
Thursday, 14 May 2009

Tuesday, 28 April 2009
T'ika

The Mirasol T’ika yarn is made from the finest Peruvian cotton, which is the pima cotton. Pima cotton is one of the finest cottons due to the fact it is an ‘extra long staple’ this gives it strength and a luxurious soft quality, a silky quality.
The Pima cotton also absorbs the dye to give beautifully rich colours.
The length on the 50g ball is 83m/91yds and it is a double knitting weight.
Suggested tension/gauge is 28 rows to 22 stitches on a 4mm (US 6) needle.
The Quechuan name means Humming-bird.
The new shades for Spring Summer are Turquoise 513, Deep Pink 514, Navy Blue 515, Crimson 516, Chocolate 517 & Emerald 518.
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Samp’a

For this season we added 8 new shades to the Samp’a range without discontinuing any of the current shades.
Samp’a is a 100% Organic Cotton that is spun in Holland. All the shades are naturally dyed.
It has 110m/120yds to 50g. Suggested tension/gauge is 28 rows to 22 stitches on a 4mm (US 6) needle.
The new shades are Charcoal 609, Nettle 610, Grass 611, Marigold 612, Walnut 613, Lychee 614, Lavender 615 & Blueberries 616.
Samp’a in Quechuan means light, soft, delicate, humble. I think this describes the yarn beautifully, as even though as a cotton it has strength, the way it is grown and dyed makes it a very delicate yarn.
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Latest pictures from the Mirasol Centre

Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Hap'i
The second new yarn for Mirasol this Spring Summer was Hap’iHap’i is made from 100% Tanguis Cotton and is like a slub, where the yarn goes thick and thin. The cotton takes the dyes so well that they are strong and deep.It has 120m/132 yds per 100g and in Quechuan Hap’i means interesting.
Suggested tension/gauge is 24 rows to 16 stitches on a 5mm (US 8) needle.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Nuna
New for the Spring Summer Mirasol introduced 2 new yarns, Nuna and Hap’i. While to the existing shades, T’ika and Samp’a we added 6 new shades.I thought I would introduce each shade and today it’s Nuna!
Nuna is made in Peru from 40% merino wool and 40% silk with 20% bamboo. The merino wool gives the yarn elasticity, (which means it is a very forgiving yarn to knit with, if your stitches are a little uneven, wool eases them into uniformity!) the silk takes the dye and gives the yarn that lovely deep shade as well as a beautiful shine, the bamboo in Nuna isn’t dyed and gives the yarn it’s individuality.
It also has 175m/191yds per 50g, an amazing length! Suggested tension/gauge is 36 rows to 24 stitches on a 3.25mm (US 5) needle.
All the yarns in the Mirasol Collection have Quechuan names, this is the local dialect of the area where the Mirasol Centre is.
Nuna in Quechuan means soul; spirit; conscience.
A beautiful name for a beautiful yarn.
Monday, 23 February 2009
The Centre....
8 months later in May 2008 we were looking at pictures like this:







