Wendigo – Variegated – Ash Grey, Pale Grey, and Olive Green

A mythological creature or evil spirit originating from the folklore of Plains and Great Lakes Natives as well as some First Nations in Canada. The wendigo is often said to be a malevolent spirit, depicted as a supernatural cannibalistic creature with human-like characteristics and a heart of ice, which possesses human beings. Strongly associated with winter, the north, coldness, famine, and starvation, it is said to invoke feelings of insatiable greed/hunger, the desire to cannibalize other humans, and the propensity to commit murder in those that fall under its influence. The wendigo is seen as the embodiment of gluttony, greed, and excess: never satisfied after killing and consuming one person, they are constantly searching for new victims.

Basil H. Johnston, an Ojibwe teacher and scholar from Ontario, gives a description of a wendigo:

The Wendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tightly over its bones. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash-gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets, the Wendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. What lips it had were tattered and bloody ... Unclean and suffering from suppuration of the flesh, the Wendigo gave off a strange and eerie odor of decay and decomposition, of death and corruption.

Wendigo will be available to ship on select bases, other weights may be available as a special order. Multiple skein orders may be dyed-to-order ensuring a proper dye match.

Light DK
100% Superwash Merino Wool  
Light DK Weight, 8-ply
274 yds | 100g

Fingering 400
100% Superwash Merino Wool
Fingering Weight, 2-ply
400 yds | 100g

Fingering 438
100% Superwash Merino Wool
Fingering Weight, 4-ply
438 yds | 100g

Sock 463
75% Superwash Merino Wool
25% Nylon
Light Fingering Weight, 4-ply
463 yds | 100g

Suri
100% Suri Alpaca
Light Fingering Weight, 1-ply
437 yds | 100g

Color nuances may vary based on your computer screen settings. Hand-dyed yarn color will vary slightly, and you may notice minor shade or variegation differences between skeins and batches. Please be sure to purchase all yarn needed for a project from one batch, and alternate skeins to minimize color pooling or striping.