Hand painted yarn 100g. laceweight soft fine by SpinningStreak
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The base yarn for this is a skein of 80% fine mohair from the angora goat, and 20% acrylic. The acrylic strengthens the yarn (you do not want breaks in lace knitting) and reduces the risk of pilling, but at 80% natural fibre the yarn remains soft - nothing like the itchy sort of mohair some people remember from the 1980s!!
<br />I wanted this one to be utterly delicate, so I started by injecting some very pale dye solution into the yarn. I used an ice blue and an almost undetectable greenish grey. I then lightly hand painted a few small sections with a tiny brush. The last picture gives an idea of the subtle colour blocks, before the yarn was re-skeined.
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<br />This is 1 fat skein, weighing 100 grams and 600 yards
<br />http://www.etsy.com/shop/SpinningStreak?section_id=5307046
<br />http://www.ets
<br />I wanted this one to be utterly delicate, so I started by injecting some very pale dye solution into the yarn. I used an ice blue and an almost undetectable greenish grey. I then lightly hand painted a few small sections with a tiny brush. The last picture gives an idea of the subtle colour blocks, before the yarn was re-skeined.
<br />
<br />This is 1 fat skein, weighing 100 grams and 600 yards
<br />http://www.etsy.com/shop/SpinningStreak?section_id=5307046
<br />http://www.ets
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