New York Twilight #10

This was to be a straight Cochineal, a baby pink; it looked great in the bath until I pulled the skeins out and I saw they were dyed pink in some spots and not dyed at all in others.   No one would buy these  as they were, I was sure. The baby pink  I wanted would have to wait another week because these skeins had to be overdyed with indigo if there was to be any chance of selling them.

The Indigo blue parts of the skein are where the Cochineal did not take up well; the purple parts of the skein are where the Cochineal shows through the Indigo overdye. 

I showed this color in New York last weekend and did well with it; people were pleased and so was I.

This color was dyed in a limited edition of 48 skeins.

Each worsted skein weighs 2 ounces (50 grams) and it is 140 yards in length; the wool comes from our superfine Saxon Merino sheep and is hand-dyed with natural colors on the farm.  Expect 5-6.5 stitches per inch using US 5-8/3.75-5.25 mm needles.

Available from the Yarn Store.