots, memories of travelling along the coast or simply a love of yarn with a story, this is a way to make that connection your own. Let a favourite shade become a comforting cowl, a distinctive vest or a jumper you reach for season after season.
Discover designs created for Banbha
See the yarn’s possibilities in patterns by Irish designer AilbÃona McLochlainn. Explore the Guilloche Lite Jumper, the botanical colourwork of Fiúise or the playful mosaic pattern of the Zigma Sweater-Vest. Our kits pair Banbha with a digital pattern and yarn quantities for your selected size or option, helping you plan a coordinated project. For a smaller introduction to the range, Ann Tucker’s Atlantic Cowl Kit combines Banbha with a slipped-stitch design that brings contrasting colours together beautifully.
Explore colour with Banbha mini sets
Enjoy putting shades side by side with our Banbha Mini Sets, each containing six 20g mini skeins. Discover combinations such as Rainbow, Winter’s Day and Hearthside, whether you’re planning colourwork, adding contrasting details or choosing a gift for a yarn-loving friend. For larger projects, Banbha is sold in multiples of 50g, allowing you to order in smaller increments to suit your pattern’s requirements.
Choose Banbha at Folklore Yarns
Find Banbha yarn, colour-coordinated mini sets and dedicated project kits together at Folklore Yarns in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Our collection lets you explore the yarn alongside designs that show what it can become, with fibre details, meterage and project requirements to help you choose. Wherever your inspiration begins, bring genuine Donegal tweed, luxurious fibres and your own creativity together in your next handmade piece.
