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Rambouillet wool is a French cousin to the Spanish Merino, developed in the late 1700s. Its luxury fineness and incredible elasticity makes for springy, lofty yarn, and the slightly more matte surface takes colors clearly but softly. Rambouillet felts beautifully, and when spun, creates soft yarn with generous loft, and delicate garments appropriate for next-to-skin or baby use. 🐑 We currently only have Rambouillet in Cosmic Cliffs, but more will be coming on more colorways throughout the month- and if you really want more of any fiber on a colorway that’s sold out, tell us & then we’ll know there’s enough interest to dye up some more!

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Don’t forget! We still have some of our Imbolc colorway Aurora in stock ❄️ in our Windward Bulky base, perhaps perfect for those fall projects you’re planning? 😉 Find the remaining skeins in the Limited Edition section of our shop before they’re all gone!

[Image: a single skein of bulky weight yarn, painted with charcoal, deep purple, light blue, lavender, pink, and grey. It’s laid crossways over the iron bars of a garden bench, surrounded by snow.]

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A close-up shot of some fabric knitted with our newest yarn base, Windward Bulky. We were feeling just a bit nautical when we named this one - this firmly twisted super bulky yarn has a fiber blend optimized for durability and warmth, while the superfine alpaca content adds some delicious softness & makes our regular colorways even deeper and more jewel-like. We’re testing out some projects on this base right now, but you can order your own in any of our regular colorways at cozyhearthyarnworks dot com!

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Sharing the Love

I (Kit, older knit sibling & social media manager of the two of us) wanted to take a moment to write a post just for all of you on tumblr and thank you for how much you love and share our work <3 Small craft businesses are not exactly a way to make a living, and thankfully we don’t have to try to make a living with this, but we’ve managed every year to make at least enough to keep going - which means we get to keep trying new things and doing the fiber arts that we love. And all of you would have no way of knowing this if we didn’t tell you, so I’m telling you… 

For the past few years, every single sale we’ve made through our shopfront has come from tumblr. 

And that only happens because all of you share our posts.

Most recently, our post about our Pay What You Can program got popular again! I’m glad it did, I’m still really proud of that program, and if it sounds intriguing to you, you can find out more about it if you scroll on our blog (I’ll reblog the relevant post soon), or if you go to our website cozyhearthyarnworks dot com and look for Pay What You Can in the menu. But we’ve also had people just sharing artistic shots of yarn, or my excited launch posts about new colorways, or goofy meme posts about the shop cats. I wanted you to know-

-literally every time you reblog a post from us, you’re increasing the chance we get to keep doing this another day.

So thank you. And shop cat Fiyero thanks you too, because he really likes laying on the wool.

[Image: shop cat Fiyero, a long haired tabby cat with green eyes, lays on a lap on top of pattern pages and blue chunky-yarn knitting. He’s staring straight at the camera with an intense expression.]

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Buí is… sallow ☀️🥇🌽 A strong yellow, buí is the color of sunbeams, gold, cornmeal, leather, dried fish, and tanned skin. Although the word can be found idiomatically used as “ugly,” this colorway brims with character and a certain crooked-grin charm. Buí is a good mid-tone in a set or a strong primary color on its own. Shifts between bright and tawny yellow-gold. You can get this colorway dyed to order on any of our yarn bases from the Dathanna collection on our website!

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Falkland wool refers not to any specific breed, but instead to the fine, exceptionally bright white wool produced from the networked wool pool of the Falkland Islands. It can contain fibers from sheep and crosses such as Polwarth, Merino, Romney, and Corriedale. While this can create some variation in Falkland wool from various sources, it comes with the island's tightly managed sheep flocks' health, which results in fleece that is naturally disease and pest resistant. Our Falkland is comfortable next to the skin, and suitable for snuggly garments. 🐑  We currently have Falkland in Pumpkin Cream and in Cosmic Cliffs, more will be coming on more colorways throughout the month- and if you really want more of any fiber on a colorway that’s sold out, tell us & then we’ll know there’s enough interest to dye up some more!

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Rambouillet fibers are fine, short, just a little messy, and incredibly elastic. ✨🐑 The well-defined crimp makes spinning luxurious yarn a breeze! All our fiber colorways are available on Rambouillet 😊

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Come relax with Fiyero and I for a couple of minutes, ok? 🐑 (quiet wheel clicking noises included ❤️)

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Working on some fiber colorways today 🖌️ All our fiber is hand-painted, which means dye is applied directly where I want it, in this case with these handy little squeeze bottles. They make a convenient container for my custom mixed dye stocks, and make it easier to apply dye slowly and control its placement. Then the (pretreated with acid) fiber is wrapped up and steamed to set the color! ☁️🌈

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Did you know we sell pattern kits? You can order a printed copy of the Treegarth Shawl (or the Mori Gloves) pattern, along with custom dyed yarn in your choice of Dathanna colorways in the "Knitting Pattern Kits" category of our website!

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Donn is… strong 🪵🤎🐻 Donn is the color of brown hair, cattle, brown paper, and seasoned timber. With a wide range of undertones, shimmering through chocolate-brown to show hints of black, yellow, red, and even a slight hint of mossy green, this colorway is a nuanced take on what’s often considered a simple color. You can get this colorway dyed to order on any of our yarn bases from the Dathanna collection on our website!

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This #tbt I thought I'd share a shot of my initial pattern development for the Treegarth Shawl - my handwritten notes and first knitted sample as of April 2017 🌼

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What a transformation! 💞 Our Cosmic Cliffs colorway, shown here on Polwarth, spun up to a moody & dazzling yarn even when I let the colors mix randomly in the singles and the plying. Grab your own braid on our website today 🌌

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We're wrapping up our current custom spinning project in more ways than one! 🧶 Just the final touches left before we can send these skeins on their way 📨

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Loud and clear - it's past time for new colorways! I'll be keeping the runner-up answers in mind as well, but for now, back to the spinning... And to the dyeing station next week 😉

Hey y'all! It's been quiet here on the New Posts front for a bit because I'm finishing up a big custom spinning order, but I thought it's about time to check in with all our beloved Tumblr fans - once I have free time again when this order is done...

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Turning things into string 😉 Our Patio Lemon colorway on Merino fiber spun up beautifully into a delicious 3-ply yarn. Get your own braid on five different fiber bases at our website (link in bio).

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Falkland wool has an exceptionally bright white base, comfortably medium length fibers, and is soft to the touch 🐑 I tend to reach for Falkland as a spinner when I want an extra-squishy yarn, as it has a tendency to make extra-bulky singles, puffing up enthusiastically in the finishing process!

All our colorways are available on Falkland top in our online shop ✨