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Yarn #4 – Butterfly Weed

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Now we’re cookin’ with gas. This yarn is – you guessed it – Knitpicks Bare, but the fiber content is different. This is 70% wool, 30% silk fingering weight yarn, handdyed with acid dyes using cold pour method. This marks the first steps in exploring creating a Jayne hat colorway.


butterflyweed spread
The shot to the left is the yarn, loose, spread so you can see the long color repeats. I pulled out a bit to show that the dye doesn’t completely saturate. I’ll want to mix a stronger orange if I want it to really pop, but I’m not sure I do want it to really pop.

The colors remind me of butterfly weed flowers. I’m thinking of putting one of these at the corner of the house, assuming it ever stops raining and/or our yard guy ever shows back up.

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4 responses to “Yarn #4 – Butterfly Weed”

  1. naiad_kitty Avatar
    naiad_kitty

    These are all gorgeous! But Jayne Hat colorway?! Like, just a random colorway, or would you go to all the crazy trouble of measuring out bits? Because. Wow, that would be both insane and amazing.

  2. naiad_kitty Avatar
    naiad_kitty

    These are all gorgeous! But Jayne Hat colorway?! Like, just a random colorway, or would you go to all the crazy trouble of measuring out bits? Because. Wow, that would be both insane and amazing.

  3. cardamom_23 Avatar
    cardamom_23

    I like the way that particular fiber mix takes up color! But I’m wondering what the practical use is. I would think socks with that much silk would be kind of uncomfortable. I guess it might make pretty sweaters or whatever but you’d need more than a hank. I have NO IDEA what to do with the weird violet and “olive” hank I dyed last weekend!

  4. cardamom_23 Avatar
    cardamom_23

    I like the way that particular fiber mix takes up color! But I’m wondering what the practical use is. I would think socks with that much silk would be kind of uncomfortable. I guess it might make pretty sweaters or whatever but you’d need more than a hank. I have NO IDEA what to do with the weird violet and “olive” hank I dyed last weekend!

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