Don't know about the yarn...have the same problem matching a color for the one I was making my husband...maybe in a few years they will bring it back...in the meantime he has taken MINE!...
DUCT TAPE, DUCT TAPE, DUCK TAPE... I am a duct tape girl...I too crochet, knit, embroider, etc....I have wrapped duct tape around sore spots and arthritic joints. Couldn't find a thimble that would go over the joint so I made me one with a small piece of hard plastic removed from one of those adjustable ones and taped it to the end of my finger...Adhesive tape makes big sores on me but I have never had a problem with duct tape...hope this might work for you...