The Mythic yarns of Gnomespun are different than the other lines in that it’s more than just inspired by the myths from which it gets its names, the Mythic yarns are actual embodiments of the myths which inspire them. This means that these yarns have both the stories of the folklore and the stories of how the story became the yarn.

So here are the Mythic stories…

My first Mythic yarn was Queen Mab, a well known piece of fae folklore, the Queen Mab has shown up in both modern literature and folklore. The most common descriptions of Mab include her midnight hair and her cold implacable fae heart, and so this yarn is a single ply of midnight black alpaca, Mab’s hair, wrapped in a snowy grey thread and ice blue beads for her cold cold heart.

The next Mythic yarn was the Sirens of the Greek myths, demi-goddesses who lured sailors to their deaths. Spun in noiled silk which made a glossy, almost wet looking textured thread, Sirens was dyed in the semi-solid blues and greens of the Mediterranean sea. The Sirens’ blue-green hair-ply twines and intermingles with the darker blue of the sea-ply, all wrapped in a thread of glistening bubble-beads, making a trail back up towards the surface the drowning man will never see again.

The third Mythic yarn, is Mother of the Twelve Moons. This yarn was inspired by the legend of Chang’e, mother of the twelve moons. Chang’e was wedded to the divine Archer and, depending on the myth either stole, or accidentally swallowed the pill/herb of immortality. She lives on the moon and is also the mother of the twelve moons (one for each month) as both a woman and a toad. This yarn was dyed in the shifting shades of the moon, and wrapped in the grey of clouds, and beaded with the moons that were her daughters.

Next, came the latecomer Greek god, Dionysus. Ivy and vines twine with the flowing river of wine that symbolizes this Greek god of epicurean tastes. Spun from hand dyed, noiled silk as soft and decadent as Dionysus could Himself desire, the Dionysus yarn is beaded with dark subtle grapes and shining tempting fruit touched by the madness of the Maenads. Drink deeply, but which fruit will make your wine? Sport-weight, Noiled green and purple silk (ivy and wine) plyed with brown beaded serger thread (vine and fruit).

This page will continue to be updated as new Mythic yarns are spun.

Currently in the works:
Amaterasu
Anubis
Yingarna
Freya