Sailaway YARN - 4 Day KAL by Olive Knits
This is a dyed to order listing, we will dye ALL Sailaway Orders on Mondays and ship out within 5 days of dyeing.
If you order after 8am EST on a Monday morning, it will be included with the following Monday's dye list.
This listing is for YARN ONLY! Make sure to purchase your pattern from Olive Knits!
STEP 1: Choose your yarn base
STEP 2: Choose the QUANTITY of TOTAL skeins you need for your sweater.
STEP 3: In your Order Notes, type in the colors you would like with quantities.
Example: "Happiness x 5, Naked Hippo x 1, Nynaeve x 1"
STEP 4: JOIN THE KAL!!! https://lolodidit.com/blogs/knit-a-longs/
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What Colorways you can write in for this listing:
ALMOST everything!!
Current Colorways, Sophisticated Tonal Colors, and Tonal Colors
You cannot choose any colorway that is "retired" or "OOAK."
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SAMPLE INFO:
Thanks to Trisha and Carol for knitting this with me in RECORD time!!
Photo 1: USA DK in colorways Coal Miner's Daughter, Outrageous, and Royal
Photo 2: Divine Yak in colorways Bubblicious, Happiness and Denim
Photo 3: USA DK in colorways Narnia, That's Amore, and Wild Horses
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YARN BASE INFO:
USA DK* dk weight | 100% Superwash Merino | 3ply | 115g | 280 yards
*This is a product of the USA! SMALL BATCH yarn base, please see below for details.
DIVINE YAK dk weight | 70% Merino, 15% Silk, 15% Yak | 115g | 330 yards
DK TWEED dk weight | 85% Superwash Merino, 15% donegal nep | 100g | 231 yards
SIMPLE WORSTED worsted weight | 100% Superwash Merino | 100g | 218 yards
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ABOUT USA DK:
This is a SMALL BATCH yarn. Every time it's produced, it's a small number of farms, merino sheep (very cool). This means, there are minor differences between these batches of produced yarn. When you are ordering, make sure to order everything you need all at once. We will match the yarn batches if you buy all at once and the same colorway. If you order multiple colorways on USA DK in the same order, they may not be the same batch of yarn. But all batches of USA DK do match specs, and they will knit up well together and block out the same. Support small farmers, sheep farms, and USA mills with this yarn!!
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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS FOR DK WEIGHT:
Gauge 21 sts/4"
BUST: 32.74 (37.69, 41.5, 46.45, 49.12, 53.69, 59.4, 62.07, 65.12) in/ 81.91 (94.29, 103.81, 116.19, 122.86, 134.29, 148.57, 155.24, 162.86) cm
SLEEVE: 11.05 (13.14, 14.1, 15.62, 16, 16.57, 17.14, 18.1, 18.1) in/ 27.62 (32.86, 35.24, 39.05, 40.0, 41.43, 42.86, 45.24, 45.24) cm
Top of Shoulder to Underarm: 9.37 (9.37, 9.63, 9.63, 10.17, 10.7, 11.23, 12.03, 12.57) in/ 23.42 (23.42, 24.08, 24.08, 25.42, 26.75, 28.08, 30.08, 31.42) cm
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FINISHED MEASUREMENTS FOR WORSTED WEIGHT:
Gauge 20 sts/4"
BUST: 34.3 (39.5, 43.5, 48.7, 51.5, 56.3, 62.3, 65.1, 68.3) in/ 85.81 (98.81, 108.81, 121.81, 128.81, 140.81, 155.81, 162.81, 170.81) cm
SLEEVE: 11.6 (13.8, 14.8, 16.4, 16.8, 17.4, 18, 19, 19) in/29 (34.5, 37, 41, 42, 43.5, 45, 47.5, 47.5) cm
Top of Shoulder to Underarm: 9.93 (9.93, 10.21, 10.21, 10.79, 11.36, 11.93, 12.79, 13.36) in/ 24.82 (24.82, 25.54, 25.54, 26.96, 28.39, 29.82, 31.96, 33.39) cm
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YARN REQUIREMENTS for SAILAWAY PATTERN:
These yardage estimates are for both DK and Worsted Weight.
MC: 900 (1000, 1210, 1331, 1464, 1611, 1772, 1949) yards/823 (914, 1005, 1106, 1217, 1338, 1472, 1619, 1781) meters
CC1: 82 (90, 100, 110, 121, 133, 146, 161, 177) yards/75 (82, 91, 101, 111, 122, 134, 147, 162) meters
CC2: 78 (86, 95, 105, 115, 126, 139, 153, 168) yards/71 (79, 87, 96, 105, 116, 127, 140, 154) meters
**Note, for the samples we knit up for lolodidit, the yardage is tight on MC. If your yardage calls for just a tad more of the next skein, I would definitely get the extra skein. For example, the size I knit called for 4.1 skeins of MC, I dyed 4 skeins, but I should have gotten 5 skeins, as I only had a tiny amount of MC left at the end, which was a little stressful**
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GENERAL INFO
The yarn will be dyed in the same batch at the same time.
If we have the yarn already ready to ship, we will ship it to you only if it's all from the same dye date. (Dyed at the same time on the same day).
I dye in extremely small batches. Some colorways I dye only 1 skein at a time, so if you are making a large project I highly recommend alternating skeins to get an even color throughout the project.
DYED TO ORDER: These skeins are dyed especially for you. All sales are final on Dyed to Order.
Hand dyed with professional acid dyes. We wash all yarns in water several times to see that the water is running clear. Then they are washed in unscented Eucalan wool wash. Even with this process, you may still get minimal bleeding on the first few washes.
Dyed and stored in a smoke-free, dog-friendly studio.
Care: For best results, hand wash in cold water with an unscented wool wash of your choice. Lay flat to dry.
Detergent: I recommend Eucalan unscented, or another wool-specific unscented wash.
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