This is the Waterloo Wools Sock Club February 2010 yarn, “Cave Diving”. Yes, you read that correctly, the FEBRUARY yarn. Nearly three months after it was posted, it turned up on Saturday (except I wasn’t in so it went to the sorting office where it stayed til Tuesday because of the bank holiday 
). Sadly, the envelope wasn’t covered in franking marks where it had travelled around the world before it arrived at its destination, but I like to think that it saw something of Canada and the US before it took the plane to get to me. 
The colourway is probably close to what I’d choose for myself for a yarn that wasn’t purple, so not really stepping out of my safety zone, but it’s gorgeous. 
I love the mix of earthy browns and greens. The base is 100% wool, so this is going nowhere near any feet but will be a simple-ish shawl, possibly Wandering the Moor to appeal to my Bronte obsession, Aestlight, which seems to work well with variegated yarn, or the snappily titled Shoulder Shawl in Cherry Leaf Pattern from Victorian Lace Today.
Oooh that’s so pretty!
A Bronte obsession, eh? And here I thought you were without fault! LOL! I have taught both “Jane Eyre” and “Wuthering Heights.” But I have to confess I want someone to slap the living%*&# out of Heathcliff and Cathy. (And St. John Rivers, for that matter).