Butternut is a semi-solid deep warm yellow. It made us think of mom's homemade butternut squash soup. Please note that our Butternut and Sunflower colors are similar, but Butternut is a little darker and warmer than Sunflower. Our yarn is mill spun from Shaniko wool. This wool is from the Shaniko Wool Company, a U.S. farm group based in Oregon that certifies all of their wool to the Textile Exchange's Responsible Wool Standard and through Nativa Regen. These certifications ensure that our yarn is sourced using responsible, sustainable practices. Yarn Base Details: Fingering weight sock yarn / 80% Superwash Shaniko Wool and 20% Cashstyle Nylon approximately 440 yards / 100 grams 4 ply Fingering / Superwash 100% Shaniko Wool approximately 457 yards, 100 grams 3 ply Fingering / 100% Shaniko Wool approximately 450 yards, 100 grams 3 ply Sport / 50% Shaniko Wool, 25% Mulberry Silk, and 25% Linen This is a lovely base! It will take the dye differently than our other bases because of the fiber content. It tends to mute the colorways and has a tonal/tweedy effect. approximately 350 yards, 100 grams 3 ply DK / Superwash 100% Shaniko Wool approximately 250 yards, 115 grams 4 ply DK / 100% Shaniko Wool approximately 260 yards, 100 grams 3 ply Worsted / Superwash 100% Shaniko Wool approximately 228 yards, 100 grams 3 ply Worsted / 100% Shaniko Wool approximately 240 yards, 100 grams 3 ply Bulky / Superwash 100% Shaniko Wool approximately 104 yards, 100 grams 3 ply Washing Instructions: We recommend that all of our yarns are handwashed with a gentle wool wash and laid flat to dry. However, our superwash yarn will tolerate being machine washed on gentle in a garment bag. Color Variation & Dye Lots: Oregon Fiber Garden yarns are hand dyed in small batches. We do not have dye lots. Each skein is an individual work of art. As with most handmade art, there is potential for variation in the skeins. When filling orders with multiple skeins of the same color, we will do our best to try to make sure that all of the skeins we send you visually match each other. Also, all screens show color differently. All 3 of us have laptops that show our pictures as different colors. We used the apple laptop to edit these pictures because we felt its screen was the most accurate to true color. We included the color descriptions at the top of the products to help with the color discrepancy between scree Our superwash bases tend to take dye more vibrantly than our non-superwash bases. When you select the base you want, it will display a picture of the dye on the same type of base. Currently we have dyed and photographed this color on both our superwash and non superwash fingering weight yarns. We are currently dyeing our yarn to order, so please give us a few days to get your order ready. We are currently unable to dye on Thursdays and Fridays.
