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Boreal Chickadee -- PREORDER

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Yarn Weight Merino Sock 85/15 Sock Silk Sock Merino Linen Merino Sport 85/15 DK 85/15 Worsted

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Latin name: Poecile hudsonicus

A chickadee with a brown instead of a black cap, the Boreal Chickadee lives in coniferous forests of the far north year-round. Its boreal habits and sedentary lifestyle mean it’s a hard species for most bird watchers to see without taking a trip to Canada or Alaska.

Finding Boreal Chickadees can take time and patience: they are not as numerous or conspicuous as many chickadee species and they lack a sweet, whistled song. Instead, listen for a harsh tschick-a-dee-dee call and look for them foraging quietly near the trunks of spruce or balsam fir.

Boreal Chickadees often visit backyards when foraging, and their tolerance of people has resulted in multiple folk names, especially in Canada, where it is known as tom-tit, chick chick, and fillady.

This information is from All About Birds if you’re interested in learning more!

The Boreal Chickadee is a variegated colorway made of brown, black, gray, and a light chestnut.

Information on the bases:

Merino Sock : Fingering Weight, 100% Superwash Merino (Extra Fine), 4-ply, 437 yards // 100 grams

85/15 Sock : Fingering Weight, 85% Superwash Merino (Extra Fine) 15% Nylon, 4-ply, 437 yards // 100 grams

Silk Sock : Fingering Weight, 75% Superwash Merino (Extra Fine) 25% Mulberry Silk, 4-ply, 437 yards // 100 grams

Merino Linen : Fingering Weight, 83% Superwash Merino 17% Linen, 2-ply, 410 yards // 100 grams

Merino Sport, 100% Superwash Merino (Extra Fine), 4-ply, 328 yards // 100 grams

85/15 DK, 85% Superwash Merino (Extra Fine) 15% Nylon, 4-ply, 246 yards // 100 grams

85/15 Worsted, 85% Superwash Merino (Extra Fine) 15% Nylon, 4-ply, 196 yards // 100 grams

All skeins are hand-dyed with care in a smoke-free and pet-free home. Please note that while all skeins are dyed together, every skein of yarn is unique and there may be some slight variation between them. After dyeing, all yarn is washed and rinsed thoroughly, however, a small amount of color bleeding may still occur during the first wash.

For best care, please gently hand wash in cold water with a wool wash and lay flat to dry. Store yarn in an area away from direct sunlight to help maintain color.

This yarn is PREORDER only. Please allow 6 - 8 weeks for the turnaround time (this time will be more accurately adjusted once the preorder window is closed)

All photographs are taken in natural light, and I try to keep the editing to a minimum, but colors may vary from monitor to monitor.

The wool used in this yarn is ethically produced from sheep that have NOT been mulesed.

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