W I L D F L O W E R
bulky weight, 3.5 oz, 135 yards
minis:  2oz, 70 yards
 
WILDFLOWER....baby-soft, warm and lofty.... spun from 100% Finn wool grown on a beautiful family homestead just down the hill from Bloom. This lustrous yarn was "dyed in the fleece" before it was spun allowing the creation of multi-faceted colors that have a pointillist effect (see color detail below). Spun for us at Alchemy Fiber Mill in Easthampton, Western Massachusetts' new (and only!) fiber mill it has a rustic spin with a bit of "thick/thin" like you get with handspun yarn. Named after some of my favorite places here in Ashfield, this is a hyper-local, breed specific yarn made start to finish in the heart of this fibershed region.  
 
I worked closely with Alchemy to design these intricate colorways....first they scoured the fiber and then I brought it back to the studio and used GOTS-certified organic dyes to add vibrant color to the washed fleece. Using some old art school color theory, I mixed various contrasting colors of fleece together then brought it back to the mill to be carded and spun.  This method results in a speckling of color that is more complex than what can be achieved when vat-dyeing fiber already spun into yarn.  
 
1st photo, from Top Left down and around up to the Top Right:
Laurel Hill, sage green - with flecks of chartreuse, pink and lavender
Apple Valley, grassy green - with sage and blue grays 
Bear Mountain, dusky blue - with green and hints of rose
Lilliput Road, turquoise - with a green twist
Bird Hill, salmon - peach and rose intertwine
Creamery Road, rose blush - with gold and a hint of lavender
Spruce Corner (2oz skein), a twist of sage and rose
Cloudberry Hill (2 oz skein), dusty lavender with a twist of rose