{"product_id":"winkie-bfl-dk-yarn","title":"Winkie BFL DK Yarn","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinkie is a tribute to the amazing homing pigeons who delivered messages behind enemy lines during the war. Winkie was a real-life pigeon who won the Dickin Medal in 1943 and has a statue in her honor in Dundee. Winkie is a purpley blue-leaning yarn with flashes of plum and green (just like a real pigeon!) The camera isn’t picking up the fun pinky-purple bits and it’s a lot more colorful than shown here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinkie is part of the Wartime Farm Yarn Collection!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eRepublica Unicornia's BFL DK is 100% Superwash British Bluefaced Leicester wool, 246 yards\/100 g, 4-ply. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBluefaced Leicester (BFL) is a British sheep breed that produces the most glorious wool: it's soft but a little sheepier than merino, which means it is less prone to pilling. It has a beautiful luster, takes dye wonderfully, and has good stitch definition. (I love it so much.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*****************************************************************************\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything you see here is made with love and some swearing in fabulous Atlanta, Georgia. Yarn is ethically-sourced (museling-free) and dyed with professional, colorfast, lightfast acid dyes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDue to the nature of hand-dyed yarn, I recommend that you alternate skeins in larger projects. There are often variations even within the same dyelot, so if you need a larger quantity than is available here (say, for a sweater),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/republicaunicornia.com\/collections\/sweaters-quantities\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewe've got the solution for that! \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome color bleeding is normal during the first couple of washes. I wash the bejebus out of my skeins, but some colors are just bleeders. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour handmade items are magical delicate flowers and should be treated as such. Handwash in cool water with a delicate detergent (I recommend Sock Soap from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tuftwoolens.com\/\"\u003eTuft Woolens\u003c\/a\u003e) and lay flat to dry. Machine wash at your own risk (I'm not responsible for anything that happens to your project during machine washing. Those things are violent.) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYarn is dyed in a pet-free studio but stored in a pet-friendly area. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI do my best to make sure items are true to color in the photos, but monitors\/eyeballs\/etc. differ. Blues and greens are especially hard to capture (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, ELECTRIC MRS. PEACOCK.) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you have a problem with or a question about your purchase, please contact me directly. I'm a reasonable human being. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank you for supporting Republica Unicornia!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Republica Unicornia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51031836000423,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0345\/8423\/2071\/files\/WinkieSkeins.jpg?v=1785251180","url":"https:\/\/republicaunicornia.com\/products\/winkie-bfl-dk-yarn","provider":"Republica Unicornia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}