Mardi What??

Happy Monday!

I just saw on Facebook that some of my FB Friends are getting snow today!  SNOW!   I just looked at my local 10-day, and we’ll be enjoying temperatures in the mid-80 all the way, but there is increasing chance of rain later this week, probably making a wet mess of Halloween.  I’ve not had Trick-or-Treater at my home  for many decades, but I know there are likely some neighborhood parties at schools or churches nearby.

Yarns arrived Saturday and I dyed yesterday.   Knowing that Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras seem to sneak up too quickly after New Year’s Day, I attempted to get ahead of the game.  There are two Twinsets suited for Valentine’s (Twinsets #810-811 and 822-823) and three Twinsets that were supposed to be toward Mardi Gras (Twinsets #812-813, 814-815, and 816-817).  Even though I double dipped the purple for better overall coverage, I’m not thrilled that the purple isn’t as rich as I wanted.  That’s okay; I’ll have a few more chances to try again, and for die-hard Mardi Gras fans, these will work just fine for socks, scarves, or whatever works as a Mardi Gras outfit.

The other Twinsets are a mix of semi-solids, schmears, and segmented sectionals.

Last week’s Blog Reader Specials were  packed and ready to ship on Thursday as promised, and I had put in a package pick-up request the night before.  Thursday’s mail carrier didn’t bother to honk or knock for pick up, so I put in another request for Friday.  Friday I was waiting and waiting, and a while after dark I was on my porch and saw the mail carrier zoom on by without stopping until they reached the end of the block and then sped onward, neither picking up my packages nor leaving the incoming mail that Informed Delivery was coming.  Another request was put in for Saturday, and I was outside waiting as they came around.  I told the driver that Friday’s mail carrier didn’t stop at all; he pointed to a full rack of mail and said, “These are all the undelivered mail from yesterday.”   It’s getting to the point I feel like I need to pull up a chair and wait by the mail box on the days I have outbound packages.  Frustrating, to say the least.

As I am already a day behind my own normal schedule, I expect this week’s yarns to be ready to ship on Thursday or Friday.  As is my habit,  I do announce on Facebook when packages have been picked up, but I am more than happy to also email individuals their packages are picked up.

All of this week’s yarns are Phydlbitz Sock, 75/25 Superwash Corriedale/Nylon, 430 yards, and normally $27.50 each.  For today (Monday) you can claim any two or more for just $25.50 each, matching or not.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your requests.  I’ll mark them off the Available Yarns tally chart below so others can see which ones are still available, and then will send a PayPal invoice.  If you don’t have a PayPal account, you can still pay the invoice using a credit or debit card.

Available Yarns
Rack 1 – 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817
Rack 2 – 818, 819, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829

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