Sea Glass

You have a knack for this, for seeing the glinting beads of color among the sand, pebbles, and seaweed. Not every beach yields these precious shards, tumbled and smoothed by the rolling waves. This beach in Maine is one of your favorites for finding sea glass. Everything fades away as you walk gently, head down and eyes fixed on the earth below. Your dog happily barks at gulls and chases waves while your attention is elsewhere. It’s not the color you’re looking for exactly–most sea glass is clear or amber brown, colors that blend into the natural hues of sand and rock. It’s the way the light hits the glass, a reflective gleam that sparkles as if you were looking at gemstones. As you walk, you see small sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, and topaz shining up from below. You stoop to collect your treasures, dropping each small piece into a bucket. Your collection includes some special pieces: fragments in shades of powder blue, pale aqua, and lavender, even shards of pottery and chunks of quartz. Every find is its own small thrill, but the true joy is in the seeking.

Words by Erica Lange

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Please note that, due to the nature of hand-dyed yarn, no two skeins of yarn will be exactly alike. I recommend alternating skeins every few rows for projects using multiple skeins of the same colorway. If you order multiple skeins of the same colorway, I will do my best to select skeins that are the closest match.

I dye each skein with professional acid dyes and leave the yarn in the dye bath until the dye has exhausted before rinsing and soaking in wool wash. Minor color bleeding may occur on the first wash, especially with extremely dark colors.

Although I do my best to accurately represent each colorway in product photos, please note that the colors may vary depending on monitor and/or device settings.