I borrowed all of the Dr. Doolittle books from the library when I was little, over and over again. It’s surprising to me that the shy and polite Pushmi-Pullyu’s name grew to mean “conflicting and contradictory,” because I always thought it represented a succesful union of two identities: Half gazelle, half unicorn, all balance and magic and exc...

Yarn: Fingering weight sample (right) is knit with multiple sock yarns, using about 150g/580 yards total, allowing for slightly different weights among yarns. See On yarn choice below for more specifics.

Yarn: Fingering weight single-ply, 785 total yards; see color notes below