Not surprisingly, inspiration for my naturally-dyed yarn is almost always nature related: flowers, trees, and weather all find their way into my color creations.
During the summer of 2024, I wanted to duplicate chicory blue. Chicory is an invasive plant you see along roadsides, railroad tracks and in abandoned fields. The scraggly plant with pretty, soft blue flowers.
It’s been way more difficult to capture the color accurately than I thought it’d be. See the photos of some of my attempts. Let’s just say Chicory is still a work in progress. And its current version is actually named Cornflower!
Lovely Cornflower is offered on Donegal Tweed DK. It pairs beautifully with Navy Purple and Raspberry for a three-color shawl, hat or sweater. All botanically dyed.
In the meantime, chicory blue keeps calling to me…