ORPIMENT: SW Merino Wool/Lurex Sparkle - Hand dyed Tonal sock yarn
$25.00
ORPIMENT
Color: Pinks, Orange, Gold, Brown
92% Superwash Merino wool, 8% Lurex (metallic sparkle) sock yarn
400 yards / 100 grams
handwash in cool water, lay flat to dry
In stock: 1
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When we visited the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and I made sure to visit the Gem & Mineral collection to take photos. I found a handful that were wonderful and interesting and here is the first of this collection in hand-dyed yarn. ORPIMENT is a mineral that was used for centuries as a pigment in painting and sealing wax - this was before learning that the mineral is arsenic. Another one of nature's beautiful-but-deadly combinations . . .
This is a tonal yarn dyed using an immersion technique with shades of pink, orange, gold with a final overlay of light brown.
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