Strawberry - Deluxe Merino Sock Assigned Pooling

Strawberries that knit themselves into your work. This hand-dyed assigned pooling yarn creates a strawberry motif as you knit: the contrasting sections in the skein become berries when you work them in a special stitch. No colourwork, no stranding. The yarn does it for you.

This is a directional yarn: start from the marked end and the motif appears exactly as intended. My step-by-step video tutorial walks you through it, and it works even if you've never tried assigned pooling before.

Ripe red berries with fresh green tops on a soft background: the original and most loved colourway in the assigned pooling collection.

Pattern suggestions

Two patterns are designed around this Strawberry colourway:

• The ParalleloPooling Shawl, a free one-skein parallelogram shawl using the Strawberry Stitch
• The Bricks 'n Berries Shawl, free with the purchase of any 2 x 100g skeins of sock or assigned pooling yarn

Fiber content: 85% Superwash Extra Fine Merino Wool, 15% Nylon (19.5 micron)
Weight: Sock or Fingering weight, 4 ply construction
Yardage: Approx. 400 m (437 yards) per 100 g skein
Origin: Australia (The wool used for this yarn is ethically sourced from non mulesed sheep.)
Recommended needle and hook sizes and gauge: needle size 2.5 to 4 mm (US 1.5 to 6), crochet hook size C to G, gauge (stockinette stitch): 28 stitches x 36 rows over 10 cm (4 inches) using 3.25 mm (US 3) needles

1 skein is 100 grams