Lavenham Blue 2025 Collection PRE ORDER
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Low shop stock, my computer may be wrong!
The Lavenham Blue Collection 2025 is NOW open for PRE ORDER.
A one of a kind collection of 130 hanks. Once it's gone, that's it until next year!
When dyeing with woad (indigo) you can get two types of outcomes.
A - Tonal Solid (Types 1 to 4)
B - Variegated (Type 5)
A is 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, then this PRE ORDER is perfect for you as this is when I'm dyeing the collection! So leave a 'note' in the checkout section with your preferred colours and I will dye your blue to order with pleasure!
If you want a mix, then please just leave a message. You can always say you want a FADE of 4 plus 2 Variegateds etc. Just let me know in the special NOTE section that will appear at checkout.
SHIPPING
Once the postcards and labels are printed I aim to launch and ship August.
What is the 2025 Collection?
It's 100% Ryeland LAMBSWOOL from farmer/Shepherdess Ros and her farm in Hadleigh, Suffolk, 20 minutes from my shop.
It is 4ply/fingering weight. 375m/410yd to a hank. Woollen spun.
The lambswool does have a big impact on the feel of this yarn. It is still a woolly, 'toothy' yarn. However, much softer than last years which was the ewe's from the same farm.
Want to find out more? Watch this little film I've made.
Where is the 2025 Flock from?
Want more info then watch the Woolpatch Show May where this little film is taken from. We talk about it in much more detail
The Woolpatch LIVE April and jump to 25mins to hear and see it!!
TRACEABILTY:
Farmer/Shepherdess: Ros on her Farm in Hadleigh, Suffolk (20mins from the shop)
Mill: Halifax Spinning Mill, Bridlington Yorkshire
Hand dyed with woad by me in Suffolk.
Yarn: Ryelands lambs fleece only.
A one of a kind collection of 130 hanks. Once it's gone, that's it until next year!
When dyeing with woad (indigo) you can get two types of outcomes.
A - Tonal Solid (Types 1 to 4)
B - Variegated (Type 5)
A is 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, then this PRE ORDER is perfect for you as this is when I'm dyeing the collection! So leave a 'note' in the checkout section with your preferred colours and I will dye your blue to order with pleasure!
If you want a mix, then please just leave a message. You can always say you want a FADE of 4 plus 2 Variegateds etc. Just let me know in the special NOTE section that will appear at checkout.
SHIPPING
Once the postcards and labels are printed I aim to launch and ship August.
What is the 2025 Collection?
It's 100% Ryeland LAMBSWOOL from farmer/Shepherdess Ros and her farm in Hadleigh, Suffolk, 20 minutes from my shop.
It is 4ply/fingering weight. 375m/410yd to a hank. Woollen spun.
The lambswool does have a big impact on the feel of this yarn. It is still a woolly, 'toothy' yarn. However, much softer than last years which was the ewe's from the same farm.
Want to find out more? Watch this little film I've made.
Where is the 2025 Flock from?
Want more info then watch the Woolpatch Show May where this little film is taken from. We talk about it in much more detail
The Woolpatch LIVE April and jump to 25mins to hear and see it!!
TRACEABILTY:
Farmer/Shepherdess: Ros on her Farm in Hadleigh, Suffolk (20mins from the shop)
Mill: Halifax Spinning Mill, Bridlington Yorkshire
Hand dyed with woad by me in Suffolk.
Yarn: Ryelands lambs fleece only.