Daily Dream yarn

Note from Sundara...You gotta love this forest teal-green. It's using my new and improved dye methods, so the color is thoroughly saturated throughout the skein and the strands of the skein. Which you all seem to be loving, so I'll keep dyeing these kinds of colors for you.

You can do pretty much whatever you want with yarn dyed this way. It's as versatile as it comes, especially in fingering merino. And this color is one of those that works for almost everyone, too. And, now that I'm thinking about it, it's pretty much a four-season color. You could wear it year round and it would go with just about anything. It's like a non-neutral neutral. Can't beat that.

"The Rainforest" will not be dyed again. Updated: one batch left.

Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
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When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...Eighty bazillion of you asked super nicely for me to dye more of this color, and, since it sold out so fast, I changed my plans for the day and dyed you up more, but in the most elegant of yarn bases: lace silky mohair. It's even prettier in this yarn, what with the fluffiness and the silk. SO PRETTY. SO FLUFFY. As a reminder, here's what I said yesterday...

I saw a woman grocery shopping the other day and she was one of those women who immediately make you feel bad about yourself because she looked so effortlessly put together that you felt like a slob. (Even wearing your good yoga pants.) She was wearing all black and brown and everything was coordinated. Even her hair coordinated with the brown she was wearing. She was probably buying kale. But! It occurred to me that black and brown is a highly underrated color combination and it is extremely elegant.

And while you and I might not ever achieve full-on grocery-store-kale-buying-hair/outfit-color coordination, we can attempt some black and brown elegance. Maybe a sophisticated little shawl. A beret, if you are feeling the Eiffel elegance. Or dream big and go for a sweater, if you want to attempt grandness. You decide for yourself. I'll provide the yarn.

"Effortlessly Elegant" lace silky mohair will not be dyed again. 

Lace Silky Mohair is 460 yards and 50 grams of 70% ultra-fine kid mohair and 30% silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...This was supposed to be the "Abalone" color from a few weeks ago––because so many of you wanted more of that and I wanted to see it super shiny on silk––but half way through I realized the silk wasn't taking the color same way and I had to change plans. But I still wanted shiny and seashells, and this nautilus shell was intriguing.

This is super shiny, yet still somehow subdued, so it isn't SHINY.** It's got all the interesting iridescence of those seashells we are looking for, but it's even softer and smoother in the 100% silk. Totally worth the splurge for a skein or two for a little something something to wrap around your neck. Whether you pair it with an iridescent nautilus button is up to you.

"Neverending Nautilus" will not be dyed again. Updated: half a batch left.

**SHINY should be sung in the voice of Moana crab when he's singing the Shiny song. I sung it to myself the entire time I dyed this yarn. That crab is awesome.

Extra Fine Fingering Silk is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% mulberry silk.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...Today's yarn is loosely based on the inspiration photo because speckled yarn has a mind of its own. And while it mostly went the way I expected, it didn't entirely. But it was so pretty the way it was, I wasn't going to wrangle it into submission just to meet the needs of some photo. I think it was the right choice. The yarn agrees with me.

This is green and green and more green speckles on a backgrounders of yellow-green that isn't obnoxious about it. It's a yellow-green that goes with everything and is all sorts of loveliness. And the speckles. They are all the greens. It's pretty much perfect. The only bad thing about this yarn is that I messed up the first four skeins, so there aren't quite three full batches available. ☹️

"The Rolling Hills of Tuscany" will not be dyed again.

Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...My eight-year-old niece and nephew decided they wanted to "help" me dye yarn the day I dyed today's Daily Dream––with big finger air quotes around the word "help." But they are super cute and I pretty much can't say no to them, so I let them pick out the inspiration photo. I also had them help me decide what hue I'd use for the first layer of color. Because we are educational here at Sundara Yarn. Then they got bored and wandered off.

But they did say they would be very sad if nobody bought their yarn. So hopefully at least a few of will like this enough to get a skein or two. It will make their day. And you don't want to see their disappointed faces. It's heartbreaking.

"A Plum of Summer" will not be dyed again.

Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...It's been years since I last read Jane Eyre, but I wanted to do a sort of "English castle covered in ivy in the fog" sort of color and when I saw this, all I could thing about was Jane and Rochester and his crazy wife haunting the attic of Thornfield Hall. Or at least I think that's how the story goes. I remember it being all very romantic back when I was sixteen.

The color, like the castle, is all lovely english ivy green with bits of grey, both dark and light, stone and fog, peeking through. But unlike the actual Thornfield Hall, this will keep you warm and safe and there won't be any crazy wife locked up in the attic.

"Thornfield" will not be dyed again. Updated: 1 batch left.

Extra Fine Fingering Silky Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 75% super wash merino and 25% mulberry silk.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...Today's yarn requires a bit of your imagination. When I started dyeing yarn named for dragons, my knitting friend told me they were her spirit animal, and her favorite color is green, so I had to dye green dragon yarn. But alas, to nobody's surprise, there are no photos of green dragons. But I had a very clear picture of what a green dragon should look like and what I wanted for the yarn.

My green dragon has glowing emerald eyes and is covered in deep olive scales that are tipped with silver. A silver that is, obviously, shaded a bit green. And that is what this yarn is. Deep olive with highlights of silver-green and emerald. And the inspiration photo? That is where this dragon lives.

"The Green Dragon" will not be dyed again.

Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...I thought it was time to dye up a "solid," and by "solid," I mean as close to a solid as hand-dyed yarn gets. I saw this photo and thought a velvety, rich teal was just the thing.

This is perfect for pretty much anything you want to toss at it. Lace. Cables. Garter. Stockinette. Bobbles. Some other stitch I can't think of but would look awesome. It'd be great for color work or to pair with another color or two or twelve in any of the multi-color projects out there. A magenta pink, like these graceful tulips is an obvious choice, but I chose tea for our solid because it truly goes with anything. It's one of those colors that works like a neutral. So get a skein to have on hand or stock up if you have a project you've had your eye on but haven't had found the right yarn. This might be the right yarn for it.

"The Enigma of the Shadows" will not be dyed again.

Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...This yarn and I had a very prolonged difference of opinion over what color it should be. As you all have some experience with yarn, it should come to no surprise that, after many days discussion, the yarn won. I should have given in days ago. But here we are. This isn't even the inspiration photo I wanted to use. I had to go find a new one somewhere around day four.

But, I have always felt the yarn knows best, and someone out there must need or want this color for some project and the yarn fairies knew that. So, if this gorgeous dark green calls to you, maybe listen?

"The Crashing of Opinions" will not be dyed again.

Lace Silky Alpaca is 328 yards and 50 grams of 75% brushed baby suri alpaca and 25% mulberry silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...Around this time of year, when the weather is hot and the sun shines all day long, I forget about all the usual grey clouds and rain we get for the other 9 months of the year and start to think I could maybe grow all those tropical flowers I fantasize about. Like bougainvillea. It's my favorite. It seems totally possible that I could have myself a white stucco house with excessive plumes of pink blossoms taking over my patio where I sip iced beverages and look out over the sea. It could totally happen.

Except October would hit and the rains would come and all that pretty bougainvillea would die a sad, painful death. Alas, the Pacific Northwest is no place for tropical flowers. So I will stick to excessively pink yarn. This one is all sorts of bougainvillea pink. Not too bright, though, and, for reasons I'm not quite sure of but am totally happy about, there are a bit of sprinkles here and there. You can knit it now or stash it for a little pick me up when the weather turns cold.

"Late Summer Longing" will not be dyed again.

Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...I came across this photo a few weeks ago and have been obsessing about it ever since. I couldn't decide how I wanted to bring it about in yarn form, which was why I hadn't attempted to dye it up yet. I hadn't even meant to dye it today. Today was supposed to be something different. But the yarn and the yarn fairies had different plans because the yarn became despite my plans.

Sometimes that happens. And I can't really complain that my free dyeing will has been taken away because that's some pretty yarn. So, thanks,yarn fairies! I'm sure they were trying to fulfill someone's yarn wishes, so if that is you, please take advantage of this magical yarn. It will be just the thing you need. (And also, I don't know when this will happen again, so take advantage. The yarn fairies are fickle beasts.)

"Winging It" will not be dyed again.

Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.

Note from Sundara...I saw this photo, Van Morrison's song popped into my head, and I had an immediate need to name a dark emerald-forest-mossy green yarn "Into the Mystic." And since a lot of you have been requesting a darker green heavier gauge yarn for sweaters and such, I went with it.

The color though! That's what we're here to talk about. Deep green that is all emerald and forest and mossy all at once. This took three dunks into the dye pots because I got all perfectionist and wanted it JUST RIGHT. It's the goldilocks of green. Not too dark. Not too light. Not too blue. Not too yellow. Just right.

"Into the Mystic" won't be dyed again. Updated: 1 skein left.

Extra Fine Aran Merino is 181 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
4.5 stitches per inch on US 8/5mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.

All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail. Any yarn ordered will be added to any preexisting orders and excess shipping will be refunded.

Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs. 
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.