Risk Makes the Most Beautiful Yarns

Some of the most beautiful colourways are simple: blues into greens, rusts laid over reds… And some are incredibly complicated: layer upon layer of eye-popping colour.

But the best colourways — the ones that I can’t stop looking at — are the ones where there’s an element of risk. A combination of colours that might’ve worked… or might not have. A dyeing technique that pushes the boundaries beyond what’s usual. That is the essense of hand-dyed and, when that happens — and happens well — the results are nothing short of breath-taking!

This weekend I’ll be sending out the InterStellar Yarn Alliance parcels, and the yarn the members will find inside is risky indeed. I laid down colours that shouldn’t have worked together, I dyed them in an unusual way. And, as I was twisting up the skeins, today… Oh! I am in love, I am in love, I am in love!

I so hope the Alliance members feel the same way. Risky yarns are… risky, I know. But all I can do is create the colours that call to me, and let them become the colourways I see in my mind. And them pack them all in their little boxes and send them on their way. Beautiful, beautiful, risky yarns…

Here’s a little sneak peek at the Yarn Alliance parcel…

What? You wanted to see the colours? Sorry — no one can see that until the Alliance members have received their parcels! But don’t worry — I’ll reveal this risky, beautiful colourway as soon as they’ve had time to be delivered.