The Lord of the Rings Collection - THE PALANTIR Hand Dyed on Dream Fingering - Splashed & Speckled Yarn
The Lord of the Rings Collection - THE PALANTIR Hand Dyed on Dream Fingering - Splashed & Speckled Yarn
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The Palantir was inspired by The Lord of the Rings. It is the "seeing stone" misused by Saruman and then Pippin, but it rightfully belonged to Aragorn. I had in mind the scene in The Two Towers when Pippin looked in it and saw Sauron. Then Gandalf took it and gave it to Aragorn saying, "Receive it, lord...in earnest of other things that shall be given back."
This was a colorway from my 2023 Lord of the Rings inspired Advent calendar that followed Aragorn's journey through all three books. I decided to take a few of the colorways I created for the Advent calendar and add them to my shop.
The colors in The Palantir include gold, turquoise, chocolate, eggplant, black, and the deep dark magenta of The Winedark Sea.
I dyed this yarn using my Splashed and Speckled method, which means each skein contains the same colors but in different places, making each one unique. If you plan to use more than one skein in a project, I recommend switching skeins every few rows to create a more consistent look.
YARN BASE
I dyed it on Dream Fingering, which is an incredibly soft and luxurious yarn base made of 70% baby alpaca, 20% mulberry silk, and 10% cashmere. It is a 3-ply yarn with 437 yards per 3.5 ounce skein. This is a non-superwash yarn, so it definitely should be washed by hand in cool water so as not to felt. Also, it is a good option for those who are sensitive to sheep wool due to the lanolin content since none of the fibers have lanolin.
YARN FACTS
The Palantir on Dream Fingering
Splashed & Speckled Colorway
Literary Collection
437 yards / 3.5 oz / 3 plies
70% baby alpaca / 20% mulberry silk / 10% cashmere
Care: Hand wash cold and air dry.
YARN PAIRINGS
The Palantir would look great with Pumpkin Spice, Pumpkin Spice Latte, and The Winedark Sea. I included a photo of it with Pumpkin Spice Latte and The Winedark Sea.
YARN SWATCH
I included a swatch of this yarn dyed on Squoosh DK.
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TIMELINE
This yarn is dyed and ready to ship. I ordinarily ship in 1-2 business days.
QUANTITY
I show multiple skeins of yarn in my photos so you can see the small differences between each one, but each skein is sold separately.
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DYE METHODS
I use a number of different methods for dyeing yarn. I list the method in the yarn facts section of each colorway, and you can also search by dye method. Here's what those methods are:
Assigned Pooling Colorways - These colorways have about 75% of the skein dyed in one color or color combination (called the background color) and the other 25% dyed in something that is distinctly different (called the accent color). You knit or crochet along until you get to the accent color, and then you do something different. Look for knitting patterns like those by Dawn Barker of Barker Wool that are made for assigned pooling colorways. I have some of my own as well. You'll find lots in the knitting world, but assigned pooling patterns are also started to gain popularity in the crochet world.
Block Variegated Colorways - Block variegated colorways are dyed in distinct sections of one color followed by another color. They typically have somewhere between 2 and 8 colors. These can pool, but if that isn't what you want, consider adjusting the number of stitches just a little bit or using a different stitch for the yarn.
Ikat Colorways - This method involves using a resist to keep the dye from certain areas of the yarn on the first dye round. Then those areas are filled in with different dye colors in successive dye rounds.
Planned Pooling Colorways - Planned pooling colorways are a type of block variegated colorway with between 2 and 5 colors that can be used for planned pooling projects like those Mary Bird offers for crochet in her book, Yarn Pooling Made Easy, and Laura Bryant offers for knitting in her book, Artful Color, Mindful Knits. These create really cool effects, but they take some patience and experimenting.
Semi-Solid Colorways - Semi-Solid colorways use a single color of dye, but there's usually some variation in the depth of shade. In other words, some parts are a little lighter and some are a little darker. Some of these colorways also have speckles. If so, I mention that in the description.
Splashed & Speckled Colorways - These colorways have multiple colors that are placed over the skein in short segments of no more than an inch or two at a time. They often have speckles as well, which are small dots of dye. Because of the varied placement of the dyes, each skein tends to vary more than with other colorway types. Splashed & Speckled colorways are not likely to pool.
Tonal Colorways - Tonal colorways are similar to semi-solid colorways, but they contain different shades of the same color. For example, a tonal colorway that is blue will have multiple shades of blue.
