Are you hesitating between several plant-based colours or do you like working with natural shades?
The Pyrenean Palette Skein allows you to discover several shades in a single product.
 
This palette brings together 5 mini skeins of 20 g, each dyed with a different plant or in a natural colour, simply held together to form a 100 g skein. Once the skein is unravelled, you will have 5 separate mini skeins, ready to be wound into balls and used for your knitting or crochet project.


It's the ideal solution for testing the unique texture of my local Pyrenean wool and discovering the beautiful natural colours derived from plants that I offer.


Why choose this format?
 
 
To discover several shades before ordering larger skeins
 
 
 To knit or crochet small jacquard accessories with stripes or colourful accents
 
 
 To give a lovely gift to knitting and natural dye enthusiasts
 
 
 To support a local, ethical and sustainable wool industry

This palette is available on my Worsted (3-ply) base, a local three-ply yarn that is round, sturdy and suitable for intermediate needles (4–5 mm).
 
Bases included:
Azun and Peira Worsted
Worsted yarn, 4–5 mm needles
 
Colourways:
Colourway 1: Granite (Peira), Campêche Blue (Peira), Bordeaux (Peira), Rhubarb Yellow (Azun), Acacia Pink (Azun)
Palette 2: Natural mottled grey (Peira), Campêche blue (Peira), Acacia pink (Azun), Natural ecru (Azun), Oak beige (Azun)
‘My palette’ option: see the additional information section to choose your colours!
 
Wool
Wool from Lourdaise & Tarasconnaise sheep
 
Composition
100% natural wool, approx. 183-193 m / 100 g 
Uncarbonised / unbleached / non-superwash
 
Quality
3 twisted threads
100 g (5 mini skeins of 20 g) 
 
Sample after blocking (stocking stitch), over 10 cm
23 stitches with 3 mm needles
20-22 stitches with 3.5 mm needles
 
Origin and processing
French production with traceability certified by LAINAMAC (yarns listed in the Lanathèque):
- Collected and sorted by hand in Val d'Azun in the Hautes-Pyrénées, by myself
- Washed, carded and spun at the artisanal spinning mill in Niaux, Ariège
- Dyed at the Myrobolan Teintures Végétales workshop in Felletin, Creuse 


The colours are obtained from plant extracts, using a bio-mordant. The natural colours are mottled grey, granite and ecru.
 
Care instructions
The wool is not superwash: hand wash in cold water with a mild detergent, then dry flat. If you wish to use your machine's wool programme, test it first on a sample. For more care advice, visit my blog.
 
NB: Despite every effort to ensure that the photos accurately reflect the colour, it may vary depending on your screen.
 
Need inspiration? Discover beautiful patterns that you can knit with this yarn on my blog or in the Gallery.