Yarn Specific Blog Posts

New colour number four is...

Posted: November 17, 2016

... 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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Aaaaand the third new colour is..

Posted: November 16, 2016

..this beautiful soft sandy gold: Autumn Fields. This came off the back of wanting a gold-ish shade, and being inspired by it going nicely against yesterday's colour. It's actually not that easy to photograph, I'm finding. But anyhow. The colour comes from my love of autumn really. Ok, before I say any more I have a confession: I'm fickle when it comes to seasons. I love them all, but get bored of them before they're over. Every year when a new season arrives I say "I LOVE [season]". BUT I still think that late autumn might be my favourite. There's...