October 31, 1590 -- Carson Base (DK) dark alchemy

October 31, 1590 -- Carson Base (DK) dark alchemyIn A Discovery of WItches on October 31, 1590, Diana and Matthew timewalk into the heart of Elizabethan England in search of missing pages of Ashmole 782. This mystical October rust orange enchanted with deeper oranges and velvety night purple evokes the mystery of that pivotal autumn night on All Hallows Eve, 1590. Base: Carson (DK) 100% Superwash Merino Wool; 231 yards 100 grams Price listed is per one (1) skein of yarn. All indie dyed yarn works up

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The addition of aniline to the ink results in a lovely blue-black or even violet hue

Iron Gall Ink is just a whisper away from black yarn

Goblin chartreuse inspired by Anne Rice's character from the Mayfair Witches series

Swatches are shown in sock base from a previous dye batch to give an average idea of the colorway

as it first seems too watery until it darkens up immediately after applied to paper

Circuit Decay

The Tell-Tale Heart (blood red)

this deepest emerald green may just hold the secrets of the universe

and works up stunningly in crochet or knit projects or paired with a more subtle tonal

Base: Joyce (Sock) 80% Superwash U

and ochre hues hues shift