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Urban Mirage - Hand Spun Yarn

Urban Mirage - Hand Spun Yarn

Regular price $25.00 USD
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Β - Worsted weight, 2 ply, 11 WPI -> What's WPI? Click HERE

*Swatch pictured is knitted on Size 5 needles*

Β - 75% Super Soft, Hand Dyed Merino Wool, 25% Bamboo (a silky plant fiber)

- 8 skeins available:Β  4 at 115 yards (44-55g), and 4 at 120 yards (46-55g). Choose your length at checkout.

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- This is a One of a Kind, Variegated Hand-spun yarn created by me with great love and attention to detail on my Louet S15 spinning wheel.

- When worked up, each skein will self stripe through varying shades of Royal Blue, Yellow, Bright pink, Maroon, Purple, Teal, and Bluish Grey, with gorgeous shiny Bamboo accents. The stripes of color are a medium length, and are very heathered which makes a delightful complexity of color depth in your finished project.Β 
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- This yarn is perfect for adding excitement to your own unique crocheting, weaving or knitting creations!Β 

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

  • The Merino Wool is beautifully warm, soft and moisture wicking.
  • The Bamboo, a silky plant fiber, adds durability, a lovely shine, and a gorgeous drape.

This yarn will be a joy to work with, (and to wear!)

How Was This Yarn Made?

To create this Yarn:

  • I started with 5 braids of different colored Merino Wool, hand dyed by Malabrigo.
  • I then made batts on my drum carder, blending each color with some white merino and some bamboo for shine.
  • I broke each batt up into small pieces and spun everything in a specific order to create a complex, heathered self striping yarn.

The finished yarn was inspired by the bright colors of the urban jungle on a hot summer day.

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