Pineywoods

Texas Creek Collection

Region: Pineywoods

Dk:  100% Superwash Bluefaced Leicester Wool - 246 yds/100 gr - 4 ply

Sock: 80% Superwash British Bluefaced Leicester Wool; 20% Nylon - Fingering - 399 yds per 100 gr - 2 ply 

The East Texas region is primarily a thick forest of pines, hence the name Pineywoods! This woodland is part of a larger forest that extends into Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The terrain is rolling with lower, wetter bottomlands that grow hardwood trees such as elm, mesquite and ash. This region is home to a variety of plants and animals that like woodlands and shorelines. Among them are: cottonmouth snakes, squirrels, rabbits and opossums. Swamps are common, particularly in the southern most area of the region which is called the “Big Thicket.”

The “Big Thicket” is ecologically different from the rest of the region. The land is mostly low-lying wetlands. An interesting and diverse mix of habitats has developed here. Plants and animals from both the east and the west live here. Cacti and roadrunners live near orchids and Cypress trees.