Naturally Dyed Yarn





DYED using naturally foraged plants



WILD POKEBERRY SKEINS



Lace Weight
Approx 500 yards, 70g



The brilliance of the wild pokeberry is captured on these skeins of lace weight 100% Merino Wool. Slightly variegated as nature decided!


Includes two skeins in the bundle.



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Plum Skins, Bulky Merino



Bulky Weight
Approx 100 yards, 100g



The dark purple plum skins that drew me in also threw me a curve ball with the beige finish. Still beautiful! Dried with some texture of the skin debris and notable roughness. Would be better utilized in weaving than a next-to-skin garment.


Single Ply 100% Merino Wool



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AGED POKEBERRY, SMOKY LAVENDER BULKY



Bulky Weight
Approx 100 yards, 100g



The soft, handspun wool took the pokeberry deeply into it's fibres and dyed alongside the Mauve Bulky, for some reason, it decided it was going to become a smoky lavender variegated tone, and who am I to argue?


Single Ply 100% Soft Falklands Wool



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Aged Pokeberry, Mauve bulky



Bulky Weight
Approx 100 yards, 100g



The soft, handspun wool took the pokeberry dye beautifully and cured in the sun to fade into a mauve beauty.


Single Ply 100% Soft Falklands Wool



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AGED POKEBERRY, HEATHERED



Worsted Weight
Approx 247 yards, 100g



This cold-dyed pokeberry bath produced a heathered skein in the merino and silk blend. Grey tones underly a spectrum of purples.


63% Merino 37% Tussah Silk

Worsted Weight 247 yards / 100 g



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LUXE YARN, Wild Grape Leaves (Bulky)



Bulky Weight #5
92 yds / 100g 100% Wool



LUXE BASE YARN. This skein is dyed on my new luxury base yarn. This supple bulky weight has been spun and milled from a 4th generation family owned mill in the USA. Sourced from high quality wool, the fibers have been treated to be 100% superwash, and are bouncy with softness. The brilliant mustard green color came so effortlessly from naturally foraged wild grape leaves gently warmed over the stove.


100% Superwash Wool

Machine or hand wash in warm water, tumble dry low.



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Butterfly Pea Vine, Worsted



Worsted Weight
Approx 200 yards, 100g



The delightful tea sipping adventure with the butterfly pea vine resulted in this variegated blue/gray/green? skein. I want to try again to capture all the pigment, but this first skein is a beautiful testament of our adventure. Butterfly pea vine seeds are available if you'd like your garden to be graced as well!



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LUXE YARN, CANADIAN CHERRY (ARAN)



Aran Weight
187 yds / 100g



LUXE BASE YARN. This skein is dyed on my new luxury base yarn. This aran weight has been spun and milled from a 4th generation family owned mill in the USA. Sourced from high quality merino lambswool, garments made from this yarn will not shrink and promise integrity after years of machine washings and drying. The mauve color tone came from naturally foraged Canadian cherries (choke cherries!) using the heating method.


100% Superwash Merino Lambswool

(Machine Washable)



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LUXE YARN, CANADIAN CHERRY (WST)



Worsted Weight
248 yds / 100g



LUXE BASE YARN. This combination of natural fibers provides a yarn that is lightweight and lustrous. Equal percentages of fine Merino Wool and Chinese Tussah silk are joined to create a truly elegant yarn. Cheerful red Canadian cherries saturated this skein in a fall solar dye in the Montana sunshine. Three weeks of curing produced a natural variegation of cherry and silk.


50% Wool

50% Tussah Silk

(Handwash gently.)



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Yarn & Hook Pairing



2 Skeins Worsted Weight
248 yds / 100g (each)



Pair this 7mm rustic camphor tear drop hook with your favorite tones from nature. Sarsparilla root dye and purple cabbage dyed on a blend of Merino Wool and Tussah make a beautiful pairing.


- 7mm Camphor Rustic Year Drop Hook

-247 yards Sarsparilla Root Dyed Yarn

-247 yards Purple Cabbage Dyed Yarn



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DHALIA & BEAUTY BERRIES (FW)



Fingering Weight
415 yds/380 m / 100g



This dye bath surprised me. See those brightly colored berries, the American Beauty Berry? Those only gave a slight amber tone to this skein, so I added purple dahlias to the bath to enrich the color. Perhaps Beauty Berries perfer to be simmered? The next bath will tell!


Single Ply Superwash

70% Superwash Merino

30% Mulberry Silk



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1 Skein Pokeberry Variegated (SOLAR dyed) FW3



Fingering Weight
500yds / 380 m / 70g



Rich tones of fuchsia and deep purples run throughout this skein, elevated by light pink and rosy hues. Made from wild foraged pokeberries and sunshine.


Single Ply Superwash

70% Superwash Merino

30% Mulberry Silk





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1 Skein Pokeberry Variegated (SOLAR dyed) FW2



Fingering Weight
500 yds / 380 m / 70g



Deep purples with small highlights of navy blue make this skein one of my favorites! Contrasted with the light purples and variegations throughout this skein, it's truly one of a kind.


Single Ply Superwash

70% Superwash Merino

30% Mulberry Silk





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POKEBERRIES Heathered WW



Worsted Weight
247 yards / 100 g



This cold-dyed pokeberry bath produced a heathered skein in the merino and silk blend. Grey tones underly a spectrum of purples.


63% Merino

37% Tussah Silk





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Camellia, Pokeberry, and Roots (COLD DYED) WW



Worsted Weight
247 yards / 100 g



This colorful skein is a blended combination of dried camellia flowers, wild pokeberries, and freshly harvested sarsaparilla roots. I played with the variegations to get a naturally tonal skein and find the harmony of the different colors.


63% Merino

37% Tussah Silk





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2 SKEINS DRIED CAMELLIA PETALS



Fingering Weight
Total: 830 yds / 760 m / 200g



hen my friend's camellia bush became covered in perfectly dried flowers, I knew it was time for a dye bath. I thought the petals, saturated by the hot sun, would have some rosy hues hidden in them from their prime days of fresh blooms, but alas, the "dirty linen" look has it's own beauty.


Single ply Fingering Weight 70% Superwash

Merino 30%

Mulberry Silk (mulesing free)



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1 SKEIN POKEBERRY (solar DYED) (BLKY)



Bulky Weight
100 yards / 100 g



The soft, handspun wool took the pokeberry dye beautifully! I wanted to coax the fuchsia color from the berries and this solar dyed skein made a happy result!


Single Ply

100% Soft Falklands Wool






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1 Skein sarsparilla root (ARAN)



Aran Weight
177 yards / 100 g



I love the natural peach variegations the sarsparilla root produces and this aran skein is no exception. How does nature create such soothing tones? And this root also means that our great oak tree breathes easier and free.


4-ply

100% Superwash Merino Wool



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1 Skein SARSPARILLA ROOT (BLKY)



Bulky Weight
126 yards / 227 g



This bulky yarn shows the rusty color of the sarsparilla (green brier root) so well. Naturally peach and beautifully variegated.


100% Merino Wool





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1 Skein POKEBERRY STEMS



Fingering Weight
415 yds / 380 m / 100g



Using only the bright pink stems from the brilliant Pokeweed Bush, this fingering weight yarn simmered with them in harmony, produced a rosy yellow hue reminiscent of sweet summer.


Single Ply Superwash

70% Superwash Merino

30% Mulberry Silk


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POKEBERRies & Iron



Worsted Weight
247 yards / 100 g



Just goes to show you no two skeins are truly alike! This skein of worsted is also made from a heated bath of Pokeberries and oxidized with iron. A very distinctive green band runs through this peach and rust colored skein. Also, how is this one super snuggly soft?? But it is.


Warning: Heated pokeberry colors may change in the sunlight and over time.


63% Merino

37% Tussah Silk



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1 Skein Wild Dandelions



Fingering Weight
415 yds / 380 m / 100g



When I couldn't source enough dandelions for yarn, my dear internet friends came to the rescue and sent me enough blossoms to bathe two beauties (this one and the worsted sister skein). I couldn't be happier that their yellow color is the EXACT color of their poufy seed blossoms!


Single Ply Superwash

70% Superwash Merino

30% Mulberry Silk



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1 Skein Wild Dandelions



Worsted Weight
247 yards / 100 g



The color of Summer! This skein shared a bath with the fingering weight yarn and though the dye pot was a deep green color, the merino wool and silk picked up only the beautiful yellow tones that remind us of warm summer nights and the place where the fire flies glow.



63% Merino Wool

37% Tussah Silk



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1 Skein Purple Cabbage



Worsted Weight
247 yards / 100 g



This yarn went through several shades (blue, purple, green) before decided it was to be a light shade of pink. Enjoy the undertoned spectrum that makes this yarn what it is.


63% Merino Wool

37% Tussah Silk



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