–Dye-to-Order: The Original Pi Day!

We’re going back to the beginning — the Original Pi Day colorway debuted in March 2015, launching one of the most popular collections of colorways we’ve had the joy to dye!

The Original Pi Day‘s stripes were quite literal in the pi/pie world, corresponding to five popular pie flavors:

Key Lime
Peach
Chocolate Cream
Strawberry Rhubarb
Apple

As in all of our Pi(e) colorways, the size of the stripes correspond with the order of the digits in pi (3.14159265358979323846….). Where a zero appears in the string of digits, the color of that stripe is skipped, so even the color repetition will be interrupted at times. In order to assure you can begin your project with the first digit, the initial “3,” you will find a stitch marker affixed to the strand that is first in the striping pattern. Warning! If you like your socks to match, this skein is not for you! You will need two skeins in order to make a matching pair. The sample shown was knit out of our Traveler sport weight base.

The Original Pi Day is currently available as a dye-to-order item on the following bases:

Bounce – fingering, 80/20 SW Merino/Nylon, 400 yards per 100-gram skein
Bedazzled – fingering, 75/20/5 SW Merino/Nylon/Silver Stellina, 438 yards per 100-gram skein
Mountain Tweed BFL – fingering, 85/15 SW BFL/Donegal Nepp, 438 yards per 100-gram skein
Traveler – sport, 80/20 SW Merino/Nylon, 328 yards per 100-gram skein
Strong DK – DK, 75/25 SW Merino/Nylon, 245 yards per 100-gram skein

Optional Coordinating Mini – If you are ordering a self-striping skein, you’ll have the option of adding a coordinating 20-gram mini skein for a flat fee of $3. This mini will be the same base as your self-striping skein, with the exception of Mountain Tweed — the mini will be our compatible Mountain Tweed Merino Fingering, not BFL. You are welcome to include a note with your order if you want a specific colored mini, otherwise we will send one of our choice!

Recommended care: Though these are superwash wools and can be machine washed, we recommend hand washing in cool water and then air dry flat.

All of our yarns and fibers are individually hand-dyed using professional grade acid dyes. Colorway names are consistent between yarns/fibers dyed with the same dye colors, however color can (and likely will) vary between skeins and between different bases.

We make every effort to assure the colors in our photos are as accurate as possible, but please note that colors can vary from monitor to monitor.