Lavenham Blue Mini 20g hanks
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This is a Type 2 Base
20g Hank
80% Merino 20% Nylon High Twist
74 metres approx per 20g hank
20g Hank
80% Merino 20% Nylon High Twist
74 metres approx per 20g hank
This is mini hank of Lavenham Blue wonderfulness! This uses a commercial Type 2 base
It's a 20g hank of superwash Merino and Nylon. I have then hand dyed this using woad (Isatis Tinctoria)
This base is spun with a high twist, so it will have stunning stitch definition and is super squishy soft. Perfect for socks and shawls and little new born makes.
Ordering online? Want a specfic shade of blue....read on.
When dyeing with woad (indigo) you can get two types of outcomes.
Tonal Solid (Types 1 to 4)
Variegated (Type 5)
The Tonal Solids are pretty much a solid colour of blue - there may be a few tonal shifts but the indigo is covering all the natural white. In places you may get the odd tonal shift in the blues, but pretty much its a solid one colour blue - see shades 1 through 4.
The shades of blue are always consistent and I would say there are 4 types of blue from woad on any dyeing day;
1. Dark Denim (rare)
2. Denim
3. Sky
4. Aqua (hints of turquoise/green)
Then we have
5. Variegated: This by design or accident! Think of these ones like your 80's tie dye shirts. I can use resists to protect the white so it doesn't all turn blue. This can be simply by folding it on itself, or using string, ribbon etc to protect the white from the blue. Or it can simply be by having fun with the TIME spent in the vat. So some of the yarn can be paler blue by having less time. Some can simply be accidents. I didn't 'massage' the yarn enough in the vat for full coverage, so the end result has 'blobs' of blue or bits of white under the ties etc. There will always be some of these.
IMPORTANT
If you would like a specific shade of blue as discussed above, all you have to do is leave a 'note' in the checkout section with your preferred colours
eg. 'I would like 3 of Tonal Solids type 2.' You can always say you want 4 minis that FADE and 2 Variegated etc. Just let me know in the NOTE section that will appear at checkout.
It's a 20g hank of superwash Merino and Nylon. I have then hand dyed this using woad (Isatis Tinctoria)
This base is spun with a high twist, so it will have stunning stitch definition and is super squishy soft. Perfect for socks and shawls and little new born makes.
Ordering online? Want a specfic shade of blue....read on.
When dyeing with woad (indigo) you can get two types of outcomes.
Tonal Solid (Types 1 to 4)
Variegated (Type 5)
The Tonal Solids are pretty much a solid colour of blue - there may be a few tonal shifts but the indigo is covering all the natural white. In places you may get the odd tonal shift in the blues, but pretty much its a solid one colour blue - see shades 1 through 4.
The shades of blue are always consistent and I would say there are 4 types of blue from woad on any dyeing day;
1. Dark Denim (rare)
2. Denim
3. Sky
4. Aqua (hints of turquoise/green)
Then we have
5. Variegated: This by design or accident! Think of these ones like your 80's tie dye shirts. I can use resists to protect the white so it doesn't all turn blue. This can be simply by folding it on itself, or using string, ribbon etc to protect the white from the blue. Or it can simply be by having fun with the TIME spent in the vat. So some of the yarn can be paler blue by having less time. Some can simply be accidents. I didn't 'massage' the yarn enough in the vat for full coverage, so the end result has 'blobs' of blue or bits of white under the ties etc. There will always be some of these.
IMPORTANT
If you would like a specific shade of blue as discussed above, all you have to do is leave a 'note' in the checkout section with your preferred colours
eg. 'I would like 3 of Tonal Solids type 2.' You can always say you want 4 minis that FADE and 2 Variegated etc. Just let me know in the NOTE section that will appear at checkout.