For October’s Tiger Club, I wanted to go with a seasonal theme, but in an unexpected way. Traditional brown, orange, and yellow combined with bright blue, green, and pink to give us a candy coated treat.
My inspiration was Smarties, a candy that is like M&M’s, and are available in Canada, parts of Europe, Australia, and South Africa. On a fun note, in the UK the orange ones are filled with orange flavored chocolate, and in the past there was a tan one with coffee flavored chocolate!
To show off the fun colors, I chose Tiger Tweed as the yarn base, as the plies of regular and superwash merino take the dyes with different intensity. I dyed in-the-round, so these colors will stack and swirl.
The fiber is a new one for The Painted Tiger, and it is here to stay. Targhee is a breed developed in the United States from Rambouillet (French Merino), Corriedale, and Lincoln. It is a dual purpose breed that is adapted to the dry western graze lands. The wool is fine, dense, lofty, and quite elastic, making it suited for fine and light knit and woven fabrics with good shape retention. (Paraphrased from “In Sheep’s Clothing” by the Fournier’s)
Our Targhee is grown and processed right here in the USA, and I’m proud to be dyeing it. Look for colors available in the shop soon.
Spots are open in Tiger Club right now for November’s Club. My fantastic members are so loyal that spots are limited….I added several sock spots and a few fiber spots to allow new people to join. So if you’d like to try, please stop by the shop. Subscriptions close November 15th.
