Snow is white.
At least, that’s what we call it.
But look at it long enough and you’ll find blue in the shadows. Lavender where the light changes. Sometimes grey, sometimes silver and colors that seem to disappear the moment you try to name them.
That’s what I wanted when I made The Secret Colors of Snow.
I started with Rambouillet wool and rose fiber, rolling them together by hand into punis. Against all that soft ivory I let tiny traces of color find their way in – icy blue, blue-green, lavender and violet. Not enough to change the color of the yarn from across the room. Just enough to be discovered.
Spinning softened those colors even further. Plying tucked some of them away completely and brought others unexpectedly to the surface.
From a distance the skein looks like snow.
Then you pick it up.
There they are.
Little threads of color hiding beneath the white. A bit of shimmer when the light catches the rose fiber. Blue beside violet. Something lavender where you could have sworn there wasn’t any lavender at all.
They aren’t really accents at all.
They’re the colors that snow tries to keep to itself.
And that’s how The Secret Colors of Snow got its name.
The Secret Colors of Snow is part of The Dusty Talon’s Handspun collection.
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