Happy Friday!
While preparing today’s mailing, I’m listening to “Happy Classical Music” from HalidonMusic on YouTube. I nearly always listen to classical music, and I think Halidon puts out the best collections and they put up new ones almost daily. Halidon “is a prominent Italian independent record label, music publisher, and distributor based in Milan, founded in 1999. It is widely recognized for operating one of YouTube’s top-ranking classical music channels, which boasts over 3 million subscribers and offers a vast catalogue of classical, instrumental, jazz, and pop music.” No, I’m not sponsored by Halidon, but their collections form the background sounds of my daily life, so I just wanted to share it with you.
I’m reminded of an incident many years ago when one of my granddaughters came to play Scrabble with me one afternoon (a joy and pleasure on its own, which I miss). I had some classical music playing softly, and she asked if we could listen to something else, more like the country music she heard at home, if I remember correctly. I told her she could hear her music at home on her own, but I wanted her to hear my music so that when she grew up and heard classical music she would remember me, and hopefully fondly. She is grown now and filling her life with amazing young adult adventures as all my grandkid are, and I’m proud of them.
Anyway, forgive this old man’s fleeting reverie. Onward to this week’s yarns!
I went into the session not sure what would happen because the dyes that called out to me didn’t seem to go together. But, if you’ve followed my work a while, you know that I often let the colors dictate what to do. 🙂
Most of the colors are fairly obvious, but I’ll mention a few of them. Twinset #97-98 started with a wash of a blue-gray with a band of saturated chestnut across the middle (about 72-inch repeat). #101-102 is a random splattering of pink and gray. #103-104 is a steel blue fade, with spinkles at one end of the hank in dark brown and chestnut. #107-108 is 100% splattered navy that spread and migrated in the steamer. #113-114 is a band of chestnut melded into a band of teal on either side, fading into a wash of a pale pink-gray.
This week’s DumpDye solid is #119-120 — a mix of the remaining teal, turquoise, and navy. I pour all the dyes into the dipping bowl, stirred it all around to thoroughly mix, but I noticed that in spite of my best efforts each of the original colors seems to shine out here and there. From a distance, it looks like a solid color, but up close it is clearly a blending of related colors. I think the effect is stunning.
All of these yarns would make beautiful socks, and many of them would be amazing shawls, scarves, or other accessories.
These are all Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 (75/25 Superwash 25-micron Merino/Nylon, 460 yards), and are normally $28.00 each. For Friday and Saturday, you may claim each matching Twinset from this week’s collection (#97 – 120) at $26.00 per skein ($52 for the pair).
To claim the ones you want, send me an email (ray@knitivity.com) with your numbered requests. After striking them from the Available Yarns chart below, I’ll send you a PayPal invoice including shipping. 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 or Thursday.
Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108
Rack 2 – 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120
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