Cormo 1.0 Spirit Trail Wisteria
You may know Jennifer Heverly from her yarns under the Spirit Trail Fiberworks label? Well, right from the start I knew I wanted her to work with Cormo 1.0. I was curious to see how her dye process - which involves pressing dye onto the yarn, rather than just submerging it in a vat and giving it a swirl - would impact the free-spirited crimp in our Cormo. Compare this to the undyed skeins and you'll notice a distinct wobble in the plies, where the pressure brought out more fiber movement. I consider it a discreet enhanced surface texture. The Cormo has absorbed the dye beautifully, with a rich, full saturation. I gave her complete free reign to do whatever colors spoke to her. This is one of the two shades she created, a tender cross between lilac and wisteria, with a touch of hyacinth and an occasional dusting of earth. Spring garden hues. She this and Sapphire to play off one-another in case you wanted to do colorwork. A Note about Color: These are hand-dyed in the true sense of the