macro~meadow – January
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Wandering through a meadow is one of my favourite things to do, and we've been lucky enough to live in and amongst meadows for the last twenty or so years. In Suffolk it's very easy to spend most of the time looking up at the huge skies its known for but this year I'm going to focus on exploring what's closer to hand/eye. I'm going to hunt down the amazing micro-palettes in the blades of grass, the berries, the fence posts and field gates, and create shades that show another aspect of the fields all around us. I'm going to be looking at the textures and detail up close but most of all, I'm hunting for fabulous colour combinations to inspire beautiful yarn!
Each month I'll use one photo to create two shades; one variegated ~flash~ shade and a complimentary/contrasting semi-solid. I'll be focussing on fingering/4ply weight yarn and often the two shades will be on the same base but occasionally I might take liberties and dye something fluffy!
January – We've had snow! The ground has been frozen solid underfoot on lots of my early morning dog walks, which is fabulous because we are well and truly in mud season here and the only thing that gives us respite from the wet legs and muddy feet is proper frozen ground.
I crouched by a frozen puddle at the meadow entrance while the dog pottered around breaking up the ice (and eating chunks of it!) and I spotted a crystalline oak leaf, frozen just beneath the surface. I've picked out all the shades of russet and golden-brown along with the shadows beneath the ice and the subtle lavender and indigo hues in the frozen puddle. Both dyed on pightle | fingering/4ply, you'll find ~ frozen oak ~ and ~ ice shadow ~ in the shop ready to ship, but as always if demand is there, I'll leave pre-orders open until Monday 26th and dye more batches to dispatch by Friday January 30th.
We use professional acid dyes with good light and wash fastness and do our best to exhaust every dye bath and reuse water wherever possible to reduce any further environmental impact. Occasionally a small amount of 'loose' dye may remain in the yarn after rinsing (most likely with deeply saturated shades) and we always recommend hand washing in very cool water and pre-washing your yarn separately if you are intending to mix light and dark shades in a single garment/project.
We recommend hand washing your finished projects in cool water to preserve the vibrancy of the dye and, as with all small-batch, hand-dyed yarn that doesn't have dye lots, we also recommend knitting alternate rows from two skeins when working on larger projects to avoid noticeable changes between skeins.