Black Turtle Bean 3 DK:8 ply Fred McCubbin and Margaret Preston

Fred McCubbin and Margaret Preston

the avocado extract has reacted with the alum

and gives the yarn a beautiful dusky pink colour

Originally I created these kits for the "ImpressionistMKAL" by Helen Stewart from Curious Handmade beginning March 31

Black Turtle Bean 3 DK:8 ply Fred McCubbin and Margaret PrestonBlack turtle beans are a variety of common beans from the Americas introduced and grown around the world; popular in vegetarian and Mexican cuisines. With wool, the beans impart a beautiful tonal teal colour range. A gradient kit of the different colour ways coming from these beans is shown and will be featured in an upcoming shawl design (shush!). This is the second of the Black Bean colours 2. It has the colour of jade! With 80% superfine merino and