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Heritage Yarns Newsletter #42
July 7, 2007
Hi everyone,
Happy Independence Day a
little late but the wish is the same and that is to enjoy and celebrate
our freedoms here in the United States.
As a military family, our
day was one of quiet reflection of many friends unable to be with their
families and of family members who have served in the past. God
bless them for their sacrifices and God bless America.
There are a few things new
and I wanted you to be among the first to know. As always, I
appreciate you shopping with me and if you have any questions about any
Heritage Yarns products, please email me at
Margaret@heritageyarns.com. It is my pleasure to serve you.
Dyeing for your knitting
and weaving pleasure,
Margaret <><
What's New
Smoky Places is one of the
newer colorways at Heritage Yarns and is currently available in an
8/2 Tencel painted warp (new),
Serenity cotton/rayon skeins and
8/2 Tencel skeins.
Black and smoky grays are
enhanced by occasional glimpses of eggplant, blues, teal and mauve that
you sometimes see in smoky places. This is a colorway equally
suited for a lady or man to wear to the office, to a black-tie affair or
out on the town.
Smoky Places 8/2 Tencel Painted Warp
Kathy Looper of San
Francisco wove the classic scarf above for a male friend of hers and her
husband. The painted warp was in the Smoky Places colorway; black
8/2 tencel was the weft. Kathy and I agree that almost any weft
color would work. Beautiful work, Kathy!
To see a larger view of
Kathy's scarf, click on her scarf above and it will take you to the
Painted Tencel Weaving Warps page.
Looking for an even faster
project? Pick up one of the patterns while you're there and your
choice of pattern weft. The options are yours with these warps.
Smoky Places Serenity Cotton/Rayon
Smoky Places is, once
again, available in
Serenity.
Serenity cotton/rayon is a fingering weight yarn with a delightful
hand and drape and is suitable for warp, weft or knitting yarn. It
is especially a nice weight for shawls and cocoon Jackets. Wraps
per inch = 20; suggested weaving sett is 10-14 epi; knitting gauge is
approximately 5 st./in. over stockinette on a size 4-6 U.S. needle.
Put-up is an 8 oz./700 yd. skein.
Smoky Places 8/2 Tencel
Currently available in
8/2 tencel skeins - the laceweight yarn with the drape of rayon and
the hand of silk - but not the price!
Yardage is 1680 yds. on an
8 oz. skein or enough for most shawls. Use as warp, weft or knitting
yarn. Wraps per inch are 32; suggested weaving sett of 20-24 epi unless
you are weaving a fancy twill such as advancing twills or multi-shaft
twills where floats are longer. Plan on 30 epi for those.
More Smoky Places Options
Looking for other ways to
knit or weave Smoky Places?
New Mill Dyed 8/2 Tencel
There are four new mill
dyed colors in
8/2 Tencel to complement the Heritage Yarns hand painted
collections:
Shown from left in Blue
Ming, Gold, Fuchsia and Lemon Drop
Put-up is on 8 oz./1680 yd.
cones. It is available for purchase separately at 8/2 Tencel Yarn -
Mill Dyed or in numerous combinations of knitting and weaving kits and
painted warps.
View the new color
combinations available from the following menus:
It is my privilege to serve
you.
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Shopping/Contact
Information
Yarn shipments are limited to the U.S. and Canada. If you live outside
the U.S. or Canada and would like to place a pattern order, please
inquire at
Margaret@heritageyarns.com.
Visit
Knitting Patterns and take a look around at the wide selection of
downloadable patterns from HeartStrings.
Purchasing options: by PayPal shopping cart or optionally call
with Visa, MasterCard or mail in a personal check or money order.
Margaret Pittman
Heritage Yarns
5875 Baxter Drive
Jackson, Mississippi 39211-3317 USA
Telephone - (601) 956-1478
Email -
Margaret@heritageyarns.com
Fax - (601) 957-2963
Celebrating color in hand painted skeins and warps since 1994
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