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Note from Sundara...I've done a couple of these DK silky merino three-color gradient sets for the "Billow" shawl by Lisa Mutch (go look, I'll wait), and I was doing what I like to call "dicking around on Ravelry" instead of doing what I should have been doing and actually knitting, when I realized I, too, wanted to knit myself a Billow shawl.
So, I dyed us a three-color DK silky merino gradient in my personal favorite colors, pink and yellow. And I used the Peace rose as inspiration because the Peace rose is my most favorite rose of all time. Isn't it pretty? And isn't this pretty yarn? So pink! So lemony-buttery yellow. And the pinky-yellow skein is like some sort of delicious strawberry lemonade color. Or you know, like a Peace rose. So if you, too, would like to knit yourself a Peace rose inspired Billow shawl, now you can. It'll be gorgeous. (I know this because I already cast on for mine and it's super pretty.)
"The Peace Rose" extra fine DK silky merino gradient set will not be dyed again. Updated: 2 sets left. Each set contains one skein of each color.
Extra Fine DK Silky Merino is 246 yards and 100 grams of 75% super wash merino and 25% mulberry silk.
5.5 stitches per inch on US 6/4mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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Note from Sundara...You know when you think about "wool yarn?" It turns out Polwarth is the type of yarn I'd expect. It's absolutely lovely, in a wooly sheep sort of way. It's another one of my "let's try this yarn even though I'm not totally sure I would want to wear it on my neck" experiments because I feel like I need to branch out in my dyeing. And everybody likes new things.
It takes color absolutely gorgeously. Seriously. It just soaks up the dye and glows with color. It's actually pretty smooth and not nearly as scratchy as I was expecting. I'd probably wear it if I had something on underneath, and that is saying something. It's solid and tough and durable, with excellent stitch definition. And those are all some pretty great things. So, I think we have a winner.
"The Frozen Sea" will not be dyed again.
Fingering Polwarth is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash New Zealand Polwarth.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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$28.00
Note from Sundara...I have never dyed any wool other than merino because, well, I'm super sensitive and I usually only dye yarn that I can tolerate wrapped around my neck. But I realized I can't tolerate mohair and I love dyeing that and so why haven't I tried other wools? Just because I find them scratchy doesn't mean I should keep other people from enjoying them if they so choose, right? So I thought I'd try out some Bluefaced Leicester and see what we think.
Pros: It is very lofty and it takes dye very well. They skeins dye up differently than the 100% merino skeins, in that the wool just soaks up the dye like nobody's business. So that's fun. And it is a "lustre" wool, so the sheen is very, very lovely. And, I'm told it is low-pilling and hard-wearing.
Cons: it does smell like sheep. (Note: when it is wet. It’s fine when it is dry) And while the staple length is long and so it spins up "smooth", I still find it to be scratchy. Your mileage may vary. I am a delicate flower who finds some of those new fluffy fleece blankets to be "too soft," so you might want to ignore my textural concerns.
So if you decide to get some, let me know what you think. If you all like it, I'll keep dyeing it. Even if it does smell like sheep.
"Dewdrop" will not be dyed again. Updated: 1 skein left.
Fingering BFL is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% British Superwash Bluefaced Leicester wool.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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$29.00
Note from Sundara...All I could hear when I was working on this yarn was Van Morrison singing "I wanna rock your gypsy soul." I have no idea why. I would have called this yarn simply "Into the Mystic" but I used that name just a few months ago. Apparently, Van Morrison has infiltrated my yarn dyeing. But there is a boat and we are floating into the mystic of of blue and yellow. And our gypsy souls are being rocked because there is no greater color combination than yellow and blue.
Okay, that's hyperbole because there are lots of amazing color combinations, but today there is no greater color combination that blue and yellow. These colors are bright and brilliant and amazing. Even the blues, in their darker, more mysterious bits, are bright and brilliant and amazing. It doesn't matter if you use them together or not together, although I vote for together. They will rock your gypsy soul.
"Float into the Mystic" will not be dyed again. Half a batch each of the silky yak and lace silky merino, one full batch of the silver sparkle.
Extra Fine Lace Silky Merino is 875 yards and 100 grams of 75% super wash merino and 25% mulberry silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
Fingering Silky Yak is 219 yards and 50 grams of 50% baby yak and 50% mulberry silk.
7 stitches and 9 rows per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
Silver Sparkle Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 80% super wash merino, 15% nylon, and 5% silver stellina.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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Note from Sundara...Senja is an island in Norway that is apparently a great place to go see the Northern Lights. I thought this photo was way more interesting, color-wise, than the Northern Lights. So much variation in what is basically blue-grey! It's a yarn-dyers dream.
What's fascinating about these colors is #1 (darkest on the left) is that it looks purple if you hold it up next to #2 (the medium and middle skein), but when you have it on it's own, it looks very deep blue-grey. And I am using "purple" in the loosest sense of the word. It's barely purple. It's like a navy-grey with a wash of purple over it. It's really lovely. Even more so when you have it in the set, as this really would make the most loveliest fade project. I should also note that #3 (lightest on the right) has a few speckles of that "purple" sprinkled through it. Just a few, but they are there and it ties the three colors together quite nicely, if I do say so myself.
"Senja, Norway" will not be dyed again. Updated: half a batch of each color left.
Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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$27.00
Note from Sundara...I am feeling somewhat desperate for spring. I am so over winter. And yet, we are having another cold, icy week going on. It even snowed twice already. I have a cherry tree outside my office window and I keep silently begging it to bloom. Because to me, cherry blossoms, even more than daffodils, are the first sign of spring. It can still snow after daffodils, but once those cherry blossoms are out, spring has sprung. So I thought I would try to will spring into existence by dyeing cherry blossom inspired yarn.
This is the most delicate, pale, lovely, prettiest of pink. Whenever I dye mohair, inevitably the alpaca people ask me to dye the color on the alpaca and whenever I dye alpaca, the mohair people ask me the same. So I thought I'd make everybody happy and dye both yarns the same color today. There is no deciding which is better. The alpaca is fluffier, but the mohair has a shinier silk core, so they both have something special going for them. Which one you pick depends on whether you are an alpaca person or a mohair person. If you are both, I don't know what to tell you. I can't pick. They are both delightful and full of spring.
"Sakura" will not be dyed again. Updated: a little less than 1 batch of the mohair left.
Lace Silky Mohair is 460 yards and 50 grams of 70% ultra-fine kid mohair and 30% silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
Lace Silky Alpaca is 328 yards and 50 grams of 75% brushed baby suri alpaca and 25% mulberry silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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Note from Sundara...Today we have a lesson in what happens when you dye yarn and one of your pots has hotter water than the other two pots. Since many of you are still buying this yarn base for sweaters, I wanted to dye a color that would be flattering when worn in a sweater-sized amount next to your face. I think these berry tones are particularly lovely on a lot of skin tones, so I planned to dye all three of today's batches the same color. To maximize sweater-quantities.
In the trio photo, the far left and middle skein are what we are calling #1, which is also the more "solid" looking skein in the single skein photos. It's basically more solid and it's a cooler, more blue-toned color. But, then we have the far right skein, #2 and the more orange-red variegated skein in the single skein photos, which was dyed EXACTLY the same as #1, but with hotter water in the dye pot. The result being not only is the yarn way more highly variegated (which I knew would happen) but the color is totally different (which I really didn't think would happen). And by totally different, I mean if you are obsessed with color like I am. If you are someone like my father, you won't even notice the difference. You would definitely notice if you were trying to knit the two colors up in the same project. Hence, I'm calling them #1 and #2. And letting you choose which one you want. But they are both very pretty because they have those berry hues that can be very flattering to a lot of people's skin. Or you know, make you look pretty.
"Blackberry Sorbet" will not be dyed again. Updated: one batch of #1 and half batch of #2 left.
Fingering Baby Alpaca is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% baby alpaca.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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Note from Sundara...Back late last year, one of you lovely customers had a box of yarn go missing. This customer was upset, not just because of all that missing yarn, but because she was particularly looking forward to her "The Grass is Always Greener" yarn. Can we blame her? No. Because missing fluffy green yarn is something to get upset about.
This was one of those colors that I didn't write down how I dyed it, so I wasn't sure I could dye it again. It took me until now to try again. Of course, I didn't realize until I had this yarn half-way dyed that the original was lace silky alpaca and not mohair. Oops. My bad.
But I think this may be serendipitous because I don't remember the original alpaca taking such a shiny turquoise hue in the silk core as this mohair did. And it's stunning. It's a bright, shiny turquoise set off with all sorts of different shades of green fluff. It's like the original, only better. And the original was pretty fantastic. So hopefully this will make up my lovely customer's for the missing green alpaca. And the rest of you can get some green fluff as well. If you didn't get some the first time. Or did and now want some in mohair. Because you really can't have too much fluffy green yarn.
"The Grass is Always Greener" lace silky mohair will not be dyed again.
Lace Silky Mohair is 460 yards and 50 grams of 70% ultra-fine kid mohair and 30% silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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Note from Sundara...I very nearly didn't name this Red Hot Poker because none of this yarn is red, but it is the name of this flower and it is a great name. Isn't it? Great name. Great flower. And even better yarn.
You all are probably excited about the yak because you all can't get enough of the yarn, but I'm excited about #2, the yellow lace silky alpaca. Most of you are probably thinking "Good Lord, that is some yellow yarn." And maybe not in a good way. But it is yellow in a good way. The thing with the lace silky alpaca is that when you knit it up, the color diffuses almost exponentially. So if you want even a basically bright color out of it, you need the color to look almost garish in the skein. So when this knits up, it will be the most gorgeous yellow with hints of saffron and marigold. It's a yellow-lovers dream.
#3, the fingering silky yak, is also a yellow-lovers dream, but also a coral-lovers dream. This is all fiery sunset colors and I'm loathe to let you all have these skeins because it's so pretty and these are the colors I like to wear. But I will. I will let you have the entire batch because yarn dyers can't hoard all the yarn.
#1, the blue lace silky alpaca is a deep, rich, super saturated blue, that, like #2, will hold its color when knit up. Or at least most of it. It's going to diffuse because all lace yarn diffuses some of its color, but it will still be a very elegant deep blue.
"Red Hot Poker" will not be dyed again. Updated: 1 skein of the blue alpaca and 3 skeins of the yak left.
Lace Silky Alpaca is 328 yards and 50 grams of 75% brushed baby suri alpaca and 25% mulberry silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
Fingering Silky Yak is 219 yards and 50 grams of 50% baby yak and 50% mulberry silk.
7 stitches and 9 rows per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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