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12 Combinations of Bérénice and Semilla Melange I Love
Hi my lovelies! When we received our latest restock of BC Garn's Semilla Melange (one of my favorite sustainable budget-friendly yarns - 100% wool, non-superwash, GOTS-certified), I couldn't resist: I had to pull out our box of De Rerum Natura Bérénice, the wonderful fluffy silk-mohair-merino yarn, to see if I could find a few color matches.
And I did! 12 perfect matches – I couldn't believe it. So naturally, I had to share them with you!
The Neutrals
Semilla Melange has a gorgeous range of natural sheepy shades – and I was so delightfully surprised to see how many of them had a match with Bérénice!
From left to right: Semilla Melange in LightGrey with Bérénice in Crème, Semilla Melange in Stone Grey with Bérénice in Goéland, Semilla Melange in Anthracite with Bérénice in Crépuscule
From left to right: Semilla Melange in Heather with Bérénice in Avoine, Semilla Melange in Caramel with Bérénice in Chocolat Chaud, Semilla Melange in Chocolate with Bérénice in Cacao
The Brights
I adore the beautiful color range of Semilla Melange - no matter whether you prefer a warmer shade, like their rusty red, or a cooler (very hip) shade like Violet, they got you covered! Bérénice has perfect color matches for a lot of them:
From left to right: Semilla Melange in Violet with Bérénice in Oursin, Semilla Melange in Bright Pink with Bérénice in Tutu, Semilla Melange in Rust with Bérénice in Badiane
From left to right: Semilla Melange in Apple Green with Bérénice in Fusain, Semilla Melange in Forest Green with Bérénice in Belle Étoile, Semilla Melange in Dark Blue with Bérénice in L'Heure Bleue
Aren't they gorgeous together? I am already dreaming about what to cast on with them! You can get both Semilla Melange and Bérénice in the shop – and if you have any questions or would like to see alternative color pairings, do let us know!
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24 Perfect Color Matches for Zauberwolle
Hi lovelies! You know how much I adore our 100% non-superwash wool color-changing yarn "Zauberwolle", right? I already knit myself a Pressed Flowers Hat and a Pressed Flowers Cardigan in it, and I can't wait to get the next project on the needles.
I thought it would be really cool to combine Zauberwolle with BC Garn's Semilla Melange, a wonderfully woolly GOTS-certified sport-weight yarn. (I knit the Pressed Flowers Cardigan in this exact combo, and it's a good one.) So imagine my delight when I realized how many colors of Semilla Melange actually work perfectly with the color-changing magic of Zauberwolle!
Without further ado, let me introduce you to a whopping 24 perfect color matches!
What to make with hand-spun yarn
The joy of spinning your own yarn is that you can design the yarn from the fibre up. In theory this means you can hold the pattern or project you’d like to make in mind, and create the yarn to match.
However in practice, at least at the beginning, that’s often not how it goes. Perhaps your spinning is either a bit inconsistent, or you find it hard to spin to a specific weight of yarn. Maybe you enjoy spinning from gloriously dyed variegated fibre and the result is very busy-looking yarn. It might be that you have small, precious skeins of practice yarn, or on the other end of the scale, you’re amassing hand-spun yarn faster than you can possibly knit through it.
How to get started with spinning
Spinning yarn can seem a daunting craft, requiring arcane tools and techniques, but the fundamentals are simple. It is about adding twist to fibre, which gives it the strength to not pull apart. Most preparations of fibre will require drafting – that is, continuously pulling the fibre so fewer strands (or staples) are twisted together to make a thinner yarn. Drafting and adding twist are all that are needed to make yarn.
You might hear about woollen and worsted spinning, and the long- and short-draw methods associated with them. While interesting, and good to understand when improving your skills, the beginner spinner doesn’t need to worry overmuch about these terms.
We’re going to look at the tools and fibre you’ll need before you start spinning yarn.
