Yarn - Trendsetter Tonalita
Tonalita Yarn from Trendsetter
52% Wool, 48% Acrylic, 8ply DK weight.
18 sts/10cm - 4.5 sts/inch using 5.5mm US9 needles.
approx 90m / 100yds per 50g ball.
Tonalita spins long variegations of colours, blending subtly through colour changes. It's soft handle allows garments to drape. With 5 colours in the range from vibrant to subtle shades. Combine with Pure New Wool for the Coco Vee Cape (page 51), the wider/ longer Coco Vee Capelet (page 49) or knitted alone for the Boxes Drape in Tonalita (page 58) - all the pieces are sold as kits - designs from Jane Slicer-Smith in her new book Swing Swagger Drape Book - Knit the Colors of Australia.
Ozeyarn endeavours to offer an Australian made wool for all designs, with exceptions for yarn like Trendsetter's Italian spun Tonalita. Tonalita stands alone as spun variegation, rather than a dyed hanked yarn, achieveing shaded drifts of colour and stunning results.
Scarf patterns can be found in Project section of site. All projects take 2 balls of Tonalita.
1. Tonalita Fingers - 2 widths. 2. Tonalita Scarf. 3. Wave Length Scarf - 2 widths
N.B. Tonalita is not a felting yarn.
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Wave Length scarf narrow in Sunset & Flower Garden
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Wave Length Scarf wide in Pastel Sorbet
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Wave Length Scarf in Multi Bright - narrow
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Wave Length scarf in Desert Valley & Violet Eyes
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Tonalita Scarf in Pink Zebra
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Tonalita Fingers Scarf in Sunset
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Boxes Drape from SSD
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