Textile Heritage is a selection of colours inspired by the textile trade of the past
It's dyed on Cambrian Wool. This is Welsh wool from farms local to me. The Cambrian Wool Company selects the finest fleeces from these farms and has them processed, in the UK, in to Combed Top & Worsted Yarns. The sheep are known as Welsh Mules. A Mule is a cross between a native upland sheep, in this case Welsh Mountain, and a Blue Faced Leicester. These sheep produce wool with beautiful sheen, and incredible bounce, and a long staple length.
The Cambrian Mountains are the remote upland area in the centre of Wales.
This stunningly beautiful landscape is one of the our best kept secrets...
New Lanark-
New Lanark was established in 1786 on the River Clyde. The river was used to power a cotton mill. The site was manged by Robert Owen who ran the mill according to Utopian Socialist principles. Children were given a free education, and housing conditions were excellent. He proved that mills could be still be profitable, whilst caring for their workers.
The mill site is now a World Heritage Site.
Colours in this pack- Dove Grey, Forest Green, Lemon Yellow, Mustard Yellow, Clementine Orange.
5 x 20g (0.7oz) of hand dyed combed top.
You can spin them as mini-skins, or use hand carders to create transition shades for a gradient skein. You could also use them on drum carders and blending boards to add a little special touch to blends.
Each colour way is hand dyed in a solid colour way, but the nature of hand dyeing creates a fibre that won't produce a solid coloured yarn. This tonal variation will really help to create unique beautiful projects.
These colourways are intended to be repeatable, but the nature of my hand dyeing techniques means that colourways will never be identical from dye batch to dye batch. All the packs that are available at any one time will come from the same batch and will match each other. Packs listed at a later date may well contain colours that are slightly different. Please buy enough in one go to complete your chosen project.
These fibres have been dyed to exhaust using acid dyes, and then rinsed using hot water and detergent. However, differences in water can sometimes cause odd things to happen to hand dyed fibres. I would recommend washing the dark colours separately from the pale colours in the unlikely case that some bleeding does occur.
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.
