Okay, so the Mid-October Surprise sale continues, at least through Friday — all yarns are $24.50 each, with just $1-per-skein for shipping. All available yarns are shown on the Blog Reader Specials page.

But I was sitting here musing about some of the yarns and how they could be used together.  What about a simple triangular shawl pattern, but using 2 different colorways, with 8- or 10-row bands of each color, BUT doing stockinette for one color, then reverse stockinette for the other color.  It would result in a welted texture, rather than just a plain smooth stockinette all the way.  You could do a 5-stitch garter stitch or seed stitch border along each side going across the top.

This is just one way to use different coordinating or contrasting colors.

So I pulled out some Twinsets that feel like they’d work together in such a scheme.  First I got a picture of them all, and then made different pairings, shown down below.

Your color sense and inspiration is probably different from mine.  I realize the sun and shadows wreak havoc on trying to judge individual pictures, and I would be more than happy to photograph whatever combination you’d like to see together.  Just email me and let me know which yarns you’d like.  I can’t control the sun or shadows but I can at least photograph combinations all in one light at the same time. 🙂

Happy Saturday!

First, I failed to mention it but October 1 was my 19-year anniversary!  It’s been a wild ride, and a lot of people didn’t think I’d last more than a year or two.  I’ve seen dyers come and go, but I’m still here.  Barely, but here nonetheless. 🙂

I went into yesterday’s dye session thinking I would color for autumn, with changing leaves and the colors of the world changing.  I’m not sure I hit that particular target, but I am really tickled at how the colors landed, anyway.

Several segmented dyes, all of which will create some interesting spiral striping socks, Twinsets #731-732, 733-734, 739-740, and 743-744.   Each of these includes at least 4 different dyes.  We also have a couple of interesting fades — Twinsets #725-726 and 737-738.

A few DumpDyes include #727-728, 735-736 (reblended reds, plus gold and brown), and 747-748 (navy, chestnut, and other colors — but NO black at all).

These are all Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 (75/25 SW 25-micron Merino/Nylon, 430+ yards each), normally $27.50 each.  For Saturday and Sunday, you are welcome to claim any matching Twinset of this new collection for just $25.50 each skein.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your selections noted.  I’ll mark your requests off the Available Yarns tally chart below and send your PayPal invoice.  If you are outside the U.S., please let me know so I can calculate your international shipping rate.

I expect to have these ready to ship on or about Wednesday.

Rising Prices

As much as I dislike the idea, I have held off raising my yarn prices since at least 2022.   With the cost of nearly everything rising , I will be raising the base yarn price to $28.00 per skein starting next week.  I would love to keep prices the same, but I still need to eat and cover my bills as well.   If you want any of the previously posted Blog Reader Specials, this would be the week to claim them.

Available Yarns: 
Rack 1 – 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736
Rack 2 – 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748

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