Happy Monday! And Happy December!
It’s been a wild time lately, and I’m having to make some adjustments in how I do things, especially with dyeing and yarn processing. For quite a long time I’ve been getting morning pictures before the sun gets just high enough to glare into the lens and mess up the shots. Today (I’m typing this on Sunday), I got afternoon pictures with the sun behind me, shining directly onto the yarns. I’m not sure this is better or not. My goal is to present the yarns as if you were viewing them at an open air market, rather than styled with props and sets in a formal photo shoot.
All of these are on Phydlbitz Sock (75/25 Superwash Corriedale/Nylon, 430 yards each), and as is my custom they are dyed as Twinsets. Most of them are solid or nearly solid, but there are a couple of splatters – Twinset #884-885 is splattered with navy and overdyed with violet; #888-889 is splattered brown with an overlay of gold. Twinset #892-893 is a tri-color blend of pale blue, beach sand, and wet-sand tan, while #894-895 is a two-tone of brown and purple.
Twinset #878-879 is gray, #880-881 is spruce, #886-887 is a nearly solid brown but it looks more like a grayed-out brown rather than chocolate or woodsy brown for some reason. It is still a handsome color, of course, and will work well to use as a dark contrast in combination with brighter colors, like a solid rich red or forest green. (The current batch of brown dye seems to be an odd but interesting shade of brown; I seem to get a richer brown by mixing espresso bean and teddy bear.)
I didn’t mix any green this time, but Twinset #890-891 is a blend of yellow with a smidge of sky blue, if I remember correctly. And #900-901 is visually purple from a distance, but up close you can catch a hint of the red and blue that were blended in the jar before applying. Blending different dyes together can be fascinating — while wet and in the blending jar it appeared solidly burgundy-purple, but as it strikes on the fiber the individual dyes behave differently. Personally, I like the effect with most combinations as it gives the effect of multiple layers of color.
Phydlbitz Sock is normally $27.50 per skein. When you claim any two or more of this newest collection on Monday or Tuesday, they will be invoiced at $25.50 per skein.
To claim the ones you want you can send me an email with the numbered items you would like. I’ll mark your requests off from the Available Yarns tally chart below and then send a PayPal invoice. On payment I’ll pay and print your shipping label so I can ship as soon as the yarns are processed and ready to ship.
I expect this collection to ship on or about Thursday.
Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 878, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889
Rack 2 – 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901
