Inspired by the cargo of the Edmund Fitzgerald, A Load of Iron Ore is a deep red-leaning orange tonal. It pairs beautifully with When The Gales of November Came Early (both thematically and colorwise!)
Ten percent of the sale of of each skein will go to the The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum to support their work of telling the stories of those who have lost their lives on the Great Lakes.
Republica Unicornia's BFL Silk Base is 55% British Superwash Bluefaced Leicester wool, 45% silk, 4 ply, 438 yards/100 grams. It has a beautiful drape and sheen, and is ridiculously soft. It doesn't take dye quite as intensely as all wool yarns on tonal colorways.
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Everything you see here is made with love and some swearing in fabulous Atlanta, Georgia. Yarn is ethically-sourced (museling-free) and dyed with professional, colorfast, lightfast acid dyes.
Due to the nature of hand-dyed yarn, I recommend that you alternate skeins in larger projects. There are often variations even within the same dyelot, so if you need a larger quantity than is available here (say, for a sweater), we've got the solution for that!
Some color bleeding is normal during the first couple of washes. I wash the bejebus out of my skeins, but some colors are just bleeders.
Your handmade items are magical delicate flowers and should be treated as such. Handwash in cool water with a delicate detergent (I recommend Sock Soap from Tuft Woolens) and lay flat to dry. Machine wash at your own risk (I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your project during machine washing. Those things are violent.)
Yarn is dyed in a pet-free studio.
I do my best to make sure items are true to color in the photos, but monitors/eyeballs/etc. differ. Blues and greens are especially hard to capture (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, ELECTRIC MRS. PEACOCK.)
If you have a problem with or a question about your purchase, please contact me directly. I'm a reasonable human being.
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