A yarn dyeing collaboration with local dyer Teresa Etim of Kissi using a locally sourced Ryeland Wool/Alpaca blend yarn from Emborough Farm.
This limited edition batch is dyed by Teresa Etim of Kissi yarns who is based just up the road in the appropriately named village of Woolverton.
I asked Teresa to dye the yarns inspired by the colours of the lighting in the nearby Wookey Hole caves (as photographed by my daughter on a school trip) and the stunning results are these beautiful, bright shades.
We only have 1 single skein of each shade in this very limited edition run. Although every skein is unique, they all work beautifully together.
Emborough Farm is about 15 miles from Frome, and the yarn is spun in the South West. Their Ryeland sheep and alpacas live happily with various other livestock animals, Val, Philip and their lovely dogs. Ryeland sheep are a native breed which at one point counted as rare but now, happily, numbers have increased. They are known for their soft wool which was favoured by Elizabeth I for her stockings!
Each skein is approximately 100g in weight with approximately 160m per skein and seems to work best at an aran-weight tension.
64% Ryeland Wool / 36% Alpaca
