🌹Duchesse d’Orleans French Rose 12 Mini Set in Aussie Extra Fine Sock with Nylon

🌹“Duchesse d’Orleans” French Rose from the 3 volume set Les Roses, 1817

by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) 

Recognized as the royal designer and painter for three successive French Empresses, Marie-Antoinette, Josephine Bonaparte, and Marie-Amelie, Belgian artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté etched his name into the history of botanical art through his magnificent floral folios. His botanical prints, rendered through the innovative technique of stipple engraving, received a fervent welcome and were praised for their soft modulation of form and delicate coloring.

🌹Your Duchesse d’Orleans French Rose Set will include:

• Twelve (12) Mini Skeins-20 grams/80 meters or 87 yards for each 
• 1 Flower Stitch Marker & 1 Flower Progress Keeper (color may vary)

⚜️Aussie Extra Fine Sock with Nylon Mini

• Mulesing Free, 85% 19.5 micron Extra Fine Australian Merino & 15% Nylon 
• Fingering weight 4 ply Superwash 
• Approximately 20 grams/80 meters or 87 yards
• Spun in Italy
• Recommended needle size 2.5 mm - 4 mm
• Gauge (stockinette) 28 stitches x 36 rows over 10 cm/4 inches on 3.25 mm (US 3) needles

⚜️Hand dyed in Texas in small batches

⚜️Please hand wash in cold water and lay flat to dry for best color retention.  Dyes may bleed slightly on initial washing.  Always test your gauge swatch for dyes bleeding when combining colors.