Winter Solstice (2024 Advent) - 24 mini skeins set - dyed-to-order

This is a dyed-to-order listing, which means the yarn will be dyed after an order is placed. Estimated production time is 4-6 weeks, so orders that includes this set will ship in said time. (It may be earlier than this, if I happen to have a set ready on hand.)

The Winter Solstice collection was originally created for my 2024 yarn Advent calendar. It includes 24 micro (10g) or mini (20g) skein of lovingly hand-dyed yarn and a code to download your copy of Echoes of Light, the knitting pattern I designed for this collection.

Yarn Options

Merino Sock - Fingering weight - 75% Merino Superwash + 25% nylon

10gr micro skeins are 42,5m/46,5yds each - 1020m/1115yds per set

20gr mini skeins are 85m/93yds each - 2040m/2230 yds per set

DK Sock - DK weight - 75% Merino Superwash + 25% nylon

10gr micro skeins are 22,5m/24,5yds each - 540m/590yds per set

20gr mini skeins are 45m/49yds each - 1080m/1180 yds per set

The inspiration

Winter Solstice ❄️ is a gentle invite to slowing down to welcome the darkest time of year, to reflect on ourselves, and to make plans for the year ahead with a calm mind.

It is a soft, moody and earthy collection to celebrate the shortest day of the year, Winter Solstice, and the coldest and darkest season it brings, which is vital to bring the light and life back in Spring 🌱

The color palette

The palette is based on two main colors, cool Teal-Blues, the color of snow, ice, shades and dark sky, and warm Cinnamon Browns, the colors of subtle lights of the Polar Night, when the sun never rise and just lightly color the sky, of the reflections and shades this gentle light creates, of dead trees which didn't survive the ice cold.

Winter Solstice collection is based on my gradient sets, but with a special twist. The semisolid nuances are paired with tonal ones, which are overdyed to create more variations of the same tones, and create subtle colors that will gently merge one into the next. 

The set form a fade, with colors shifting from light to dark to light, and again, to make for a very special fade.

The knitting pattern

Echoes of Light is a rectangular scarf/wrap designed to work with a 24 mini skeins Advent calendar, either in Fingering/DK yarn, and either with 10/20 gr mini skeins.
The scarf and wrap are knitted flat in garter stitch, and shaped with short rows to form triangles. One mini skein is used to knit one triangle, and the scarf will be knitted along seamlessly. A knitted on icord border paired with icord cast on and bind off will make for the perfect finishing.

Shown in the smaller scarf size and worked with the 10gr micro skeins in DK weight. See the pattern on Ravelry for more details. A code to download the pattern will be included with the yarn.

Shipping

All orders will be shipped tracked. IT and EU orders will be shipped via express courier, while orders placed outside the EU will be shipped via tracked mail/courier depending on locations.