Jasper

£22.00

Jasper is an opaque, impure variety of silica, is usually red, yellow, brown or green in colour and the name means spotted or speckled stone. It is an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases and is generally believed to require the circulation of hydrothermic liquids to form. The most common colour is red and is caused due to the inclusion of iron. Jasper is used as a gemstone or for ornamental purposes and can be highly polished, making it attractive for items such as seals, vases and snuff boxes.

Yarn:

Jasper is an opaque, impure variety of silica, is usually red, yellow, brown or green in colour and the name means spotted or speckled stone. It is an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases and is generally believed to require the circulation of hydrothermic liquids to form. The most common colour is red and is caused due to the inclusion of iron. Jasper is used as a gemstone or for ornamental purposes and can be highly polished, making it attractive for items such as seals, vases and snuff boxes.

Yarn bases

100% Bluefaced Leicester 4 ply / sock 100g skeins (approx 350m)

100% Bluefaced Leicester double knit 100g skeins (approx 225m)

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Our non superwash yarn is spun in Yorkshire from British fleece and hand dyed in small batches in Birmingham. Whilst colour consistency between batches is good, due to the dyeing process no two skeins will be identical and there may be slight colour variations between batches. It is therefore recommended that you buy enough yarn from the same batch to complete your projects and that you alternate skeins every other row.

Once you have completed your garment, it is recommended that you handwash your finished item in lukewarm water with your wool wash of choice and lay your washed garment flat to dry. Although the yarn is thoroughly rinsed after dyeing, some slight colour bleed may occur at first wash.

I photograph my yarn in natural daylight, however colour variations can occur between monitors.