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The Blue Brick hand paints each gradient, one at a time. There are no dye lots, but if you order several items together I will dye your order together to ensure that items of the same base match. We can take up to 8 weeks to fulfill dyed-to-order items. Please shoot us an email if you have concerns or special timing requests.

Winter-Time - By Robert Louise Stevenson

Late lies the wintry sun a-bed,
A frosty, fiery sleepy-head;
Blinks but an hour or two; and then,
A blood-red orange, sets again.
Before the stars have left the skies,
At morning in the dark I rise;
And shivering in my nakedness,
By the cold candle, bathe and dress.
Close by the jolly fire I sit
To warm my frozen bones a bit;
Or with a reindeer-sled, explore
The colder countries round the door.
When to go out, my nurse doth wrap
Me in my comforter and cap;
The cold wind burns my face,
and blows Its frosty pepper up my nose.
Black are my steps on silver sod;
Thick blows my frosty breath abroad;
And tree and house, and hill and lake,
Are frosted like a wedding cake.

We’ve crafted something lovely, based on this poignant poem about the beauty, austerity and cold of the deep winter. Filled with evocative images, like warm fires, cold mornings, and breath that has frozen in the winter air.

There are five stanzas, and five skeins. Each one is lovely on its own, but can connect to the previous and following stanzas if you want to tell the entire story. Together they from one giant gradient that will vary in length from 750 yds to 2500 yards, depending on your choices.

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Winter-Time - A tale told in yarn and colour

Winter-Time - By Robert Louise Stevenson