Soft, shiny, with lots of beautiful texture from the Sari Silk.
A colour specifically created as a synthetic replacement for the eyewateringly expensive ultramarine. Cobalt had historically been used in pottery to create an intense blue glaze, and in glass, any intense blue coloured in stained glass windows comes from cobalt. It had even been used as an artists pigment, Smalt was a cheap dull shade of blue. The pigment we call Cobalt was created in 1802 by mixing cobalt arsenate or cobalt phosphate with aluminia and roasting it at high temperatures. Artists finally had their inexpensive, vibrant blue.
Colour Description- Intense royal blue with maroon streaks.
This range of fibres will use the same fibre composition, and the collection will rotate through different colours and collections over time. Some colours will be restocked, and others may be temporary to allow space for other colours. Even if a colour is restocked the nature of the sari silk means it's unlikely that the next batch will be the same "dye lot". If consistency is going to be vital for your project please bear this in mind.
12.5% Llama,
12.5% Sari Silk,
12.5% Mulberry Silk,
62.5% Merino
100g
Hand wash only.
All these fibres, with the exception of the recycled sari silk have been professionally dyed to Okeo-Tex 100 certification. Sari silk can sometimes be prone to colour bleeding, caution is advised on the first wash.
Established in 2011, Hilltop Cloud is run, and owned by Katie Weston. I live in rural mid-Wales and spend my days surrounded by colour, and beautiful fibre. I think I have the best job in the world and am really happy to be able to share what I create.
If you want any advice on products, please just get in touch.
