Lately when I've had a moment that hasn't been taken by knitting, dyeing, spinning, sewing, weaving, or one of my numerous other crafty passions, I've been playing a wonderful game called Night in the Woods.  It follows the story of a 20 year old woman finding her footing in her life and how things change when you're technically no longer a kid.  It's based in a small town, and having so much in common with this delightful feline protagonist, I wanted to start a series of hand dyed yarns that encapsulates some of the lovely scenery that the artists of this game so lovingly created. 

Night in the Woods Developed by Infinite Fall (2017)

The first of this series is an homage to a song you're able to play in the game called "Weird Autumn" and the colour palette the landscape is painted when this moment comes up.  

I used a lot of stark orange stretches and then mixed varying shades of brown and black in so that it got the feeling of a bright autumn in a woodsy town.  

For this dye lot I also tried squishing the yarn more so that the colours would blend into each other more, giving some nice fades in and out of each colour.

I'm thrilled with the results too, it made the orange and brown far more rich and complex, making a single colour of orange (pumpkin) look like I used several different kinds of orange and the brown mute the white enough that it wasn't too much of a contrast to the earthy tones.

In total, I used 2 brown dyes (chestnut and brown), 1 black dye (jet black), and then the Pumpkin Orange I mentioned previously.  

As I continue to dye yarn I am working towards honing my skills enough to make sure that when I start selling my yarn it will be the quality you deserve and something I can be proud of, it's taking a little time to make sure I'm there- but it is coming and will be showing up on this site, so as always...

Stay sweet, stay crafty, and stay tuned.