Spun from a blended selection of the darker coopworth fleeces, the exact color varies a bit from year to year, depending on the age of the the sheep and the mix of colors available. I have a few skeins left from the slightly darker 2016 run (enough for a small gansey) and plenty more in stock from the equally gorgeous 2018 run. You’ll see that I was still putting up some of my smaller 120 yard skeins in 2016, so to make sure you order enough for your project please pay attention to the listed yardage when placing your order.

All skeins 240 yards.

Spun from a blended selection of the lighter colored coopworth fleeces from Buckwheat Blossom Farm. I’m terrible at naming colors, and for years have thought of my coopworth gansey yarns in the same practical shorthand I use when sorting fleeces (that one will be lovely in the light gray mix, this one will add a little heathering to the dark gray mix) which is practical but also a bit of a disservice to the resulting yarn. Both yarns and colorways speak to me of a certain stony tenacity, of the kind necessary for farming in a part of the country so geologically ill suited for it.

Please note these skeins are 120 yards each. Photo shows 120 yard skeins - new skeins are 240 yards each.

*** I feared that I would never be able to reproduce this colorway, but it turns out that past-me too better notes that current-me expected (nicely done, past-me!). Two 240 yard skeins are currently available ***

This colorway is the result of the Basalt 5 Ply Coopworth Gansey yarn (aka the “Dark Gray” colorway) overdyed with madder and lac. Slightly heathered.

Please note: 120 yards skeins

Beautiful in their undyed state, the coopworth yarns take on an additional luminosity and depth when overdyed with natural dyes. This yarn is the Feldspar blend dyed with madder and lac. Slightly heathered.

This lightest of indigo colorways is named after my favorite hiking trail in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. True to its name, the Falling Waters trail crosses several granite-boulder lined water falls as it wends up Little Haystack, where it joins the glorious and frequently weather-bound Franconia Ridge trail.

Skeins of the light gray Feldspar colorway created by blending the lighter colored coopworth fleeces, which are then overdyed with a light dip of indigo. Hints of gray peak through a shimmer of blue.

This color is currently out of stock, but dyeing more is on my to-do list. If you are interested in four or more 240 yard skeins, please get in touch and I’d be happy to move it up the list a bit.

These skeins are 240 yards each.

Feldspar colorway, dyed with several dips of natural indigo (if you are unfamiliar with the quirks of yarn dyed with natural indigo, please see my Note About Indigo) leading to a slightly heathered mid-to-dark blue.

The second photo shows a skein of Penobscot Bay next to a skein of Owl Pass (the Basalt colorway overdyed with indigo) for comparison.

When I was still working on the small cruise ship I was lucky enough to get to dive near Owl Pass in Misty Fjords National Monument in Southeast Alaska at a site referred to as the “Tunicate Wall”. The steep sides of the pass continue underwater to a depth of nearly two-thousand feet, but the first ten feet of water, full of plankton and peaty run-off from the surrounding forest, blocks the light, turning a mid-morning dive into what was functionally a night dive.

This is the Basalt colorway overdyed with indigo to a very deep blue. Peaty hints of Basalt peer through the indigo, lending depth and a bit more shadow. The third photo shows a skein of Owl Pass next to a skein of Penobscot Bay for comparison.

240 yards each

There are two skeins remaining in this dyelot. If you are planning a gansey and interested in this colorway, feel free to email me to discuss.