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I'm Anne. I hand-dye yarn, make kits for knitters, and write words for the common good. I put fresh yarn in my shop most Sundays, in tandem with my Sunday newsletter.
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Apple Blossom | multiple bases
$ 32.00 - $ 34.00
Say goodbye to winter and lift your spirits with my color-of-the-season: Minuet in Peach.
Apple Blossom is soft and nearly neutral pink that's exuberantly speckled with shades of lichen, moss green, and hot pink. It's one of my Anne of Green Gables-inspired colorways, and its color draws from the 1980s CBS/PBS series when Matthew drives Anne home from the train station and they pass under flowering fruit trees, which Anne names "The White Way of Delight."
If you, like me, believe that pink is a neutral, you'll love this color! It pairs perfectly wtih Minuet in Peach if you want to make something with stripes.
I'm offering this color on two of my favorite fingering weight yarn bases, plus Harvest Sport and Mohair-Silk Lace—which can be held with either of the two to make four different fabrics suitable for a wide range of sweater, shawl and sock patterns.
Yarn specifications and gauge information👇🏻
Cashmere Blend
fingering weight
70% SW extrafine merino wool, 20% cashmere, 10% nylon
420 yards (384 m) | 115g skein
3-ply | superwash
Gauge & project information:
- Makes plush socks, drapey fingering weight shawls, and lightweight (yet warm) sweaters.
- For sweaters, I use it by itself at a gauge of 24 to 26 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
- Hold it with Mohair-Silk Lace for a drapey, soft, fluffy fabric that's happy anywhere from 16 to 21 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
Mohair-Silk Lace
lace weight
70% kid mohair, 30% silk
477 yards (436 m) | 50g skein
1-ply | non-superwash
Gauge & project information
Although it can be used on its own, my favorite way to use Mohair-Silk Lace is by holding it together with a strand of fingering or sport weight. I've used it with:
- Cashmere Blend: makes an ultra-soft and drapey fabric. This is my favorite combination for the Love Note sweater by Tin Can Knits.
- Targhee Sock: makes a gorgeous worsted weight sweater with fluff and body.
- Harvest Sport: makes worsted to aran weight sweaters, with that extra bit of warmth.
Targhee Sock
fingering weight
90% SW targhee wool, 10% nylon
465 yards (425 m) | 115g skein
3-ply | superwash
Gauge & project information:
- Makes plush socks, fingering weight shawls that are full of body, and lightweight (yet warm) sweaters.
- For sweaters, I prefer a gauge of around 24 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
- Hold it with Mohair-Silk Lace for a fluffy and yet full of body fabric that's gorgeous at around 20 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
Pattern ideas
Consider these patterns that were written for Targhee Sock:
- Nourish shawl & collection by Dawn Henderson
- Carrots & Radishes hat by Dawn Henderson
- Texture Garden Cardigan by Tina Tse
Harvest Sport
sport weight
100% merino-rambouillet wool blend
312 yards (285 m) | 100g skein
3-ply | non-superwash
Gauge & project information:
- Makes warm sportweight shawls that are full of body, and lightweight (yet warm) sweaters.
- For sweaters, I prefer a gauge of around 22-24 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
- Hold it with Mohair-Silk Lace for a fluffy and yet full of body fabric that's gorgeous at around 18-20 sts to 4 inches (10 cm).
Pattern ideas
Consider these patterns that were written for Harvest Sport:
- Bandit sweater by Jacqueline Cieslak
- Texture Garden Cardigan by Tina Tse
- Kittenish Tank by Tina Tse
- Kittenish shawlette by Tina Tse