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THE FOUR SEASONS YARN SET - Dyed to Order

THE FOUR SEASONS YARN SET - Dyed to Order

$108.00 USD
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The Four Seasons was inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons as well as the seasons themselves. This is something I have been wanting to make for a long time, and I'm delighted to finally have it available for you!

The tricky part was creating four colorways that both represent the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter and at the same time look good together. To do that, I kept some colors the same throughout while I changed others from cool spring and summer colors to warm autumn and winter colors. Each colorway gets more saturated as you go along from spring to summer to autumn to winter. That means this set would look wonderful as a gradient, moving from one colorway to the next.

WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE
You will receive one skein of each of the four colorways--Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter--on the yarn base of your choice. 

PATTERN SUGGESTIONS
The Four Seasons does not come with a pattern, but I have a few pattern suggestions that I think would look great with the yarn and show the movement from season to season to good effect:

YARN BASES
I personally prefer The Four Seasons on superwash yarn bases because I think the fact that they dye up more brightly works well for these colorways. However, I'm including all the bases so you can choose what you would like best. Just keep in mind that the non-superwash yarn bases will dye up in more muted tones than those shown in the photos. The photos show The Four Seasons on Sock Perfection.

Please note that the pattern suggestions above all call for sock-weight yarn. Slow Curves requires 440 yards for colorway 3, so you'll want Sock Perfection for that one. The other patterns would work fine on any of my sock-weight yarn bases.

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TIMELINE
Because I'll be dyeing this just for you, it takes a little longer. Please allow 2-3 weeks for me to dye the yarn before shipping it to you.

VARIATIONS IN COLOR
Due to the nature of hand-dyed yarn, each skein is unique, and the colors will vary somewhat from batch to batch and even from skeins dyed in a single batch. I highly recommend ordering as much as you will need for your project at once for the best color match.

YARN BASES
Here are my current yarn bases in order by yarn weight. The numbers following the name of each yarn base indicates its weight according to the Craft Yarn Council numeric system.

Please note that I use the word sock in the yarn base name to indicate the weight of the yarn, which is the same as fingering weight. If you are looking for the best yarn bases for making sturdy socks (which is about the toughest use for any yarn), look for the yarn bases with an asterisk right after the name.

Suri Lace Cloud (0) - Suri Lace Cloud is a wonderfully soft and fuzzy textured yarn made of 65% baby suri alpaca and 35% silk. It comes in 50 gram skeins with 437 yards each. It's lovely on its own but even better paired with a sock-weight yarn. Uses: Knitting, Crochet, Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, fuzzy slippers, and more.

Sock Perfection (1)* - I have finally found the perfect yarn base for actual socks! It is a fingering weight that combines 80% extra-fine 19.5 micron superwash merino with 20% nylon. It's a good solid 4-ply yarn that comes in 100 gram skeins with 450 yards per skein. It can be machine washed on cold and air dried. It tends to take the dye rather brightly. Uses: Knit, Crochet, Warp and Weft in Weaving. Great for socks, shawls, sweaters, etc.

Twinkle Sock (1) - This is a 2-ply yarn made of 90% superwash merino and 10% lurex. It's soft and squishy and sparkly. What more could you want? It comes in 100 gram skeins with 411 yards per skein. It tends to dye up brightly.This can be hand washed or washed on a gentle cycle in the washing machine on cold. It should be laid flat to dry. Since it doesn't have nylon or silk, I don't really recommend using this for socks. Uses: Knit, Crochet, and Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more, but not recommended for socks.


Stained Glass Sock (1) - Stained Glass Sock is a soft and squishy 2-ply yarn made of 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon. Each 100 gram skein of this sock-weight or fingering-weight yarn has 437 yards. The thing that makes Stained Glass Sock uniquely wonderful is that one of the two plies is made with black merino wool, so when I dye the yarn, it looks like stained glass. This yarn base would be great for shawls, sweaters, hats, legwarmers, and more. While it is better to hand wash this, it can be machine washed on cold and air dried. Uses: Knit, Crochet, and Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more.

Squiggle Sock (1) - Squiggle Sock is a delightfully fun yarn base that looks a lot like spiral-plied handspun yarn. It has a ply of superwash merino wrapped around a core of nylon, and the superwash merino also has little beehives or slubs every foot or two to add fabulous texture. This yarn base would be great for shawls, sweaters, hats, tops, legwarmers, and more. I wouldn't recommend it for hard-wearing socks, but it's great for everything else. Because of the texture, I recommend hand washing this yarn base in cold water.
Uses: Knit, Crochet, and Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more, but not recommended for socks.

So Silky Sock (1)* - This yarn is lusciously soft! It's a 4-ply made of 50% mulberry silk and 50% superwash merino. It comes in 3.5 ounce or 100 gram skeins with a total of 438 yards per skein. So Silky Sock tends to dye up fairly softly. I recommend washing it by hand in cold water because of the silk content, though there's nothing that will felt in this yarn. Uses: Knit, Crochet, Warp and Weft in Weaving. Great for soft, strong socks as well as shawls, sweaters, hats, and more. This is my favorite yarn to use as warp.

Dream Sock (1) - This yarn is an amazingly soft luxury yarn base. It's made of 70% baby alpaca, 20% mulberry silk, and 10% cashmere. It has no sheep wool, so it's also an excellent option for those who are sensitive to sheep wool since there is no lanolin in any of the fibers in this lovely yarn. It's a 3-ply yarn with 437 yards per 100 gram skein.  Alpaca has wonderful drape but not much memory (the ability to bounce back into shape). For that reason, I would recommend this yarn base for projects where drape matters most like beautiful lacy shawls. Uses: Knit, Crochet, Warp and Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more. Not recommended for socks.

Sublime Sport (2) - Sublime Sport is a luxurious non-superwash sport-weight yarn. It's a round three-ply yarn made of 65% super baby alpaca and 17.5 micron merino! Super baby alpaca is the term for the finest alpaca available, and the 17.5 micron merino is the softest I have found commercially. The alpaca makes the yarn extra warm and drapey while the merino provides memory. This yarn is excellent for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more. Each skein has 328 yards. Uses: Knit, Crochet, Warp and Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more. Not recommended for socks.

Buttery Soft DK (3) - This is a wonderfully soft 2-ply DK base with great stitch definition. It's made of 45% extra-fine merino (non-superwash), 45% baby alpaca, and 10% silk. It is a dream to work with! Each 100 gram skein contains 245 yards. This should be washed by hand in cold water and dried flat. Buttery Soft DK dyes up softly. In spite of being only 2 plies, I have used this yarn as warp on several occasions and had no difficulties. Uses: Knit, Crochet, Warp and Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more.


Squoosh DK (3) - Squoosh DK is a squishy, soft, stretchy yarn made of 100% extra-fine superwash merino. It's a 4-ply yarn that comes in extra-large 115 gram skeins with 250 yards. This can be machine or hand washed in cold water but should be air dried. In spite of being somewhat stretchy for standard warp yarn, I have found that it works nicely for that purpose. Uses: Knit, Crochet, Warp and Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more.

Stained Glass DK (3) - Stained Glass DK is a soft and squishy 2-ply yarn made of 100% superwash merino. Each 100 gram skein has 246 yards. The thing that makes Stained Glass so cool is that one of the two plies is made with black merino wool, so when I dye the yarn, it looks like stained glass. This yarn base would be great for shawls, sweaters, hats, legwarmers, and more. While it is better to hand wash this, it can be machine washed on cold and air dried. Uses: Knit, Crochet, and Weft in Weaving. Great for shawls, sweaters, hats, and more.


Squoosh Worsted (4) - Squoosh Worsted is just like Squoosh DK but heavier. It's made of extra-fine superwash merino, and it comes in 4 ounce skeins with 213 yards per skein. It's a soft and squishy 4-ply yarn that's great for hats, sweaters, shawls, and more. This base can be machine or hand washed in cold water but should be air dried. It dyes up at a medium intensity. Uses: Knit, Crochet, Warp and Weft in Weaving.


*recommended for socks