At present, yarns come from the US, Britain and Canada. Bit by bit, I'm adding yarns made from small US farm wools. Some yarns are here for the long haul, others are limited editions.
Are natural dyes color fast and fade resistant?
There is an almost infinite number of natural dye sources but many are not light or wash fast. Flora Adora Fibers uses natural dyes that are known to have excellent to good light and wash fastness. Food grade mordants are used to bind dyes and permanently fix them to the fibers.
Both commercial and natural dyes will fade with extended exposure to strong light.
Washing yarns and finished projects in cool water with a pH neutral soap will further help maintain colors.
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Ive been on a purchasing kick this season, preparing for a long winter of wooly knitting. Ive begun knitting with a number of fibers from a number of brands and there are 2 that stand out as my absolute favorites, and this yarn is one of them. The yarn is rustic in the most perfect way. For me it is next to skin wearable, coily, springy, and textured in the hank, it did take some coercion to cake up, but once the yarn and I agreed that it would be a cake, its been smooth sailing. The yarn so far has been exceptional for colorwork - long floats will felt up nicely and stay secure, but its no so easily felted that the yarn catches on itself. The midnight orchid color did bleed at first and transfer to my skin, so I worried at first that I had made an error winding it without a pre-wash, but my gauge square with colorwork with pinky tan came out just fine - I used a dye catcher in case but it caught very little / no color. I used a dry dye catcher to squeeze the water out of the gauge square and that one did catch some color. I expect some skin staining when my mittens are done at first but I think itll be minor.
The yarn is a joy to work with, feels wonderful in the hand, and gives a phenomenal result. Couldnt be more pleased. I did find that for ribbing I needed to go to a 2mm needle - maybe even 1.75mm (held single). The band says this could knit up as a dk but in my experience with the 2 skeins I purchased its substantially smaller, even wet blocked.
Im just looking now for an excuse to purchase more!
M
Martha Bailey Belardo
So much texture ❤️
I received kind and thoughtful direction and consideration on my purchase and I am excited to think of Sharon and her process while I work up my project.
