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Dye lot 05132025
This two toned variation is especially popular during our spring show season. These beautiful crocus like colors make a vibrant but wearable knit.
Indigo has been used by a variety of cultures across the world as their primary blue pigment. Its derived from a number of sources, including plants in the genus’ Persicaria, Indigofera and Isatis. Each of these plants produce different amount of the indigo pigment and can be grouped under the heading “indigo” or called by their specific common names, such as dyers knotweed, woad and natal indigo. You find examples of indigo dyed cloth from the Andes to the Indus.
Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) Its bugs! The dye is created from crushed insects, native to Mexico and South America. This insect lives on prickly pear plants and can create colors from this vibrant purple to deep reds.
This yarn is 100% hand spun wool. Our “Fen” line is a singly ply worsted weight yarn in 200 yard skeins (182y). For the in stock products, the pictures are always of the same dye lot that you skeins will come from.
Dye lot 05132025
This two toned variation is especially popular during our spring show season. These beautiful crocus like colors make a vibrant but wearable knit.
Indigo has been used by a variety of cultures across the world as their primary blue pigment. Its derived from a number of sources, including plants in the genus’ Persicaria, Indigofera and Isatis. Each of these plants produce different amount of the indigo pigment and can be grouped under the heading “indigo” or called by their specific common names, such as dyers knotweed, woad and natal indigo. You find examples of indigo dyed cloth from the Andes to the Indus.
Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) Its bugs! The dye is created from crushed insects, native to Mexico and South America. This insect lives on prickly pear plants and can create colors from this vibrant purple to deep reds.
This yarn is 100% hand spun wool. Our “Fen” line is a singly ply worsted weight yarn in 200 yard skeins (182y). For the in stock products, the pictures are always of the same dye lot that you skeins will come from.