"Persephone"
This colorway is a part of our new Greek Goddess collection! It features a beautiful and subtle adjustment of pale pinks like flowers in the Spring. This listing is for one skein of yarn only. The photos show it dyed on our Squishy Bulky base as well as squishy sock.
Some photos show it paired with Demeter since they go so beautifully together (example hat is not for sale and just shows how they knit up together- pattern will be released soon!).
In Greek mythology, Persephone was the only daughter of the goddess Demeter. One day, while gathering flowers, Hades abducted her and took her to the underworld to be his queen. Upon finding out what happened to her daughter, Demeter neglected her role in aiding the growth of crops, and the earth turned barren (coinciding with winter). Persephone had eaten one pomigranite seed which obliged her to stay in the underworld at least part of the time, but the earth and its people were dying due to Demeter's despair. A compromise was reached when Persephone was able to return to her mother for 2/3 of the year- coinciding with Spring and Summer and the joy that Demeter feels every year when her daughter returns to her. When Persephone returns to Hades for the winter months, the earth turns cold until mother and daughter can once again be reunited. This is the story of how the seasons were born.
Please see our yarn bases page here: https://bluebarnfiber.com/pages/our-yarn-bases for a list and description of all of the base options available. (You may need to allow pop ups as this link will open in a new window. You can also click the Yarn Bases page at the top of our main menu to get to the same page).
All orders are custom dyed and take 3-5 business days on average to send out so you can choose your base.
By default, our yarn will come to you in a skein and you will need to wind it into a ball or cake before using it. We offer ball winding service separately if you do not wish to do this yourself (available here: https://bluebarnfiber.com/products/yarn-ball-winding-service-per-skein-purchase-this-if-you-cant-wind-skeins-into-balls-yourself?variant=33139200753763 ).
Care:
Superwash wool is special because it is treated in such a way that it will not felt the way normal wool does, so your stitches will remain crisp.
As with all hand dyed items, we recommend hand washing your yarn/finished item in cool water and laying it flat to dry. We rinse this yarn until the water runs crystal clear, but small amounts of excess dye may rarely come off with the first couple of washings. If this happens, rest assured that it is only excess dye and should not affect the coloring of your yarn in any way. If a large amount of bleeding ever occurs with any of our items, please contact us so we can make it right. We always recommend hand washing handmade items to preserve the longevity of your beautiful work.
We recommend using cool water and a neutral soap, such as baby shampoo, when blocking your finished item if you are knitting or crocheting it.
Extra note: I photograph our products with the utmost care taken to ensure that the color in the photos accurately represents what you will get. Please keep in mind that different monitors can display colors differently and may also be slight variations from batch to batch.
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