Sometimes inspiration for a new art batt or yarn strikes, and everything else just has to stop. That's what happened when the idea for these art batts struck me. I was thinking about the description of Lothlorien from The Fellowship of the Ring. It was a place at once ancient and new, beautiful and mournful, wild and civilized. That is what I tried to convey in these art batts.
They have several shades of green merino, green kid mohair locks for texture, silky bronze bamboo, and nutmeg brown merino, a bit of regal purple, soft gold muga silk, and the most incredibly soft undyed silver baby alpaca. I can't decide which is softer--the muga silk or the alpaca. I added a generous amount of gold angelina so the whole shimmers just like Lothlorien should.
The last photos show some yarn I spun from these art batts and a hat I made from the yarn.
BATT FACTS Name: Lothlorien Weight: 2 ounces Contents: 50% merino, 25% alpaca, 10% muga silk, 10% bamboo, 5% kid mohair locks Colors: Forest green, spring green, seafoam green, soft gold, bronze, silver, nutmeg brown, royal purple, gold Carding Style: Layered in thin stripes Uses: Spinning or Felting (80% feltable fiber)
SAMPLE I included photos of yarn I spun as well as a hat I knit using this colorway.
TIMELINE Please allow 1 week for me to make these for you when you order them.
SPARKLE OPTION You can choose whether you would like sparkle in your art batts or not. If you choose sparkle, I will include sparkly Angelina and/or firestar that will coordinate best with the colors.
QUANTITY I show multiple art batts in some of my photos so you can see the small differences between each one, but each art batt is sold separately.
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