Granny Tee (Indigo Blue)

Indigo Blue : this happened last night, I finally dived into my Scheepjes Skies mini skien box (heavy) and I'm in love with this yarn! I was sitting watching a film when I had the sudden urge to crochet another Granny Tee by Sarah (aka annaboos house)

The mini skeins are perfect and I've just ordered another box for the back plus a larger skein for the sleeves and joining. It has amazing drape and the colours are a subtle shift of indigo that is going to look fabulous over a white t shirt with jeans and flip flops. Perfect partnership.

You can watch my progress over on my Instagram account.

Indigo Blue

I buy my yarn from Lusciously Loopy because the service is first class and I like to support independent businesses. Lynn stocks the Scheepjes Skies mini skein packs and the full size 100g skeins and shes super helpful when it comes to helping customers in the UK and Worldwide.

Ball weight:28 gram, Length:47 meter, Gauge:18 stitches, 16 rows to 10 cm on 6.0 mm needles/hook. But I'm using a 5.5mm hook and the drape is excellent

Fiber Content:100% Premium Blend Cotton,Needle/hook size 6 mm,Yarn weight:DK, Full size Ball weight:100 gram, Length:170 meter,Gauge:18 stitches, 16 rows to 10 cm on 6.0 mm needles.

Made from an all-natural 100% Premium Blend cotton, the new Scheepjes SKIES yarns are so soft you’d think you were holding a cloud. Dyed using beautiful shades of Indigo; a textile dye dating back to 4000BC, these yarns feature subtle colour contrasts and a hand dyed appearance. Ranging from the pale blue of a partially overcast Spring morning, to the deep Indigo of a midday Summer sky, transforming then to the sinister olive greens which overcome grassy pastures in the midst of a storm, capture the beauty and volatility of our glorious atmosphere with SKIES.

Comments

mamasmercantile said…

My goodness such beautiful colours, what a delight.

28 May 2019 at 07:56

Crafty in the Med said…

Love the combination of colours. Mustard certainly makes it shine!

keep well

Amanda x

7 June 2019 at 07:38

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