100% superwash merino, minis, app. 15g/170m
Small balls of naturally dyed very lacy yarn of superwash merino. Each ball is app. 15g with app. 170m.
There are 15 colors, some very close shade.
Dyes I used are indigo, madder, weld, marigold, oak, alder, cochineal, genista, dyers chamomile, coreopsis ... some grove on my allotment
Shawl on the last picture is mix of colors. All together it app.40g of yarn, with length 135cm and width 25cm.
Sample - CO 87sts,
1st row - k1, k2togx3, [(yo,K1) x 5,yo, k2togx6] x 4 [(yo,k1|)x5,yo], k2togx3, sl1
2nd row - k to the last st, sl1
Care of natural dyed textiles
Naturally dyed textiles are unique products and, like any fine textile, should receive hand washing or gentle machine washing in cool water, follow by line drying.
Careful cleaning will make a textile (and dyed) last longer. Some dyes are specially sensitive to changes in pH. Mordant and some dyes are sensitive to some dry-cleaning fluids or to the use of strong alkaline soaps. Only a mild, neutral detergent should be used for washing natural dyed textiles. (J. Boutrup, C. Ellis: The art and science of natural dyes)
Hand wash only with minimum agitation.