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The mystery is that I don't know what the yarn is. It was given to me years ago, and I finally decided to make some socks out of it!
Fiber: 100% Superwash Merino Wool
Yardage: 191 yds
Skein Weight: 50 g / 1.8 oz
Yarn Weight: Fingering
Recommended Gauge: 3 sts/cm or 7.5 sts/inch
Recommended Needle Size: 2.75 mm / 2 (US)
Intended Project: Socks from Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch
hand spun and hand dyed with natural dyes only! Flowers, bark, nutshells, indigo, kurkuma, onion, elderberry etc.
I'm normally a great respecter of people's right to privacy - but when the lady stall holder remonstrated with me for taking a shot of her wool, I felt as though a line had been crossed. So I'm posting the shot on here in the hope that I will get on her nerves all over again.
Porteau Cove, British Columbia.
Composite image of burning steel wool in foreground with night sky background- Created using StarStax software.
These colors along with the sparkles is how I would imagine the deep sea would look like...if there were light down there (from like...a civilitation of Mermaids or something rather...LOL). This is hand-spun, hand-dyed, drum carder blended, shetland wool that has been Navajo plied. I don't really care for the navajo plying because it tends to coil around where the loops join with the rest of the plies. Anyone else have that problem or even a solution to that problem? I hate the way it looks because it looks sloppy to me. I like nice, even yarns. This came out about worsted weight. Perfect!
Side view of Dulan hat. Made from pattern www.flickr.com/photos/kayleenknits/310046347/. Very easy and my first bit of knitting on circulars.
Completed 24 June 07
19 skeins, various colors, enough for Sweater in Blue Tones, which will be Short Sweater in Grey Tones with Red and Black Bits.