Want to see our first sparkly yarn??!
This morning I was out in the pouring rain photographing the sparkly yarn I've dyed for Saturday's 7am update... obviously the yarn was kept under the garden brolly but myself & camera ended up stood just outside the edge of it. I had woollies (handknits, obvs) and a waterproof on, and ended up creating a rainhat for my camera out of parcel tape and a sandwich bag. As you do. Anyway, this all means that all of the yarn photos are now up in the Facebook event page for this update, so you can see that HERE. If you mark...
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New Milburn 4ply shades! (And a lecture; sorry!)
I thought I might introduce you to the new-new shades of Milburn 4ply which arrived yesterday. They’re HERE on the website firstly, and the 500g packs get a little discount so if you want a sweater quantity you’re best picking one of those and then getting any additional balls. Let me tell you a bit about the new colours – they bring the palette of Milburn shades up to 15, and they’re all really well matched from my samples that I sent to the dyer (who is based not far from here). I’ve added in another neutral shade so there...
Gallery: the new shades
Now that all five shades have been revealed (and thankyou for the lovely response) I thought it'd be helpful for you to see a gallery of them all together, which I hope will make choosing colour combinations easier Bear in mind that Milburn 4ply does also work well alongside Askham 4ply and hand dyed bases such as BFL Sock, Oakworth 4ply, and Titus 4ply. If you want to go and see and squish the yarn in person before buying, I would heartily encourage you to visit one of our lovely stockists.. Ewe & Ply in Shrewsbury have a delivery arriving...
The final (for now) new shade..
...is one that I hope will bring some cheer and zing. It's called Tea Rose and is a lovely soft apricot. Since today is the final day of new shade unveiling (for now! Ooh!) before I carry on here is the link to the Milburn 4ply on the ECY website: HERE. IT'S HERE. CLICK HERE FOR YARN. Moving on.. It's hard with pastel colours because they can look really insipid, and that's just horrible. So it felt quite risky sending off a carefully crafted sample skein of soft apricot and hoping that the dyer (the dyeing's done in Britain by...
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New colour number four is...
... very hard to describe, as it turns out. It's called Bramble, because of the pinky purpley shade you get on the edges of the leaves as they start to turn, rather than because of the fruit. And because looking at a picture of a bramble hedge, this colour stands out to me as pretty strong - it's from the foliage and the stems as they're a sort of pink/purple/brown shade. I'm sure some of you will know what I mean, and the rest of you will think I'm barking, but there we go. Either way, it's a pretty pink...
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