Aniline Black -- Ursula Base (Yak Sock) the secret histories

Aniline Black -- Ursula Base (Yak Sock) the secret historiesA 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

and your stitches just might evoke memories of daily newspapers of times past or sketching and daydreaming in art class

Swatches are shown in sock base to give an average idea of the colorway

and fuchsia inspired by a romantic ballad

morbidly excitable

Suggested soundtrack: The Three Calamities

Books of Blood

so please plan your projects accordingly

"The Willows" is a perfectly dreadful account of how terrifying the natural world can be

with echoes of academic fiery impatience among fine wooden bookshelves and weathered leather tomes

Lord Ruthven is inspired by John William Polidori’s 1819 tale

Inspired by The Masque of the Red Death

The Tell-Tale Heart (blood red)