Happy Friday!
I’ve had a fairly good week, and I hope yours has been good as well.
I went into the dye process ready to film at least part of it. Got all my dyes mixed and arranged, work space cleared, slippy solution in the red bowl, camera in place. The only issue is that I didn’t have a cord long enough for the ring light, but all the other house lights were on so it was okay. I had earlier filmed a little bit of preparing a hank of yarn at the start, and then a bit of the dye process. I still need to film the intro and outro which may take a day or two, and then upload it all to YouTube, since I’m not sure social media will let me upload such a large video file directly. I’ll have it done in a few days and will certain post a link when it is ready.

So I went into the dye session expecting good things, and I surprised myself with how well these all turned out. Twinset #263-264 is the one I filmed and you’ll see that in the video. The other Twinset I filmed was #273-274, which came out as a sort of Sage Fade.
The significance is that I did the Sage Fade entirely from the combined excess run-off of #263-264. It’s amazing how colors work together. There was some purple, navy, teal, gold, and bits of last week’s combined leftover dye, but when the run-off got stirred together in the catch bowl, it became this amazing sage color. I dipped the Twinset slowly so it would take up all the color, which created the fade technique.
Twinset #265-266 is a “hand-slap” application of a little sky blue and some silver gray; instead of applying dye straight to the yarn, I squeeze a little dye onto my hand, which I then slap randomly onto the yarn. Gently slap, I should add; I don’t want to create splatter all over the work space. 🙂
Twinset #271-272 is what some might call Clown in a Blender; this type of wild splattering of colors nearly always creates fun socks for kids and grown-ups alike. The cool thing about this mixy-mix of colors is that you do not need fancy stitching patterns on your socks; you let the color create the texture on its own with simple stockinette or maybe seed stitch for the leg of a sock between the heel and the cuff at the top.
Twinsets #269-270 and #279-280 are two variations of combining mostly sky blue and emerald, with a little smattering of aztec gold. The excess run-off from one of those (I forget which one), created a very pale aqua wash for #285-286; on one end of the hanks I splattered a mix of teal and turquoise, which always tickles my soul when I see it.
There are also several apparent solids, which were actually dipped solids created from mixes of dyes directly into the catch-bowl (not excess run-offs), so these are one of a kind solids that I wouldn’t know how to replicate.
These are all Phydlbitz Sock (75/25 Superwash Corriedale/Nylon, 430 yards each), and will be available at $27.50 each on the Blog Reader Specials page. For Friday and Saturday, you may claim any matching Twinset from this week’s collection (#263-286) at $25.50 per skein, preview pricing discount.
To claim the ones you want just email me with your numbered selections and I’ll mark your selections off the Available Yarns chart below and send you a PayPal invoice. When payment is made I’ll prepare your shipping label so your yarns can ship as soon as they are ready.
I expect to have this new collection ready to ship on Tuesday or Wednesday of this coming week.
Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274
Rack 2 – 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286

