Our 'year of skies' opened our eyes to the magical colour palette of sunrise, sunset, and all the bits in between and we just couldn't resist developing a permanent collection of shades that attempt to capture all its beauty and wonder!

The collection comprises shades/sets dyed on our favourite fingering weight/4ply yarn bases. Some are 'riffs' on our favourites from last year's limited-run shades, some are brand new skies that we didn't get the chance to explore last year, and who can resist the temptation to create a mini-skein set, or a glorious fade...

I searched my photo reel for inspiration and found plenty. You can see the images that influenced my shades on pinterest here.

The shades/sets that made the final collection embraces a palette of warm rosy pink, soft gold, inky blue, moody charcoal, violet, mauve, lavender, coral, cobalt, periwinkle, silver grey, and all the in-between shades that combining these creates. And I love them all!

miniPightle | fingering/4ply - 5 mini-skein set - sunset-spilled dreams

pightle | fingering/4ply - 3 x 50g set - as twilight softly landed

pightle | fingering/4ply - 100g - silver filtered rays : a brazen, burnished sky : leaning on the earth : blue shadows cast : to vanish in strange dreams 

cooms | sock - 100g - the music of light

furze | singles - 100g - where the spirit dwells

cade | singles - 100g - in a rose gold moment

pightle | fingering/4ply
weight: sock or 4ply
fibre: 100% superwash merino wool
needle size: 2.00 - 3.50mm depending on gauge required
metres: 400m per 100gm skein / 200,m per 50g skein
care: Hand wash in cool water using gentle wool detergent

minipightle | fingering/4ply
weight: sock or 4ply
fibre: 100% wool - superwash merino 
needle size: 2.00 - 3.50mm depending on gauge required
metres: 80m per 20g skein - 400m per set
care: Hand wash in cool water with gentle wool detergent

cooms | sock
weight: sock or 4ply
fibre: 75% wool - superwash extrafine merino, 25% nylon
needle size: 2.00 - 3.50mm depending on the gauge required
metres: 425m per 100gm skein 
care: Hand wash in cool water using gentle wool detergent

furze | singles
weight: sock or 4ply
fibre: 56% wool - superwash merino, 44% kid mohair
needle size: 2.00 - 3.50mm depending on gauge required
metres: 400m per 100gm skein
care: Hand wash in cool water using gentle wool detergent

cade | singles
weight: fingering/4ply
fibre: 90% superwash wool - merino, 10% linen
needle size: 2.25-3.50mm depending on gauge required
metres: 366m per 100g skein
care: hand wash in cool water with gentle wool detergent