Playing Favorites

What’s your favorite color?

You know the one—the color that keeps appearing in your closet, your coffee mugs, your water bottle…and somehow your yarn stash. Playing Favorites started with our family’s colors. Now we’re inviting you to find yours. Choose the shade you can’t resist, pick your yarn base, and we’ll dye it especially for you.

Comparison of two examples of color-related clutter. On the left, pink and red items including a knit hat, a mug, a box of honey sticks, a sweater, and a cup, labeled Vicky. On the right, blue and plaid items including a plaid shirt, a mug, a tumbler, a tablet, and a hoodie, labeled Brian. Notes indicate a color obsession preference, with Vicky favoring red-pink hues and Brian favoring blue tones. The occasion is playing favorites, starting Saturday at 3 PM ET.
Four skeins of colorful yarn arranged on a wooden surface, with text overlay. Top left: pink yarn labeled 'Jenny'; top right: blue yarn labeled 'Eric'; bottom left: purple yarn labeled 'Ed'; bottom right: teal yarn labeled 'Joe'. Curved text reading 'Playing favorites: dye-to-order collection' and the website 'woolycatapillar.com' at the bottom.
Four sets of colorful yarn skeins arranged in a grid with names overlayed: KAT, ABBIE, EVAN, and TYLER, with a central text block advertising The Wooly Caterpillar's dye-to-order yarns.

PLAYING FAVORITES - DYED TO ORDER

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Playing Favorites: Brian - Slate Blue
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Vicky - Coral
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Jenny - Magenta
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Ed - Dark Navy
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Abbie - Warm Yellow
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Tyler - Red
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Joe - Hunter Green
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Eric - Ocean Blue
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Evan - Medium Navy
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Kat - Clear Aqua
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Oma Marion - Jade Green
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Reia - Vibrant Green
$25.00
Playing Favorites: Brian's Bonus - Pale Gray
from $25.00
Playing Favorites: Vicky's Bonus - Deep Dusty Purple
from $25.00

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Superwash Base Options:

  • ·         Sock/Fingering weight

    ·         75% Superwash Wool (21.5mic), 25% Recycled Nylon

    ·         100g

    ·         437 yards or 400 meters

    ·         4 ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 27-32 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 1-3 (2.25-3.25mm)

    ·         Crochet gauge in single crochet: 21-32 stitches in 4”

    ·         Hook size: B-1 to E-4 (2.25-3.5mm)

  • ·         DK weight

    ·         100% Fine Superwash Merino (21.5mic)

    ·         100g

    ·         246 yards or 225 meters

    ·         4 ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 21-24 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 5-7 (3.75-4.5mm)

    ·         Crochet gauge in single crochet: 20-22 stitches in 4”

    ·         Hook size: US G/6 – I/9 (4-5.5mm)

  • ·         DK weight

    ·         85% Fine Superwash Merino (21.5mic), 15% Donegal Tweed Nep

    ·         100g

    ·         232 yards or 212 meters

    ·         4 ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 21-24 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 5-7 (3.75-4.5mm)

    ·         Crochet gauge in single crochet: 20-22 stitches in 4”

    ·         Hook size: US G/6 – I/9 (4-5.5mm)

  • ·         Worsted weight

    ·         100% Fine Superwash Merino (21.5mic)

    ·         100g

    ·         219 yards or 200 meters

    ·         4 ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 16-20 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 7-9 (4.5-5.5mm)

    ·         Crochet gauge in single crochet: 11-14 stitches in 4”

    ·         Hook size: I-9 to K-10 ½ (5.5-6.5mm)

  • ·         Bulky weight

    ·         100% Fine Superwash Merino (21.5mic)

    ·         100g

    ·         105 yards or 96 meters

    ·         3 ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 12-15 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 9-11 (5.5-8mm)

    ·         Crochet gauge in single crochet: 8-11 stitches in 4”

    ·         Hook size: US K-10 ½ to M-13 (6.5-9mm)

  • ·         Bulky weight

    ·         100% Fine Superwash Merino (21.5mic)

    ·         150g

    ·         82 yards or 75 meters

    ·         Single ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 12-15 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 9-11 (5.5-8mm)

    ·         Crochet gauge in single crochet: 8-11 stitches in 4”

    ·         Hook size: US K-10 ½ to M-13 (6.5-9mm)

Non-Superwash Base Options:

  • ·         Lace weight

    ·         75% Baby Suri Alpaca, 25% Mulberry Silk

    ·         50g

    ·         459 yards or 420 meters

    ·         Single ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 33-40 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 0-1 (1.5-2.25mm)

    ·         Crochet gauge in single crochet: 32-42 stitches in 4”

    ·         Hook size: B-1 (1.4-2.25mm)

  • ·         Fingering/Sock weight

    ·         100% Patagonian Woolen Spun Merino (21.5mic)

    ·         100g

    ·         410 yards or 375 meters

    ·         2 ply

  • ·         DK weight

    ·         100% Patagonian Woolen Spun Merino (21.5mic)

    ·         100g

    ·         270 yards or 247 meters

    ·         3 ply

  • Milled in Maine using US wool

    ·         Aran weight

    ·         100% woolen spun wool

    ·         4oz (113g)

    ·         210 yards or 192 meters

    ·         2 ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 18 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 7-9 (4.5-5.5mm)

  • Milled in Maine using US wool

    ·         Bulky weight

    ·         100% woolen spun wool

    ·         4oz (113g)

    ·         145 yards or 132 meters

    ·         3 ply

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 12-14 stitches in 4”

    ·         Needle size: US 10-11 (6-8mm)

  • Milled in Maine using US wool

    ·         Super Bulky weight

    ·         100% woolen spun wool

    ·         4 oz (113g)

    ·         80 yards or 73 meters

    ·         Knit gauge in stockinette: 12 stitches in 4”