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About this Product
The Aqua Plus colorway hand-dyed on a 100% organic Ecowash Merino sock weight yarn.
Skein Specifications:
Weight (diameter): Sock/Fingering, Std. Size 1
Length and Weight: 370 yards, 100 grams
Contents: 80% Superwash Merino / 20% Nylon
Plys: 3
Treatment: Ecowash (an environmentally friendly Superwash equivalent)
Notes: Organic Dyes (GOTS), Organic Wool (GOTS), and recycled nylon (GRS)*
Dye Lots: Hand dyed yarns have more variation than commercial yarns. Even skeins within the same dye log will have differences. Purchase enough yarn for your project. Later dye lots may vary. If there are not enough skeins for your project contact me and I can make a set for you.
Colors: I try to represent the colors as well as possible. The actual color may not be the same as the one you see on the screen, although it should be close.
Care: Since this is an Ecowash yarn, you should be able to wash it in a delicate cycle with Medium heat. However, I recommend hand washing in cool or warm water with a neutral pH soap.
Bleeding: All the fiber gets rinsed well prior to leaving. Still, some will bleed initially. I recommend washing them separately for the first few washes. Some dyes bleed more, if they are used it will be mentioned in the Notes section of the skein specifications.
*See shop policies for definitions of abbreviations
Chatham Fibers
CHAPEL HILL, NC
I am still setting up the web site. More yarn will be listed in time.
Meet the Maker
I started spinning yarn in the autumn of 2013 at the North Carolina State Fair in the Village of Yesteryear. My wife had a booth at the Village for about 10 years before we met. The Village has an educational mission; people demonstrate crafts as they might have been done prior to 1920. She taught me to spin yarn on a drop spindle. My sole purpose was to be able to demonstrate spinning at the Village and entertain kids of all ages while helping with her booth.
In about 2017 I started dying roving and wool locks, and carding fibers to use in spinning. It was not long before I noticed my wife's stash of undyed yarn. I converted a bathroom to a dye room and started to dye a lot more. One sad and dismal day, it became clear that the undyed yarn stash was not infinite. I started buying my own undyed yarn. I sprung back and started using natural dyes. These were more difficult and less reliable. Through sheer perseverance I have gotten fairly good with them.
I have continued to help out at the Village every autumn. After 10 years of helping, the Village <s>insisted</s> politely suggested that I jury into the Village as a craftsman myself. I did, and am now a fully fledged Craftsman in the Village and continue to demonstrate and teach spinning to those who wander by our booth.
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Shop Policies
Shipping: I ship most items within 2 business days. Semi-custom or custom items may take up to 2 weeks to ship. Items ship from Chatham County, North Carolina.
Cancellation: I can cancel an order up until it is shipped. Please contact me quickly to cancel an order.
Returns: I will accept returns or exchanges for 30 days from the date of shipment. While you do not need a reason, I would like to know if there is something I could have done differently. The buyer is responsible for return shipping and packaging costs. I will refund the purchase price once I receive the item in reasonable condition. Please contact me if you would like to return an item.
Care Instructions: These are included in the item descriptions.
Packaging: I try to use packaging that is completely recyclable.
Abbreviations for Organic, Recycling, and Other Standards
GOTS: Global Organic Textile Standard. The worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibers including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain.
OEKO-TEX: Indicates the product contains low concentrations, based on use-specific thresholds, of over 1000 chemicals.
Blue Sign: Indicates a product has been manufactured to strict safety and environmental requirements.
REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals. Used by the European Union, REACH indicates a product has met criteria related to the human health, the environment, and risks that can be posed by chemicals.
GRS: Global Recycled Standard. The GRS is an international, voluntary, full product standard that sets requirements for recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and chemical restrictions.
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