Aniline Black -- Ursula Base (Yak Sock) dracula 75% Superwash Merino Wool 25%

75% Superwash Merino Wool 25% Nylon / 463 yd / 100g

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An eerie variegated yarn of black

Sock(Solnit Base) Fingering/sock weight

Aniline Black -- Ursula Base (Yak Sock) dracula 75% Superwash Merino Wool 25%A deep violet black that takes its name from a pioneering synthetic pigment used in printing and dyeing. In the 1860s Mr. J . Lightfoot brought us a blacker black after studying the oxidation of new compound, aniline. Aniline purple had been accidentally created a few decades earlier while student Willam H. Perkins was trying to synthesize quinine and that accidental discovery set off a giant Victorian wave of mauve everything. In this rich black