A long time ago we took the children to a small zoo in Prescott that had free-range peacocks wandering around showing off their beautiful feathers. Ever since then, I have been wanting to make a colorway that was as true to those gorgeous feathers as I could. I decided to make it an assigned pooling colorway, and, well, I hope you love it as much as I do. I dyed the assigned pooling section across the skein, so there are two shorter sections rather than one long one.
The background color is a lichen green with quite a bit of tonal variation, and the dye colors I chose for the "eyes" go from the middle outward just like they do in the feathers. Take a look at the photos I used for inspiration.
YARN BASE I dyed it on Sock Perfection, which is perfect for everything from socks to shawls to sweaters and beyond. It's made of 80% extra-soft superwash merino and 20% nylon.
YARN FACTS Peacock Feathers on Sock Perfection Garden Collection Assigned Pooling Colorway 450 yards / 3.5 oz / 4 plies 80% extra-soft superwash merino / 20% nylon Care: Machine or hand wash cold and air dry.
TIMELINE This yarn is dyed and ready to ship. I ordinarily ship in 1-2 business days.
YARN PAIRINGS Peacock Feathers would look fabulous with Peacock Eyes and/or Freedom Blue.
SAMPLES I included some sample photos so you can see how this colorway can work up. In one photo, the hat on the left is a hat I knit in plain stockinette. For the square sample on the right, I used two different methods of assigned pooling. The top rows show Dawn Barker's floret stitch from the Float Shawl, and the bottom and larger portion shows simple double-elongated stitches.
The final photo shows the Metamorphosis Shawl I made using Stained Glass Sock with Peacock Feathers and Peacock Eyes. You can get the Metamorphosis Shawl pattern right here.
TIMELINE This yarn is dyed and ready to ship. I ordinarily ship in 1-2 business days.
QUANTITY I show multiple skeins of yarn in my photos so you can see the small differences between each one, but each skein is sold separately.
NEED MORE? If you need more than I have in stock, check out the Dyed to Order section of my shop.
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