Flora

fibre: 80% Bamboo, 20% Superwash Merino Wool
yrds/m: 473/432
oz/grams: 4/115
weight: fingering
gauge: 7-9 stitches/inch on 2-3mm
care: Handwash or Machine cold. Lay flat to dry.

The colourway is called "Flora", for the ancient Roman Spring Goddess. Patricia Monaghan writes of Flora:

"Apparently forgetting that flowers are the sex organs of plants, most mythographers express shock and puzzlement that the blooming Flora was the patron of prostitutes, worshiped in public orgies from April 28th to May 3rd. But this very ancient Roman goddess was the embodiment of the flowering of all nature, including human nature....The female body was especially honoured at the Floralia, the festival of nude women celebrated until the third century C.E., when Roman authorities grew prudish and demanded garments on the revelers. This Floralia was not frivolous partying, for Flora was the queen of all plants, including edible ones - for all flowers lead to fruit as intercourse to conception, a basic truth that the Romans recognised by calling Flora the secret patron of Rome, without whose help the city would die."