Monthly Archives: May 2015

May30

Over the Rainbow

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Over the Rainbow

Background:

My first sequined yarn, and still one of my favourite skeins. I love the combination of simplicity and impact.

Story:

Picture a world we can’t see

Above the clouds,

Falkland-soft cumulus

With mischievous characters leaving gem-trails in their wake.

Metallic rainbow drops

Catching the sun beams,

Glinting like jewels.

A place entirely of imagination.

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Information:

Title: Over the Rainbow

Composition: Organic Falkland, Sequins, Polyamide thread.

Weight: 91g / 10 WPI / worsted weight

Length: 124m / 136yd approx.

Care: Hand wash only. Dry flat.

Details:

Date: April 2015

Skein code: 0028

Fibre: Organic Falkland Tops

Source: Wingham Wool Work

Status: Sold

May28

Storm Breaks

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Storm Breaks

Background:

I wanted to combine two ideas in this skein. One single was spun from bright, mostly primary, rainbow colors. The second single was spun from a black-to-pale grey ombre, which I had created with the help of my drum carder:

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The intention was to create a light-to-dark contrast rainbow working across the entire skein.

Story:

Storm breaks. Can you see? Is it coming in or out? Rainbow peeks through. Fading in, or fading away? Beautiful, bright colours declare that though rain may fall and clouds may sail the sky, sun still shines.

Storms blow across the landscape of life. Few of us follow a smooth path. Change is a constant. Challenges rise up, and we grow so that we may get over them. But behind the storm follows the rainbow.

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Information:

Title: Storm Breaks

Composition: 100% merino

Weight: 97g & 83g / 12 WPI /DK

Length: 263m / 288yd & 214m / 234yd approx.

Care: Hand wash only. Dry flat.

Details:

Date: April 2015

Skein code: 0020

Fibre: 21 micron 70s quality merino

Source: Wingham Wool Work

Status: Sold

May28

Elsa

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Elsa

Background:

A spinning commission of banana silk and wool dyed by a talented indie dyer in the colours of ‘Elsa’.

Story:

You know those mornings when you wake and you instantly know?

You know before you draw the curtains, before you even really open your eyes.

There’s a strange light quality.

A light that means no other possibility, but snow.

Some spatterings, some deep drifts, all altering the familiar contours.

The snow-covered landscape is new, is strange, is constantly changing

And we rush to explore it with childlike glee.

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Information:

Title: Elsa

Composition: 67% Banana 34% Bluefaced Leicester

Weight: 100g /14 WPI /DK

Length: 166m / 182yd approx.

Care: Hand wash only. Dry flat.

Details:

Date: May 2015

Skein code: 0017

Fibre: Banana silk & Handdyed BFL

Source: Wingham Wool Work & Truly Hooked, respectively

Status: Sold

May12

Glorious Technicolor

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Glorious Technicolor

Background:

Chunky singles yarn.

Story:

Sometimes you look at colours, or their combinations, and think

That doesn’t exist in nature!

As if nature is limited to the greens and blue of a summer field.

Then you look through a microscope and see that sand grains look like the contents of a treasure chest. Or at a picture from the space telescope and see what the universe is capable of.

And realise – Nature isn’t limited.

It gives us everything.

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Information:

Title: Glorious Technicolor

Composition: 100% Merino

Weight: 100g / 9WPI average / Worsted Thick & Thin

Length: 146m / 160yd approx

Care: Hand wash only. Dry flat.

Details:

Date: April 2015

Skein code: 0004

Fibre: 21 micron merino

Source: Wingham Wool Work, Yorkshire Range: Fangfoss

Status: Sold