Happy Monday!
I started the dye session yesterday with a request (or more like a suggestion) for more solids to go with so many multi-colored sock yarns. I think this week’s colors will be amazing on their own, in combinations with each other or used as a contrast against all those amazing multi-color sock yarns on the Blog Reader Specials page or in your stash.
There are some straight solid colors, like Teal (#437-438), Gold (#439-440), Purple (#449-450), Emerald (#451-452), Ecru (#455-456) and Turquoise (#459-460). There were also some blended colors, like the slightly Chestnutted-Red (#447-448), a blended red and purple maroon or burgundy sort of color (#457-458), a navy-black fade (#443-444), and a blend of espresso bean and teddy bear brown (#453-454).
The ecru was dyed double-strength just to get it looking like more than undyed ivory, but that particular color comes from the manufacturer as a blended dye of many colors. Thus, you will see the occasional blips of rust or blue where not all the pigments dissolved. There was a small saturation of the ecru remaining so I used it for #445-446 with a light chestnut, for a two-tone fade.
Twinset #441-442 is (to me, anyway) the most interesting. I started with a straight yellow dye solution but it was too bright for my eyes last night, so I used the last of the dark charcoal from a couple weeks ago as a fade overdye. The fade darkened the yellow so it is a two-tone fade.
These are all on Phydlbitz Sock 2.0, the new 75/25 blend of 25-micron Superwash Merino/Nylon, marked at 430 yards. Since it come to me in pre-measured hanks at 115gm, it is more like 460+ yards for now. If the coned yarn comes available so I start pulling my own hanks, I will start pulling at around 440 yards. It’s a hassle for me to change the labels, so I’ll continue to mark them at 430+ yards for all Phydlbitz Sock yarns. As always, better to under-promise and over-deliver whenever I can.
All of these will be going to the Blog Reader Specials as they are processed, and will be ready to ship on or about Thursday or Friday. But you can claim the ones you want right away at $27.50 each. For Monday and Tuesday, take any matching pair for just $25.50 each.
To claim the ones you want, just send me an email (ray@knitivity.com); I’ll mark your requests of the Available Yarns tally chart below and then send you a PayPal invoice. Upon payment I will print your shipping label so when the yarns are fully dried and processed I can ship to you. You should receive your tracking number from PayPal right away.
Available Yarns
Rack 1 – 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448
Rack 2 – 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460
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