22nd April 2025
The shop is now on holiday until 19th May 2025. All current orders are being made up and dispatched as normal. If you have any queries, please contact me at
carol@fellviewfibres.co.uk
I made this blend for myself, with a specific aim in mind - my BIG puppy loves to play with his favourite teddy, which I love to, a deep brown with bright patches. I want to make myself a matching bear hat for cold walks - only I have a problem, at the moment I find it difficult to spin anything other than laceweight! So, I had two problems to overcome, how to get the pops of colour to represent the patches, and how to make it easier to spin thicker?
For the base colour I have used a blend of wonderfully bouncy Merino D'Arles with a little chestnut merino for colour and some Masham. I have added the Masham as the Merino D'Arles has a short staple length, and I wanted something with a longer staple length to make it easier to spin. These fibres and the batt preparation I hope will help me spin a nice chunky yarm - fingers crossed!
For the pops of colour I have used two different recycled sari silk 'blends' one blue and the other brown with some random colours added.
I have blended the batt three times to make certain that all of the fibres are very well mixed, so I do not get portions of my yarn with lots of colour and other areas without..
I hope that you enjoy this blend too. If you would prefer to have your 100g of this blend as two 50g batts, please just leave a note at checkout.
