Introducing…..ACADIA!
We are absolutely delighted to announce a brand new yarn in the Fibre Company lineup, Acadia!
The view from Schieffelin Point, Gouldsboro, Maine
Named after the gorgeous Acadia National Park in Maine, Acadia is an absolutely beautiful, completely original and custom designed 2-ply blend of 60% merino, 20% baby alpaca + 20% silk, with a put up of 149 yards per 50 gram skein and a recommended gauge of 21-23 stitches to 4 inches. Like the well loved, Terra, the silk in Acadia has some slubbed silk noil, creating a subtle tweedy effect. In order to create an additional level of depth and tone, the baby alpaca we used is a dark brown, and then the heathered yarn (in fact, the blend created a grey tone) is overdyed in the duotones we are known for, creating a yarn with incredible softness and depth of color.
We hemmed and hawed quite a bit over the intial lineup, and are proud to present to you the thirteen introductory colors:
Driftwood
Sea Lavender
Blackberry
Wild Onion
Maple
Amber
Kelp
Asparagus
Bog
Granite
Dusk
Blue Heron
Summersweet
We see Acadia as both a beautiful accessory and sweater yarn and cannot wait for you to see and feel just how wonderful it is. Acadia will be made “officially” available the first week of July, so look and ask for it in your favorite LYS!
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May 19th, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Sealavender and Summersweet are just breathtaking. I want them!
May 19th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Very pretty, soft colors!
May 19th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
GORGEOUS! I want them all!
May 19th, 2011 at 7:03 pm
blue heron is gorgeous!
May 19th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
i am utterly in love! must get this the moment it comes out!
May 19th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Gasp – Kelp
May 20th, 2011 at 8:56 am
Beautiful – I love the colourways! Can hardly wait to try it!
May 21st, 2011 at 12:47 am
ladies…you have outdone yourselves!! each color is more beautiful than the next. will be calling you on monday to get some for Knitting Central. Just magnificent
May 25th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
[...] new free pattern designed by Kate out of Acadia {did you hear? Its our brand-spankin’-new yarn for fall!} in [...]
May 25th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Those colorways are GORGEOUS! I want to eat them! Can’t wait to see the actual stuff!
May 31st, 2011 at 1:56 pm
[...] friends at The Fibre Company are releasing a new yarn AND IT IS [...]
June 1st, 2011 at 3:17 am
gorgeous, kelp and wild onion
June 7th, 2011 at 10:26 am
So beautiful! I can’t wait to knit with this!
June 27th, 2011 at 8:55 pm
i live in bar harbor, me and and SO delighted to see yarn named after this gorgeous park i live in. thanks!!!!
August 19th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
[...] point of view) of the Appalachian Trail. It is now also the name of our new free pattern featuring our new yarn, [...]
August 21st, 2011 at 1:52 pm
[...] little knitting (with Acadia!) and some manuscript [...]
January 6th, 2012 at 9:14 am
[...] introducing Acadia in May, we have been really excited to see all of the beautiful projects pop up on Ravelry and hear from [...]
February 27th, 2012 at 4:22 pm
[...] one bag of The Fibre Company Acadia in [...]