The daughters of Ràn on Luxury Fingering - Yak/Silk
The daughters of Ràn on Luxury Fingering - Yak/Silk
50% Silk 50% Yak
200 m per 50 g skein
This is the ultimate luxury yarn, a 50/50 mix of mulberry silk and yak, and it is just one of the softest things in the world. You might have even more trouble than usual putting down your knitting, because it really feels so lovely in your hands. And the way it drapes is absolutely amazing!
Rán is a Norse goddess of the sea. She catches drowned men in her net, and everybody lost at sea belongs to her in the afterlife. Rán's husband is Ægir, the god of the sea and of the art of brewing ale. Rán and Ægir have nine daughters. They are the wild waves. All nine are named after different types of waves. As a group, they are referred to as either of their parents' daughters, or by poetic descriptions like “the nine skerry-brides”.
Helgi ordered the high sail to be set,
his crew did not fail at the meeting of the waves,
when Ægir's terrible daughter
wanted to capsize the stay-bridled wave-horse.
First poem of Helgi Hundinsbani
A deep blue-green, like waves on the wild and deep sea.