Blending natural dyed wool using a hackle

Hand spun yarn single with heathered tones of spicey red earth browns achieved by bending three wool colours on the hackle: madder dyed wool and natural brown corriedale wool. Spun yarn single is 32 wraps per inch (WPI: 32).

The blend below uses:

• Madder dyed white merino wool roving: 17g wool (madder 20% weight of fabric)

• Eucalyptus cinerea bark dyed white merino wool roving: 30g wool.

1. Madder & Eucalypt dyed single hank

2. Madder dye & natural brown wool hank

3. Indigo, three shades blend wool hank