Dreamwood Fibers & Fables

Chestnut-Backed Chickadee -- PREORDER

$30.00 USD

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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 rufescens

A handsome chickadee that matches the rich brown bark of the coastal trees it lives among, the Chestnut-backed Chickadee is the species to look for up and down the West Coast and in the Pacific Northwest.

Active, sociable, and noisy as any chickadee, you’ll find these birds at the heart of foraging flocks moving through tall conifers with titmice, nuthatches, and sometimes other chickadee species.

The Chestnut-backed Chickadee uses lots of fur in making its nest, with fur or hair accounting for up to half the material in the hole. Rabbit, coyote, and deer hair are most common, but hair from skunks, cats, horses, or cows appears in nests as well. The adults make a layer of fur about a half-inch thick that they use to cover the eggs when they leave the nest.

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

The Chestnut-Backed Chickadee is a soft chestnut tonal for the color around their wings.

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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