Exquisite Orchid - Ombre Hand Spun Yarn
Exquisite Orchid - Ombre Hand Spun Yarn
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- Dk weight yarn, 2 ply, 10 WPI -> What's WPI? Click HERE
*Swatch pictured is knitted on Size 5 needles*
- 45% Hand Dyed Cormo Wool, 40% Super Soft Merino Wool, 15% Mulberry Silk.
- 7 skeins available - 2 at 98 yards, 1 at 100 yards, 2 at 103 yards, 1 at 110 yards, and 1 at 113 yards. Choose your length at checkout.
- This is a Gradient Skein: When worked up, each skein will start with Ballerina Pink, then move through Lavender, Magenta, Deep Purple, Baby Blue, Seafoam, and then finishes with Lime Green before moving back through the gradient and finishing the skein with Ballerina Pink again. The stripes of color are long and heathered, with lovely Mulberry Silk accents; which makes a delightful complexity of color depth in your finished project.
What Can I Make With This Yarn?
What Can I Make With This Yarn?
Each skein of my Hand Spun Yarn is enough to make a Beret or Fingerless mitts*. Two skeins are enough for a Hat, Gloves, or Cowl*. Three or more are enough for a Shawl, Scarf, or mixed with your favorite solid color yarn, a Sweater*!
Hand Spun is great for making Shawls, Gloves, Hats, Scarves, and Socks. My Hand spun works particularly well as the yoke of a color-work sweater, or in the Nightshift Shawl Pattern.
*This estimate is dependent upon the pattern you choose.
Fiber Content Properties
Fiber Content Properties
- The Cormo and Merino wools are beautifully soft, squishy, warm and moisture wicking.
- The Mulberry Silk adds durability to the blend, as well as a beautiful sheen, and a gorgeous drape.
This yarn will be a joy to work with, (and to wear!)
How Was This Yarn Made?
How Was This Yarn Made?
To create this Yarn:
- I spun up a beautiful Cormo Wool/ Mulberry Silk blend Hand Dyed by Inglenook Fibers.
- I then paired it with companion Rolags I made on my Blending Board combining 6 accent colors of Merino Wool with some extra Mulberry Silk for shine.
- I spun both up and plied them together, careful to maintain the gradient.
The finished yarn was inspired by the intricate colorplay of the Pink Phalaenopsis Orchid. The bright warm shades of the pink and purple petals, contrasted with the cool blues of the sky and greens of the foliage combines for one lovely palatte!
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