April 12th 2024 : The shop is now closed for a few weeks. I am still completing and dispatching orders as quickly as I can. If you would like an update on the progress of your order, please email me at carol@fellviewfibres.co.uk
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This is the third colourway based on the 'Underwater Aliens' Theme
The rolags are based on a hydrothermal vent with its associated ‘chemosynthetic based ecosystem’. Black smokers or hydrothermal vents were first discovered in the deep sea in the 1970’s. Here, at the sea bed, thousands of meters down, there is no light. This means that in most places, there is very little life (as 99% of life depends on energy from the sun – via photosynthesis – or eating photosynthetic life forms). At the hydrothermal vent’s scientists discovered teaming life, in temperatures many times that of boiling water. How?!
It transpired that single celled organisms such as algae and bacteria were chemosynthetic – this means that they were producing the energy they required for life from the chemicals (iron based and sulphur based) dissolved in the escaping water. It is now thought that this type of environment may have been the first steps in life on Earth.
These Chemosynthetic rolags are made of 21 micron merino and superfine (18.5 micron) merino in shades of grey and green.
The inspiration photograph was taken by NOAA
