Happy Monday!

In spite of how it looks, I didn’t use any straight purple dyes in last night’s dye session.  I used a couple different a blues, some leftover deep red from last week, and a little bit of fluorescent fuchsia.

All of this week’s yarns are on Phydlbitz Sock 2.0, which is 75% 25-micron Superwash Merino and 25% Nylon, and are 430 yards each, and will be available on the Blog Reader Specials page at $27.50 each.

Feel free to claim the ones you want while they are hanging here to dry, where you can see the color distributions and saturations.  I rotate one of each pair and then twist the bottoms to show as much as I can for each pair.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your numbered requests.

See further discussion of these yarns down below the pictures.

Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424
Rack 2 – 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436

Several of this week’s Twinsets were dyed Dye-on-Wet — instead of premixing the dyes in my dye jars, I applied an acid solution to the dyes and lightly applied dye powder straight onto the yarns.  This is more evident for example on Twinsets #421-422, #425-426, and #435-436.   That’s also how I did Twinset #413-414, but with a little more dye than I meant to use, which allowed for a much greater mixing of the dyes on the yarn.

As I mentioned above, I didn’t prepare any straight purple dye this week, but relied on dyes mixing on the yarn or in the dipping bowl.  Twinset #429-430 was a blend of Peacock Blue and the Fluorescent Fuchsia.  These were mixed in the bowl for a solid color, but the fuchsia struck first and stuck well, while the blue didn’t strike so evenly, so it looks like a bright purple, with an underlayer of pink.  I promise it was a single blended color in the bowl. 🙂

There are several two-tone fade combinations this week.  I keep thinking these need to be worked up into an asymmetrical shawl or something, to really show off the colors better, perhaps combining a soft subtle fade in stockinette,  with alternating bands of wild bright colors in a textured stitch of some sort.

I’ll be trying to put in an order for more yarn this week.

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