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Hedgehog Fibres' new colors

3/30/2020

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Tour the 15 brand new colors from Hedgehog Fibres!

Potion

Rich and sultry, speckles and layers of colours make these skeins a masterpiece.

Phoenix

Fiery reds and oranges
with a touch of green speckles

Orion

This is a good one!
Heavy multi-speckle doused with navy.
High contrast stunning skeins!

Melon

Super duper bright, more vibrant cousin of Coral. This one can be spotted across the room!

Matchstick

Speckled gray with a touch of teal and orange. So versatile.

Macaroon

Sweet and cute, multi-speckle with a layer of soft brown

Insomnia

We need more purples! Striking combo with black and multicoloured speckles.

Heron

A personal favourite of founder Beata, soft grays with speckles of red, blue and many more. Almost tweed-y look.

Danube

Clear blues and sharp speckles, this one was inspired by the river that flows through Beata's hometown

Damsel

Faded greens and mauve, layered with speckles

Boa

UFO greens with speckles of black and orange

Comeback

Light purple base with tons of speckles

Bijou

Like a watercolour painting, many layers of colour and speckles. One of Beata's faves

Artichoke

Soft and brooding, wonderful sweater colour

Beetle

Vibrant speckles doused in chocolate brown, that's a beauty

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Love in the Time of . . .

3/28/2020

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There is a new, limited edition colorway
from Hedgehog Fibres
exclusive to Argyle!

My friends, despite the grim news for our city, I have been reaching out to people I love, and as they have reached back I feel myself grounded once again.

We are going to be OK. We are not going to let our community down. We will stand together, and united we will all come back from this.

Yesterday I jogged to the shop through eerily empty streets because I knew something special was arriving from Ireland.

I received a bit of joy that morning from the very kind UPS man, and I can’t wait to share it with you!

-Esther

Announcing:

Love in the Time of . . .

At Hedgehog Fibres they encourage their dyers to be creative and not just follow recipes.

"Potluck" skeins (like these) are one of a kind skeins created by artisan dyers under the watchful eye of the founder Beata, who trains all their dyers and oversees all colourway creations.

Potlucks are unique, special and never to be repeated.

Once they sell out, that's it!

Skinny Singles
"Love in the Time of . . ."

We just now got in a shipment with this gorgeous new Potluck color, named "Love in the Time of."

Hedgehog Sock & Kidsilk Lace

As Beata, the founder of Hedgehog herself, told us, "Oh we were all eyeing this colour in the studio!"

Merino Aran & Merino DK

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Hedgehog Fibres' fifteen gorgeous brand new colors just in!

5/18/2019

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Feast your eyes on these inspired
fifteen new colors of Skinny Singles!

New colors from the inventive talents
at Hedgehog Fibres!

Every spring the creative team at Hedgehog Fibreslikes to keep it fresh by launching a series of brand new colors.

We at Argyle just got in stock all fifteen new colors in the ever-popular Skinny Singles line, and they are available right now over on our web store!

Let's look at a few colors in the classic speckle-and-pop look that Hedgehog made famous. These are as complex as earlier offerings, but with a more subdued personality:

(From clockwise)
Bloom: Soft pink peachy base with green, mauve, blue speckles.

Echo: Pale gray, with green, purple and brown speckles.

Liebling: Pinky gray base with lots of speckles - orange, brown, mauve. Subtle yet stunning.

Ozone: Light tonal blues, with lots of subtle speckles. Clean and pretty.

Here's four that are appealingly like landscapes found in nature.

Brigid: Grays, rusts and subtle blue undertones topped of with subtle speckles.

Dune: Warm dusky pinks and browns, with a hint of blue.

Zenith: Grays and warm golds with pink, brown and orange speckles. Great transitional color for fades!

Serengeti: Muted greens with a ton of speckles, also a great transitional color.

Kelp: Antique gold with a green undertone.

Plume: Deep maroon, with muted multicoloured speckles. A real stunner!

Cedar: Deep cool green with a gray undertone.

Rosewood: Reddish brown semi solid, very versatile and wearable.

And the last three beauties of the bunch:

Purr: Soft dusty purple. It's Hedgehog founder Beata's favourite at the moment!

Dew: Cool faded green, soft and fresh.

Clay: Warm pinky brown, very flattering shade.

Here are
the 15
new colors!

Brigid

Bloom

Cedar

Clay

Dew

Dune

Echo

Kelp

Liebling

Ozone

Plume

Purr

Rosewood

Serengeti

Zenith

See all the colors here!

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Skinny Singles

9/23/2016

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Skinny Singles, by Hedgehog Fibres

We've posted earlier about how Hedgehog Fibres began in Cork, Ireland, and how she chooses her unique and striking color combinations. That was back when we were excited to have gotten our first shipment of their popular line Hedgehog Sock. It was so well received by our guests that we couldn't wait to add another line, and we just got it in.

Introducing . . . Skinny Singles!

A very fair question to ask would be what is the difference between the Sock yarn and the Skinny Singles? After all they're both fingering weight yarns, dyed in the exact same colors.

Well, one small difference is that while the Skinny Singles are 100% superwash merino wool, the Socks have 10% nylon, which adds strength and durability. But the major difference that people weigh when choosing between them is that Sock is spun from multiple plies of yarn, while Skinny Singles is a single ply.

Which leads us to another good question . . .

What's the difference between single ply and multi-ply?

One reason people tend to choose a plied yarn over single ply is that they have more long term durability and can handle more stress and wear. Another is that the single plies are a little more likely to pill. Given that, why would someone prefer the single ply? The truth is, it pretty much comes down to the way it looks. Single ply yarns can look lofty and fluffy, sophisticated, vary intriguingly from thicker to thinner, and can make the dyes glow in an especially lustrous way.
At any rate, neither one's better than the other; it's your choice. That's why we've got both!

Skinny Singles is a yarn that knitwear designer Stephen West has been really enthusiastic about working with lately. In these photos from his newest book, Westknits Bestknits Number 1 - Shawls, he's rocking two different versions of his own shawl design The Doodler. This was a pattern he chose for last fall's Westknits Mystery Shawl knit-along. The left one is knit in the eye-catching colors of Seed and Pollen, while the right is in the comparatively subdued Urchin, Birthday Cake, and Purple Reign. (You got to love the color names!)

Hedgehog Sock and Skinny Singles are just a start!
Next month they'll be joined by Hedgehog's Merino DK and Merino Aran, both of them soft, machine-washable merino wools. Can't wait!

The Stats:
Skinny Singles, by Hedgehog Fibres
100% superwash merino wool
Fingering weight
100g/182yd
Machine wash, dry flat.

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Hedgehog Fibres

8/12/2016

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Hedgehog Fibres has come to Argyle Yarn Shop!

Hedgehog Fibres is a small, independent Irish artisan yarn and fibre dyeing studio located in Co. Cork, Ireland.
Yarn dyeing started as a extension of Beata Jezek’s other hobbies - spinning, knitting and crochet. After starting the company single handedly from her kitchen, she now has a great team and a custom fitted studio in Little Island.

Unique and striking color combinations. . .

Beata says “Soon after I took up knitting, I realised I really wanted to create my own yarn line of soft, squishy yarns in beautiful colours. It’s the colours I want to knit with, the colours I want to wear and the colours I can’t live without.” Hedgehog Fibres colours reflect Beata’s personal style and range from dark, rich and earthy to crazy, fluorescent and vibrant depending on her moods - but always colours she loves.
Check out the amazing colors Argyle has available right here!

For now, we’re starting with Hedgehog’s line “Sock,” are adding “Skinny Singles” in a few weeks, and growing from there. Please let us know if there’s any of their other lines or colors you’d like to see, and we’ll be sure to bring them in!

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Hedgehog Fibres' new colors

Love in the Time of . . .

Hedgehog Fibres' fifteen gorgeous brand new colors just in!

Skinny Singles

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