Late last season a lovely woman from Montana stopped in and dropped off information on her hand-painted fiber. I love fingering weight yarn and her Lambent, 437 yards 50% merino 50% silk fingering weight, caught my eye. We decided to bring in a few skeins late in the fall.
This fiber's beauty is truly brought out in her dyeing. She has such an eye for combining colors and rightly naming them things like Mountain Bluebird, Sage Meadows, Indian Paintbrush, Aspen Bark and Zinnias from the Market. We just received an order of 36 skeins and in one day we sold 11! I am working on a shawl called Cilantro (ravelry.com) and am enjoying every stitch of this dreamy yarn.
We will, undoubtedly, be ordering more of this yarn as we are in full swing of tourist season. This is a special yarn that you can't find everywhere. We get knitters in everyday that ask what we have that is local. Although Raven Ridge is not technically "local", I still eagerly point out this hard to find yarn since it only comes from 6 beautiful hours away.
Bottom line, this is a wonderful mixed fiber beautifully dyed regionally and cost less than a silly Jackson Hole sweatshirt. Lambent would really be your perfect souvenir from the Tetons!
I have spun fiber from Raven Ridge and it's just as luscious as the yarn is. I love her colorway names, and will soon be spinning up some Mountain Bluebird.
ReplyDeleteI love that you're carrying her yarn!
Hi, just found your blog - I'm one of those tourists that fell in love with Lambent Mountain Bluebird. My husband and I were in Jackson in June and wandered in to your shop. I just checked my receipt and what was the date: June 19! So I guess I was one of those lucky eleven who got some of that first batch. And you're right, it's a much better souvenir than a sweatshirt!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mokihana and Skey! Enjoy playing with her beautiful fiber this summer!
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