Today, I have a bonus color scheme for you to enjoy. This little thistle plant was quite photogenic!
What is color scouting?
Tag: indigo
Weekend Knitting
Antler Hat by Tin Can Knits in Indigo yak yarn by The Rocking Yak
Indigo Blue & Plant Dyed Yellow
It’s the New Year & as promised, The Rocking Yak now has colored yarns available!
The first of the colors to arrive are indigo blue, & a plant dyed yellow. All of The Rocking Yak’s colored yarns have been dyed with natural plant dyes that are found locally on the Tibetan Plateau.
You, dear reader, have the opportunity to purchase this fabulous yarn before it available on the website! As I am working at sorting through this first shipment, I will be taking orders at
The Fiber Nest Shop.
You will also find that we’ve reduced the price on all of our yarns!!
Tibetan Fairisle
This summer when Bret was in the U.S. he brought me a teaser of the new colored yarns that The Rocking Yak is producing for 2013. They are fabulous! The green yarn has been dyed with local plants found on the mountains in the region that we work in, while indigo was used in dying the blue. I knew right away that I wanted to knit up something special for myself with the new yarns. I rarely knit for myself. Isn’t that how it always is with knitters. Anyway, as the weather began to get cooler, I started looking around Ravelry to find something to knit. I found this free fairisle hat pattern which inspired me to create a hat with my own design. I wanted the hat to have a Tibetan design. Here is some of the colorwork I’m working on. This is a sample swatch that I’m knitting up as I work out the designs.
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