The inspiration for this colorway came from the beautiful purple irises in our next-door-neighbor's yard. Almost half the skein is dyed a deep rich eggplant. The other colors are soft lilac, daffodil yellow, and spring green. I then lightly speckled over the lighter colors with purple.
All of this is on a sock or fingering-weight yarn base made of soft superwash merino with 8% sparkly lurex. If you enlarge the pictures, the sparkle shows really well just as it does in real life.
YARN FACTS
Purple Iris on Sparkly Merino Sock
Garden Collection
409 yards / 4 oz / 4 plies
92% superwash merino / 8% lurex
Care: Machine or hand wash cold and air dry
YARN PAIRINGS
Purple Iris would go well with Eggplant, Lilac, or Marigold.
YARN SWATCH
I included two photos of a hat I knit using Purple Iris on Wonderful Worsted to give you an idea of how it can work up. Keep in mind that this will vary depending on your pattern and many other factors.
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