Another new yarn!

Another of our new yarn bases--Del Piero also in "Infinite Arms".  We wanted you to see how different each of these yarns look in the same colorway.  Del Piero is a Peruvian wool blend coming to us in a natural gray so the colors are going to be slightly muted like our Louie Love.  This yarn comes to us in a sport weight so we thought it was only fitting that we name it for a star in Italian football star;)
These new yarns that we're beginning to show are so new they aren't even out in the stores yet!  We will be showing them at the TNNA trade show in just a couple weeks.  Make sure you let your LYS know you'd like to see them in stock.

A new yarn--Alwynn

We have a few new yarns in our stash these days.  One of which is Alwynn!  Shown here in our colorway "Infinite Arms".  This worsted weight yarn is 70%wool/30%silk with  218 yd in the skein.  Knits from this yarn have a lovely drape.  Gonna have to knit a cardi out of this one.

This yarn is named for Deb's niece, Alwynn.  An aspiring actress she helped us out back at the beginning of our company.  She has as much shimmer as this yarn;)

Dyed in the Wool

While we load our crate with all the new yarns heading to our Columbus trade show (booth #1457), we can't help but pick a little through the wool Stevanie dyed for the Sheep-to-Sweater project.  We'll be blending these in a workshop at the new Gresham shop, Andersen Fiber Works, soon!  They open this weekend, come see us there Saturday.

Oregon Spring

This is not about the colorway today;)  It's about the weather.  Even though it gets depressing to have one nice day in seven here is Western Oregon we can't complain about what those kinds of days bring to us--wonderful Morel mushrooms.  Yesterday's post was missed as it was a mushroom hunting day.  We brought back about 5lb of these beauties.  And had a wonderful mushroom pasta for dinner.

Sheep to Sweater Project

We've started on an adventure!  A group of us have purchased fleeces of Columbia wool from Imperial Stock Ranch to take through the entire process of picking, washing, dyeing, prepping, spinning and knitting on to a sweater or shawl.  This photo was taken at the very beginning of the project.  Most have now washed and dyed their fleeces, but not all.  We are not giving ourselves a time line.  We are, however, going to be supporting each other so that we can finish!  Here is a link to the Ravelry thread where you can follow this group of people.  And, we will be following one fleece through a series of video classes to help you should you want to do this on your own.  Next weekend the stage will be set...

The Schacht Side Kick traveling wheel

Did you know we are a Schacht Spindle Company dealer?  We are all spinners here at Pico Accuardi Dyeworks.  We try to sit down once a week and spin together.  And sometime we actually do;)  As spinners when we looked at a company we wanted to represent in the wheel area both of us agreed that Schacht was it.  We love their products, their service and the fact that Barry and Jane have created a wonderful work space for their employees.  They have a mini farm for people to enjoy at work--small chicken coop and raised beds for those that want to participate.  That is right up our ally as we both now have full working farms to attend at our homes.

We are anxiously awaiting delivery of Schacht's newest wheel--the Side Kick.  We have several on order, but only two of those are not sold.  The first available wheel will be arriving within the next two weeks at the studio.  Make an appointment to drop by and give it a spin;) (couldn't help myself)  And don't worry, we can always order more if you miss this round.  Pico Accuardi Dyeworks offers both  lay away and used wheel trade in programs.  And very soon--online spinning classes.  Learn no matter where you are!

Wicked Freaks

Often dyers will have days where the colorway they are creating comes out really different.  If you don't want to recreate this new colorway, but it's still a beautiful skein, what do you do? Well, we call these one off beauties Wicked Freaks!  We take them to shows. Yarn store owners often order a bag or two as well;  especially in sock yarn.  Ask your LYS if they have any.