Sapphire
The gemstone for September, sapphire is a variety of corundum which has long been prized for jewellery making owing to its durability. The blue colour is attributed to trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium or manganese within the mineral structure. The typical colour of sapphires is blue, although ‘fancy’ sapphires can be yellow, orange, green, brown, purple and violet. Rubies are the red variety of corumdum.
The gemstone for September, sapphire is a variety of corundum which has long been prized for jewellery making owing to its durability. The blue colour is attributed to trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium or manganese within the mineral structure. The typical colour of sapphires is blue, although ‘fancy’ sapphires can be yellow, orange, green, brown, purple and violet. Rubies are the red variety of corumdum.
The gemstone for September, sapphire is a variety of corundum which has long been prized for jewellery making owing to its durability. The blue colour is attributed to trace amounts of elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium or manganese within the mineral structure. The typical colour of sapphires is blue, although ‘fancy’ sapphires can be yellow, orange, green, brown, purple and violet. Rubies are the red variety of corumdum.
Yarn bases
100% Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply / sock 100g skeins (approx 350m)
100% Bluefaced Leicester double knit 100g skeins (approx 225m)
75% Bluefaced Leicester / 20% Tussah silk / 5% gold stellina double knit 10g micro skeins (approx 29m)
Our non superwash yarn is spun in Yorkshire from British fleece and hand dyed in small batches in Birmingham. Whilst colour consistency between batches is good, due to the dyeing process no two skeins will be identical and there may be slight colour variations between batches. It is therefore recommended that you buy enough yarn from the same batch to complete your projects and that you alternate skeins every other row.
Once you have completed your garment, it is recommended that you handwash your finished item in lukewarm water with your wool wash of choice and lay your washed garment flat to dry. Although the yarn is thoroughly rinsed after dyeing, some slight colour bleed may occur at first wash.
I photograph my yarn in natural daylight, however colour variations can occur between monitors.