{"id":8714,"date":"2016-04-25T07:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T11:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillsyarn.wpengine.com\/?p=8714"},"modified":"2016-04-22T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T00:32:00","slug":"swans-island-limited-edition-ikat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/yarn\/swans-island-limited-edition-ikat\/","title":{"rendered":"Swans Island Limited Edition Ikat."},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a brand new, limited edition color in Swans Island Natural Colors Merino Fingering<\/a>, and we’re delighted to have it here at the shop! These unique blue and white skeins are hand-dyed with natural indigo using an Indonesian dyeing technique called Ikat. Hanks of undyed merino wool are tied tightly with cord, and the portions of the skeins that are wrapped resist the dye, creating a variegated colorway.<\/p>\n

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Indigo is a pigment rather than a dye, so you can expect to find blue streaks on your hands after knitting with indigo-dyed yarns for a while. Rest assured, it comes off easily with soap and water, and wont continue to crock once you’ve washed your finished project, rinsing\u00a0til the water runs clear. I’ve written about indigo-dyed yarns here on the blog before; click here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n

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Each 100 gram skein of this yarn boasts 525 yards, plenty for a pair of mitts, a hat, scarf, or shawl. Patterns with simple stitch patterns will allow this colorful yarn to shine; think “Sumatra Mitts,”<\/a> “Hitchhiker,”<\/a> or “Ahull.” <\/a><\/p>\n

Look for a special Ikat-dyed skein tucked into our basket of Swans Island\u00a0Natural Colors\u00a0Merino Fingering. See you at the shop!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s a brand new, limited edition color in Swans Island Natural Colors Merino Fingering, and we’re delighted to have it here at the shop! These unique blue and white skeins are hand-dyed with natural indigo using an Indonesian dyeing technique called Ikat. Hanks of undyed merino wool are tied tightly with cord, and the portions … [more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[59,197,317,163,48,86,40,100],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}