What a month it has been. Last weekend I talked about the long power outage and the interruptions it caused. This Tuesday I went to see my endocrinologist (no big deal, regular check-in) and came home expecting to finish reskeining last week’s dyes. Instead, I got to wait out another power outage, but it was only about 5 hours or so. And another storm on Wednesday knocked power out again for a couple hours. I am SOOOO over this nonsense, but it is Texas and (apparently) Texas does power outages. UGH.
As a result of the long outage from the 16th, my daughter’s mother-in-law was kind enough to have a spare back-up phone charger. It was enough to recharge my phone 3 more times before I drained it out, but that was enough to last until power came back. I liked it so much I went and got myself two more of the same model, so I will not fear running out of phone battery quite so much. They arrived Thursday morning and they are now both charged and ready for the next outage.
I can’t tell anyone what to buy, but I bought the INIU brand, which was marked as an Amazon Choice, and they were under $35.00 each. If you’re in an area prone to various natural disasters and weather events, I recommend having back-up power banks for your devices.
Onward to newly dyed yarns!
I went into yesterday’s dye session wondering how to use the colors available. I knew I wanted mostly darks, but in order to highlight darks there needs to be some lights for contrast. I ended up doing a few Jewel Tones, and some Confetti dyes, as well as some that remind me of Mountain Fog and Forest Floor. None of these descriptors identifies a specific color but rather they suggest the myriad colors that can be embraced by those descriptors, if that makes sense.
One Twinset in particular (#435-436) practically screams “Autumn Shawl” or “Harvest Socks”. It was dyed in a Confetti technique, as were #423-424, 429-430, and 439-440. These won’t easily pool or stripe, but should present a sprinkling of color when knit up.
The rest were dyed in either a pouring or a dipping method, each with multiple colors being layered one over another.
These are all Phydlbitz Sock (75/25 Superwash Corriedale/Nylon, 430 yards each), and normally sell for $27.50 each. For this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) you can claim any two or more (matching or not) for just $25.50 each. And when you claim any two or more from this week’s collection (#421 – 444), you can also claim any number of previously posted Blog Reader Specials for the same price.
To claim the ones you want, send me an email (ray@knitivity.com) with your requests. I’ll first mark them off from the Available Yarns chart below and then I will send you a PayPal invoice with your pricing discount calculated.
I expect to have these ready to ship Wednesday or Thursday.
Available Yarns
Rack 1 – 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432
Rack 2 – 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444
