When I first started using the Stained Glass Sock yarn base, I loved the idea of creating a collection of butterfly colorways using it, and I've finally done it!
I used the Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly as the inspiration for this colorway. It may have a strange name, but it is certainly a beautiful creature. I included a photo of this beautiful butterfly, which I dyed with assigned pooling in mind.
I dyed it on Stained Glass Sock, which is a soft and squishy 2-ply yarn made of 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon. The thing that makes Stained Glass Sock uniquely wonderful is that one ply is made of white wool while the other alternates between black and white, so when I dye the yarn, it looks like leaded stained glass--or in this case the black lines in butterflies' wings. Each 100 gram skein has 400 yards.
YARN FACTS
Colorady Hairstreak Butterfly on Stained Glass Sock
Garden Collection
Assigned Pooling Colorway
400 yards / 3.5 oz / 2 plies
80% superwash merino / 20% nylon
Care: Machine or hand wash cold and air dry.
YARN PAIRINGS
I included a photo with four butterfly colorways together--Indian Jezebel, Quino Checkerspot, Monarch, and Colorado Hairstreak.
PATTERN SUGGESTIONS
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*Knitting by the Pool Ponchette by me
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