Flint Hills rancher Jane Koger mentioned that a survey of flora and fauna on her land turned up 56 species of butterflies, which was far more than she would have guessed. To her, that diversity of species of butterflies told her that she was doing something right by her land; that she had created not a pasture full of one type of life, but a prairie full of abundance and diversity.

The 56 Butterflies Poncho is an easy piece to knit. It’s worked in the round with each of the four panels depicting fourteen butterflies as small cables.