The Department of Rocket Science

C’mere, I want to show you something…  Here, over here, through this door.   It says, “Department of Rocket Science” and I’ve heard crazy things happen in there…   No, don’t worry… it’s ok.  Look, I’ll come with you.  It’s this door here, see?  Come on!…

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I love to experiment with colour — it gives me such a rush and it’s why I dye.  For me, there is no moment in the whole dyeing process more exciting than when I lift a skein of yarn out of the dyepot and it reveals its colours to me.  Darker on the outside, softer on the inside… opening up like a soft spring flower, or glistening like a decadent chocolate.  No matter how many skeins I dye, that moment gives me a rush every single time.

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It’s through this process of playing with colour that I’ve created all the wonderful colourways that I dye for the shop time and again.  But, along the way, that process also produces yarns in colourways that probably won’t be repeated again — yarns that were stepping stones in the development of a new colourway, or yarns where I simply let my muse run free to see what would come out of the dyepot.

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And so I have created the Department of Rocket Science.  It’s a special place where I can go to experiment  with abandon — to mix new colours, to dye with my eyes closed, to play with new fibers and new yarn bases.  And it’s place where you can come and discover results of all this wonderful experimentation, and choose one of these very special yarns for your one-of-a-kind project.  (And remember that all these experimental yarns will go into this section, regardless of yarn/fiber type, so if you’re searching the shop for a particular yarn type, don’t forget to check the Dept of Rocket Science as well.)

So go ahead… open the door!  You never know what you’ll find inside…  But it will always be something exciting!