A stunning chickadee slouchy beanie hat using stranded colorwork technique, this kit includes a delightful pattern by Mona Zillah (BunnyMuff Designs) and soft natural and hand-dyed Shetland wool yarn from Five Sisters Farm.
 
The pattern is written for two contrasting colors (Lily: cream, and Emerald: dark green) the kit contains a third color (Asparagus: light green) for optional replacement of Lily (rounds 2-9, 33-35, 55-65).
A Ravelry coupon code will be included with the kit for free pattern download.
 
Mona Zillah is a designer based in upstate New York, a true champion of small farm yarn, lover of slow fashion and environmental advocacy.  She offers Patreon memberships for support of her work and access to exclusive patterns, pattern collaborations, and personal knitting help.
 
Dr Sander is an urban ecologist whose research focuses on urban wildlife ecology and human-environment interaction.  This research integrates fieldwork, geospatial analysis, and computational modeling to identify links between anthropogenic landscapes, wildlife, human populations, and human health and well-being.  In addition, the work advances regional-to-global scale urban ecological theory, building understanding to support urban planning and conservation and the design of biodiverse, healthy cities.
 
Kit contains 25 g main natural cream Shetland yarn (Lily), 25 g dyed dark green Shetland yarn (Emerald) and 10 g dyed light green Shetland yarn (Asparagus).  All yarn is from the flock at Five Sisters Farm in Plainfield NH.