A good and chilly morning here in Houston. And it is the Winter Solstice today, so now the daylight will last a little longer each day. Yaayyyy! It was in the low 40s when I went out earlier this morning, before the sun peeked over the roofline to interfere with pictures.
I set out with a semi-congealed plan for the dyeing session — solids — and for the most part I think I did well. A few Twinsets didn’t behave the way I expected, but they’re still really good yarns and will work up nicely in just about any project.
As these are all Phydlbitz Sock the will naturally make wonderful socks, but you wouldn’t go wrong to take a few solids to use as contrasting heels and toes for your multi-colored sock yarns. And as solids, they will knit up into beautiful shawls and scarves.
Twinset #950-951 is a nice, rich navy; #964-965 is a navy fade made from the remainder dye used for #950-951.
Twinset #952-953 was a big surprise to me — a beautiful color I’ve seen most often labeled as Orchid. As I mentioned on Facebook last night right after it happened, it was ” a total accident because it was just some combined leftover dyes from multiple recent dye sessions. I *think* there’s a smidge of pink, a touch of purple (?), a dash of magenta or fuchsia, and a healthy helping of sheer luck.” I would be hard-pressed to come up with this amazing color on purpose, and would require several experiments and trials.
Twinset #954-955 is a basic brown; #956-957 is a medium blue with a turquoise overdye; #958-959 is a pure solid red; #960-961 is a pale turquoise dip into the remainder after doing 956-957.
Twinset #962-963 is a medium gray solid; #968-969 is a variant of straight black; not as blackety-black as I would like, but still a good matte black. I think I need to change dye brands to get the kind of black I used to get.
Phydlbitz Sock is normally $27.50 each. For Saturday and Sunday, you may claim any two or more skeins (matching or not) from this week’s collection #950 – 973 at Preview Pricing for just $25.50.
To claim the ones you want, send me an email with your selections. These are all one-of-a-kind dye jobs, so what you see is what is available. I will mark your selections off the Available Yarns tally chart below and send your PayPal invoice.
Because of the holiday and postal issues, I will aim to have these ready to ship on or about Thursday.
Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 950, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 958, 959, 960, 961
Rack 2 – 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973
Don’t need more yarn, but want to help support my work? You can always Buy Me A Coffee. 🙂