Jenn modeling her Arboreal (photo credit Jenn Steingass)
I am absolutely honored to announce that Jennifer Steingass has used my DK weight BFL (spun from the flock of Two Sister's Farm, in Warren, Maine) in her latest design, Arboreal (published on Ravelry).
I have a relatively limited supply of this yarn, so to maximize the number of sweaters that can be knit from the yarn I will be dyeing to order.
Jenn knit her Arboreal using the Delft colorway as the main color, and the Silver Birch as the contrasting color. (photo Jenn Steingass)
My short sleeved Arboreal (please excuse the untucked ends) knit with Cream as the main color, and Delft, Summer Sky, Glacier Bay, and Lichen as the yoke (yoke colors available as a kit).
Jenn knit her original design using one main color and one contrast color, but the design also lends itself to other color combinations (like my blue yoke). I've put together a few kits of my favorite yoke combinations.
Trying to organize the ordering system is clunky and possibly confusing, for which I apologize. With a very few exceptions (those being, Coe's Naptime, Hackmatack, and most of the pinks) I don't have enough skeins of most colors to act as the main color, but I do have enough for the contrast color. Feel free to choose you contrast color from the options listed on the Bluefaced Leicester DK weight page, or choose one of the yoke kits below. I will be dyeing main color yarn to order. Because the yarn does not yet exist in a dyed state, please place your main color order below (this will help me by creating a dye list). I'm offering mostly indigo dyed blues for the main color option, but if you would like a non-indigo based color I can also make that work (email me at uptonyarns@gmail.com to discuss).
I may have become a little obsessed with indigo lately.
For the main color of Arboreal I am planning to work mostly with indigo. If you would like a color other than some shade of blue, please feel free to drop me an email (uptonyarns@gmail.com) and we can almost certainly work something out. My suggested colors range from dark blue Delft (which Jenn paired with Silver Birch in her design) to strong-sky-blue Summer Sky, to very light blue Glacier Bay. I knit my version of Arboreal using un-dyed Cream.
Indigo can be a bit finicky. If you are not familiar with working with indigo dyed yarn, please read my Note About Indigo.
All skeins are approx. 100 yards.
I love Jenn's original two color design, but the elegance of the repeating leaf motif also lends itself to playing around a bit with color. To that end I have put together a few of my favorite combinations. All kits include 2 full sized skeins (100 yards each) and two mini skeins (50 yards each) for a total of 300 yards of Upton Yarns Bluefaced Leicester DK weight yarn.
Blues- the gradient I used in my short sleeved Arboreal, includes full skeins of Delft and Summer Sky, and mini skeins of light blue Glacier Bay, and contrasting yellow/green Lichen
**ut of Stock ** Early Autumn - includes full skeins of dark green Hackmatack and Spring Green, and mini skeins of Lichen and Tiger Lily.
**ut of Stock **Late Autumn - includes full skeins of Pomegranate and Tiger Lily, and mini skeins of Oak and Spring Green.
Moonrise - included full skeins of Bella Says Goodnight (purple) and Slate, and mini skeins of Silver Birch and Lichen.
(Swatch was knit with Late Autumn kit and Summer Sky top, Early Autumn kit and Glacier Bay bottom).
A couple of Jennifer Steingass (in her blue Arboreal) designs, caught for a group photo at the Highlands on the Fly knitting retreat in Millinocket, Maine in October.