Shetland 1.0 Briar Rose Flowering Kale

We kept back a select number of light grey skeins of Shetland 1.0 for overdyeing, eager to see how the introduction of color would play with the existing shade of the fibers. I sent a small number of skeins to Chris Roosien of Briar Rose Fibers. Chris has a gift for variegation. She shifts one shade to the next in a way that is never contrived or jarring, but rather quiet and beautiful. She manages to capture, authentically, colors that occur together in nature. Here, the base of deep purple shifting into browns and deep silvers is reminiscent of ornamental flowering kale, hence the name.Chris hand-dyed these skeins in Michigan before returning them to Pepperell Mill Campus in Biddeford, Maine, where they were tagged and shipped to you. Quick Facts Gauge: A lofty woolen-spun two-ply yarn, Shetland 1.0 produces lovely fabric in a range of needle sizes and gauges between worsted, DK, and sport, making swatching essential. Look for 5 to 6 sts per inch on US 4-7 (3.5-4.5mm) needles.  Put-u