All the colours of Canadian parks
September 26, 2017 8:11 PM Subscribe
To to mark Canada's 150th anniversary (previously), Jana Dempsey, who created Hand Maiden Fine Yarns in Halifax, made a collection of yarns dyed in the colours of 13 national parks across Canada [Facebook], one for every province and territory.... Dempsey said the idea for the yarn collection grew out of her love for camping and knitting while camping. To pick the colours, she and her staff highlighted features of each park and chose the different yarns' hues based on that. (CBC.ca)
I have no ties to Canada whatsoever, but you show me pretty dyed yarn with a theme and my hands just curl into a grabbing motion and can't stop.
Get behind me, Satan. You cannot tempt me today.
posted by Katemonkey at 3:27 AM on September 27, 2017 [6 favorites]
Get behind me, Satan. You cannot tempt me today.
posted by Katemonkey at 3:27 AM on September 27, 2017 [6 favorites]
I've only been to a few of Canada's Nat'l Parks but was able to recognize each one's yarn color (as well as the ones I realllllly want to go to) immediately. (The Fundy one could have held up a sign, it was that obvious - how did they do that?!) That's just. . . amazing how good a job she and her team did! What a talent. Almost makes me want to knit to use these.
Really enjoyed this post, thanks FLT.
posted by barchan at 8:39 AM on September 27, 2017 [2 favorites]
Really enjoyed this post, thanks FLT.
posted by barchan at 8:39 AM on September 27, 2017 [2 favorites]
This is so cute!
posted by FirstMateKate at 8:39 AM on September 27, 2017
posted by FirstMateKate at 8:39 AM on September 27, 2017
Beautiful colors.
posted by Secretariat at 9:39 AM on September 27, 2017
posted by Secretariat at 9:39 AM on September 27, 2017
Knitting these together into a scarf would cast a spell for national unity and preserving Nature.
posted by jamjam at 10:10 AM on September 27, 2017
posted by jamjam at 10:10 AM on September 27, 2017
I know nothing about knitting or yarn but I am magpie to shiny object attracted to these.
posted by fluttering hellfire at 10:31 AM on September 27, 2017
posted by fluttering hellfire at 10:31 AM on September 27, 2017
Oooh, if someone did those for my favorite US National Parks I would buy them. (Nothing against Canadian parks, but I'm not familiar with them.)
posted by The corpse in the library at 10:55 AM on September 27, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by The corpse in the library at 10:55 AM on September 27, 2017 [1 favorite]
What an excellent tribute to Canada's parks and nature!
Photos really don't do Handmaiden yarns justice. They are gorgeous in person. I mean, most wool/silk blends have a glow to them, and most small producer dyed yarn of any fiber content is lovely, but these are exceptional.
Even if you do knit or crochet, this is one of the yarns that you buy and just stare at, then squirrel away. Sometimes you take it out just to look at it and pet it, contemplating what you might make out of it, if only you were more skilled or had enough of it...
Sorry. What were we talking about? Right. Canada!
posted by monopas at 11:00 AM on September 27, 2017 [4 favorites]
Photos really don't do Handmaiden yarns justice. They are gorgeous in person. I mean, most wool/silk blends have a glow to them, and most small producer dyed yarn of any fiber content is lovely, but these are exceptional.
Even if you do knit or crochet, this is one of the yarns that you buy and just stare at, then squirrel away. Sometimes you take it out just to look at it and pet it, contemplating what you might make out of it, if only you were more skilled or had enough of it...
Sorry. What were we talking about? Right. Canada!
posted by monopas at 11:00 AM on September 27, 2017 [4 favorites]
Of course SK gets given yellow and blue... because it's not like we have all the aspen parkland or anything... my home province never gets any of the nice tributes. We have more than farmland, I promise!
That being said, the yarn itself is gorgeous. Makes me wish I was better at crotchet.
posted by InkDrinker at 11:47 AM on September 27, 2017
That being said, the yarn itself is gorgeous. Makes me wish I was better at crotchet.
posted by InkDrinker at 11:47 AM on September 27, 2017
Oooh, if someone did those for my favorite US National Parks I would buy them.
You're in luck... Indie Untangled is doing a similar series with several dyers and other tie-ins this year and next. They're issued as limited editions, so the first two (and matching bags) are already sold out, but you might be able to find someone destashing and watch for the rest of the series to be announced.
posted by bunnysquirrel at 11:52 AM on September 27, 2017 [4 favorites]
You're in luck... Indie Untangled is doing a similar series with several dyers and other tie-ins this year and next. They're issued as limited editions, so the first two (and matching bags) are already sold out, but you might be able to find someone destashing and watch for the rest of the series to be announced.
posted by bunnysquirrel at 11:52 AM on September 27, 2017 [4 favorites]
Nice- thank you, bunnysquirrel. More yarn posts on Metafilter, please! I'm just starting to learn about the world of indie yarn.
posted by Secretariat at 1:41 PM on September 27, 2017
posted by Secretariat at 1:41 PM on September 27, 2017
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