The origin story of the Haunui Range starts in the South Island of New Zealand, on the Taranui farm. Since 1982, the family has been producing highly sought-after wool of the
highest caliber by carefully breeding a special flock of sheep featuring only natural coloured animals, mostly black, brown and grey.

HAUNUI, (pronounced Hoo-noo-ee and translated as “place of the winds,”) is a fusion of New Zealand Halfbred and Fine Romney stock, line-bred for generations to ensure the very highest quality. HAUNUI carries a micron count of 22-24. Each fleece is meticulously checked, tracked and graded to ensure the best selection of quality and color. Animal welfare is of chief importance here. The sheep are never mulesed. From New Zealand, the fleece is exported to NORO, in Japan, where it is lovingly carded and spun. With great respect for the wool’s natural qualities and as per Noro’s exacting standards,
fleece is never over processed.

According to Noro, “Natural fibers have great features that
humans can not mimic. I want to leave these features as much as possible in my yarns. These natural states are intentionally left by using human hands and old machinery so that natural fibers are not over processed. All of this is so knitters can feel nature more closely when knitting with Noro yarns.”

HAUNUI silk is available in five beautiful neutral colours in
very limited supply.