YPF-the Fruity Version

Courtesy of Freshisle Fibers! About a year or more ago, I came upon the top cake o'yarn below at Yarn Harlot 's blog. (can't find her post though, oh well!) It peaked my interest and I contacted the dyer about ordering a skein. At that time I was put on a long waiting list and a bit later I had my hands on 2 of these.


Fast forward to this past winter/spring and she's done it again. Hence the two bottom cakes.

What you may not know is that the wool from these yarns is from the sheep on Freshisle's Island. Everyone on the island gets together and shears all their sheep and together they send it all to be processed. Talk about a community effort. Then Freshisle get's hers back and dyes away. I've been following her blog since first finding the watermelon and have learned so much. She does a lot of natural dyeing of her wools with flowers, nuts, etc. from around her house.

The Watermelon self-striping that started it all! You can see it knit up here. Mine will definately be started this winter, yes I know it is more of a spring/summer colorway, but this yarn is warm! Besides, in the dead of winter, think of how cute they'll look!

Kiwi self-striping, I watched her as she experimented with different greens until she found one she liked. You can see it knit up here.

Kiwi Single Ply, Mixed Breed. No pictures, but it's dyed the same way as the one above. I'd like to get all 3 knit up in the near future. Most likely around November time frame.

Here's her blog if you want to follow her adventures in knitting and dyeing Manitoulin Island Suffolk wool. I'm happy to say for her, she doesn't keep waiting lists any longer, and updates the shop with various yarns when she can. She also has free patterns for these yarns.