SÍODA – Special Collection
Mulberry Silk & Merino Wool | Fingering Weight | Naturally Dyed in Ireland 🇮🇪
The Síoda Special Collection explores the full expressive potential of natural colour on silk.
Indigo notice
Some blue colourways are dyed with natural indigo. A small amount of colour transfer to hands or needles during knitting is normal and temporary.
After finishing your garment, soak briefly in cool water with a dash of vinegar, rinse gently, and dry flat to help settle the dye.
With its luminous mulberry silk content and soft merino wool base, Síoda responds to natural dye in uniquely beautiful ways. Colours develop with depth, subtle sheen, and quiet variation, enhanced by the way silk reflects and absorbs light.
Each skein is individually dyed at AppleOak FibreWorks using traditional, sustainable natural dye methods and organic dye materials. These studio-dyed skeins are produced in small batches, allowing colour to develop organically through layered immersion and oxidation.
The result is a yarn of exceptional softness, luminosity, and individuality.
Soft, breathable, and refined, Síoda is especially suited to garments worn close to the skin and pieces where colour, drape, and fibre quality are central to the finished textile.
In a nutshell
Fibre: 50% mulberry silk, 50% merino wool
Weight: Fingering weight (4-ply)
Length: 440 m per 100 g skein
Skein weight: 100 g
Recommended needle size: 2–3 mm
Origin:
• Merino wool from Peru 🇵🇪
• Mulberry silk from China
Production: Spun in Peru 🇵🇪
Colour: Naturally dyed at AppleOak FibreWorks, Ireland 🇮🇪
Special Collection: Small-batch studio dyed
What it is ideal for
• Fine sweaters and cardigans
• Shawls and scarves
• Lightweight garments
• Naturally dyed knitwear
• Garments worn close to the skin
• Special heirloom projects
Character
The combination of mulberry silk and merino wool creates a yarn with exceptional softness, gentle sheen, and strength.
Silk reflects natural dye with particular clarity, creating colours with depth and luminosity. Each skein carries subtle tonal variation, revealing the living process of natural dyeing.
Every skein is unique.
Care
Hand wash gently in cool water
Reshape whilst damp
Dry flat
Avoid prolonged direct sunlight when drying.
Shade continuity
Each skein is dyed individually using traditional natural dye methods.
Variation between skeins is expected and is an essential part of the character of the Special Collection.
For larger projects, we strongly recommend alternating skeins whilst knitting.
Colourways
Each skein is naturally dyed at AppleOak FibreWorks using traditional natural dye sources.
These may include:
• Indigo
• Madder root
• Weld
• Buckthorn bark
• Sage and plant dyes
• Oak galls
• Cochineal (insect-derived, not vegan)
Dyes may be used individually or in layered combinations.
Cochineal is an insect-derived natural dye and is not vegan.
Each skein is unique.
