Sundara Mahlstadt Superwash Merino Fingering Yarn, Water Lily

Sundara Mahlstadt has been hand-dyeing yarn out of Madison, Wisconsin for nearly two decades, and Petite Sock in *Water Lily* is the quiet, full-bodied side of her catalogue — a deep wine tonal on her generous 490 yd / 115 g superwash merino base. One skein, with the hand-written Sundara band and signature ribbon tie still on.

This listing is for 1 skein of Sundara Yarn Petite Sock in color Water Lily.

About the yarn:

Petite Sock is Sundara's larger-format superwash merino sock base — 490 yards in a hefty 115 g skein, finished as a round 3-ply that's plump and springy in the hand. The extra yardage (most fingering bases sit at 400–437 yards in a 100 g skein) means one skein is comfortably enough for a full pair of women's socks in almost any pattern with leftovers for cuffs, plus room for a deep cowl, a colourwork hat, or a small shawlette. *Water Lily* reads as a saturated wine — deep garnet at the highs, almost-black where the dye pools, with the slight worsted-spun gloss that makes Sundara's darks read as glowing rather than flat. Gauge sits at 7–9 sts/inch on a US 0–2.5 (2.0–2.75 mm). Hand wash cold or machine wool cycle delicate; lay flat to dry.

• Fingering weight
• Composition: 100% superwash merino
• Weight: 115 g
• Yardage: 490 yds
• Needle: 2–2.75 mm
• Construction: round 3-ply
• Care: Hand wash cold, lay flat to dry; Machine wash gentle (wool cycle), lay flat to dry

About Sundara Yarn Petite Sock:

Sundara Mahlstadt has been hand-dyeing yarn out of Madison, Wisconsin for nearly two decades. The studio is known for moody, layered colourways — names like *In the Still of the Night*, *Petrichor*, *Black Roses* — and a small set of in-house bases milled to Sundara's own specifications. The Daily Dreams club, Sundara's longest-running subscription, is still releasing in 2026.

Sundara works in small batches: each colourway is hand-mixed and dyed in person, and the colour you receive is the colour that came off Sundara's hands that day. There is no factory between the dyer and the skein, and no two dye days are identical — slight tonal shifts between releases are part of the signature. Petite Sock is one of the original Sundara bases, picked specifically to take her saturated layered dyework on a yardage that's generous enough for a full sock pair or a comfortable cowl out of a single skein.