When you are an independent yarn dyer it can sometimes be really hard to decide what yarns to include in your range of hand dyed yarns.  Some work, and some do not, and sometimes you can make the mistake of thinking that something will be popular just because you happen to like it yourself.  And some yarns simply prove elusive and impossible to pin down - I'm after a particular shetland yarn which is proving difficult, but hopefully on my trip to Shetland in September I'll nail that one!

But I am fairly confident that the next 4 ply yarn that will creep into the Ripples Crafts range of yarns will be popular with most.  Here's a little preview of some test knitting I'm doing:



The yarn has beautiful stitch definition and a lovely sheen.  It'll be a few weeks before it is available, but right now I'm having fun experimenting with colours.  But those of you who know me won't be surprised at the colour I chose to do the test knitting with!

I have already decided that this range will only be available on almost solid colours, and will be ideal for a beautiful neck shawl or scarf such as those currently being designed by Romi for her e-book "7 small shawls to knit" or perhaps an Aestlight by The Shetland Trader.  The yarn base lends itself to this kind of shawl, but it will also be lovely for gloves or fingerless mitts.

Any special requests for colours?