“There was a specially large pavilion, so big that the tree that grew in the field was right inside it and stood proudly near one end…lanterns were hung on all its branches.” ~ J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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Welcome to the second colorway in our Middle Earth Imagined Collection!
Bilbo’s one-hundred and eleventieth birthday party was a grand affair, the whole of the Shire coming whether invited or not! When it came time for him to give his speech, Bilbo stood at the end of the pavilion, beneath the giant party tree. Colorful lights danced from the many lanterns, illuminating the tree from the bottom up to the darkest branches that reached to the night sky.
Under the Party Tree is a six stripe colorway featuring three wide stripes of the tree’s gradient-lit foliage – pale golden green at the bottom, mid-green, and then finally the darkest night-soaked leaves at the top. Between each are smaller stripes of bright blue-purple, yellow-gold, and shades of pink, the colors of the lanterns that lit the festivities on party night.
We are offering Under the Party Tree as a self-striping colorway, a mini skein set, and as two different fiber configurations. Read on for details of each, and then choose from the drop down menu above to pick which item(s) you’d like to order.
SELF-STRIPING
Under the Party Tree is a five stripe colorway featuring three wide stripes of Pale Golden Green, Mid-Green, and Night Soaked Leaves, with three smaller stripes in between of Blue-Purple, Yellow-Gold, and Shades of Pink.
Under the Party Tree self-striping is shown in Bounce and Mountain Tweed BFL, the sample is knit in Bounce. It is available to order on the following bases:
Bounce – fingering, 80/20 SW Merino/Nylon, 400 yards per 100-gram skein
Bedazzled – fingering, 75/20/5 SW Merino/Nylon/Silver Stellina, 438 yards per 100-gram skein
*Mountain Tweed BFL – fingering, 85/15 SW BFL/Donegal Nepp, 438 yards per 100-gram skein
Traveler – sport, 80/20 SW Merino/Nylon, 328 yards per 100-gram skein
Strong DK – DK, 75/25 SW Merino/Nylon, 245 yards per 100-gram skein
MINI SKEIN SET
The Under the Party Tree mini skein set includes six 20-gram minis, one in each of the six colors featured in the self-striping colorway. The mini set shown in on our Bounce base.
Under the Party Tree mini sets are available to order on the following bases:
Bounce – fingering, 80/20 SW Merino/Nylon, 400 yards per 100-gram skein
Bedazzled – fingering, 75/20/5 SW Merino/Nylon/Silver Stellina, 438 yards per 100-gram skein
Mountain Tweed Merino – fingering, 85/15 SW Merino/Donegal Nepp, 438 yards per 100-gram skein
Strong DK – DK, 75/25 SW Merino/Nylon, 245 yards per 100-gram skein
FIBER
Under the Party Tree is available in two different fiber configurations: a 4 oz. variegated braid and a Spinning Set that includes six one-ounce mini bumps of fiber, one each of the six Under the Party Tree colors. Samples are shown on Polwarth/Silk.
Braids and Spinning Sets are both available on the following fibers:
Falkland Top
85/15 Polwarth/Silk Blend Top
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Recommended care for yarn: Though these are superwash wools and can be machine washed, we recommend hand washing in cool water and then air dry flat.
Recommended care for fiber: Hand wash only in cool water; air dry flat. These fibers will felt. Note that a minor amount of residual dye may be released from the fiber in the first couple of soaks. This is normal and should not affect the color of the overall spun yarn.
All of our yarns and fibers are individually hand-dyed using professional grade acid dyes. Colorway names are consistent between yarns/fibers dyed with the same dye colors, however color can (and likely will) vary between skeins and between different bases.
We make every effort to assure the colors in our photos are as accurate as possible, but please note that colors can vary from monitor to monitor.