It is definitely very pink and very, very soft but it is extremely pink, I don't see this as an accent shade of pink. The natural grey of the Peduncle Silk definitely softens the vulgarity of the pink a little though. 75% Merino, 25% Peduncle Silk.
So, Peduncle Silk, what is that? Well it comes from the tropical Tasar Caterpillar in India and when it spins a cocoon the first thing it makes is a kind of stem, which is called a Peduncle, and the cocoon hangs from that. It has a shorter staple and greater bulk than many other types of silk and is a gorgeous natural grey-brown colour.
I don't like this one, its just the colour of it but then I have to knit and spin for my customers who do like pink so I will probably get around to this one at some point and if I really, really can't face it I could always over-dye it with blue to get something in the purple range.
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