Happy Saturday!

Starting the day yesterday, my brain was full of ideas of different things I wanted to try, including the Cat’s Paw Nebula.  I was looking through my recipe book and discovered a few other colorways to combine, including the amazing Carina Nebula colorway.

and the colors I derived from it (shown here on a sport weight yarn).

And, since I have both recipes, I’m going to do a “Look To The Stars” set of dye jobs next week when I have nothing to do but focus on this project.    If you know if a similar amazing colorway from the Hubble Space Telescope, or elsewhere, with amazing colors, please let me know.   I’ve seen several images of the Horsehead Nebula, for example.

Anyway, this week we have a stunning collection of color combinations, some very brilliant and some calming and subdued.

These are all on Phydlbitz Sock 2.0, 25-micron Superwash Merino/Nylon, 430+ yards, which are normally $27.50 each when they go to the Blog Reader Specials page.

For Saturday and Sunday, you can take any two or more skeins (matching Twinset or random singles) for just $26.00 each.

A few deserve noting:  Twinset #363-364 is a two-tone fade of  blue-gray and speckled chestnut, with a band of solid chestnut in the middle.  Twinset #371-372 is a medium gray with just a light fade, while #367-368 is a chestnut fade.  Twinset  #379-380 is a pale turquoise fading into an ice blue.

Any of the fades, either two-tone or monochrome, would work up into a stunning simple triangle shawl in garter stitch with a 3-stitch border and 3-stitch center spine, starting with either an Emily Ocker cast-on or even a tab cast-on

Of course, any of these skeins would make fabulous socks (one skein will knit an ample pair of adult socks), but there are many amazing patterns for sock yarn pillows, baby goods, and even sweaters.  A friend of mine knitted her husband a sweater vest from just two skeins of my sock yarns.

By the way, you’ll note in the images below that they are marked as 430+ yards.  I have always added a little extra yardage when I pull hanks from cones, but the  yarns I’m using now come pre-hanked at about 460 yards.  Since I prefer pulling my own hanks I’ll leave the labeling as I have it, but rest assured you will always get more than 430 yards.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your selections.  I’ll mark your selections off the Available Yarns tally chart below and send you a PayPal invoice to include shipping.  If you are outside the U.S., please let me know so I can calculate international shipping.  In most cases, I can ship up to six skeins for $37.50, whether it is 1 or 2 or 6, so the shipping-per-skein is less when you order more at a time.  🙂

I expect to have these ready to ship Wednesday or Thursday.

Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370
Rack 2 – 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377,  378, 379, 380, 381, 382

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