Update:
The yarns not claimed during the Preview Pricing period have now been posted to the Blog Reader Specials page. Here is the group shot of them all.
Good morning!
What a beautiful day in Houston! I had a fun time dyeing yarns last night. I wasn’t sure what to expect, as I went into the session without a specific goal in mind. Actually, if you know me, you know that this is how I normally approach a dye session — grab a random selection of 10 different dyes and then see what happens.
Four Twinsets in particular — #335-336, 339-340, 341-342, and 353-354 — are practically begging to be knit up with strong contrasts, either undyed off-white, deep charcoal, or some other solid contrast, either in stripes, stranded knitting, color blocks, intarsia verticals, or some other technique to show off the beautiful color arrays in the multi-color yarns.
Twinset #337-338 is a two-tone fade of violet and chestnut. I don’t think I have ever combined these two colors before, but they came out stunning, in my opinion. All of the two-tones this week are perfect for knitting up with plain knitting to take full advantage of the two-tone effect. Twinset #351-352 is a beautiful Foggy Fade, while #355-356 is a fog and a light martini olive fade. In a future session I want to capture that light olive color and dot it with bits of russet, reminiscent of the pimento bits in martini olives. 🙂
This week’s Dump-Dyes — #345-345 was a Dump-Dye of all the remaining violet, navy, and other blue-related colors, and it came out a rich navy solid. Then for #357-358 I used up all the gold, yellow, gray and other colors, which resulted in a lush shade of grass green Either of these would be perfect contrasts for an of the multi-colored skeins mentioned above.
By the way, I don’t do a Dump-Dye in every dyeing session, but when I do they nearly always result in deep rich solids (or nearly solid), so they are always great for your solid-color projects. Another fact is that the Dump-Dyes are created by combining remaining dyes from that day’s dyeing session, so they nearly always coordinate with at least one or two other yarns of that week’s session.
These are all on Phydlbitz 2.0, 75/25 25-micron Superwash Merino/Nylon, 430+ yards, and are regularly priced at $27.50 each. For Saturday and Sunday, however, you can claim the ones you want for just $25.50 each.
To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your numbered requests and I’ll send you a PayPal invoice. Once paid, I will prepare your shipping label right away so that I can ship as soon as the yarns are fully dried and ready to go.
I expect to have these ready to ship on or about Wednesday or Thursday.
Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346
Rack 2 – 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358
