Good morning, and Happy Saturday!

Well, believe it or not, I didn’t set out to follow a color theme, but it sure looks like there was a tussle between the blues and the pinks.  I just pulled out jars of dyes I’ve not used in a while and they just happened to work well together.

When I was dyeing Twinset #349-350 and it was still wet, it struck me as looking like a scuffed up leather journal, but I’m not sure it does now.  It is a splattering of chestnut and espresso.   Those same colors were mixed for a dip-dye on Twinset #363-364, so I’m guessing they would all work together for stripes of solids and splatterings.  Either one would do well in a lace shawl or shoulder wrap, if you aren’t into knitting socks.

I brought out a jar of something called violamine, which I just discovered is also called acid violet-9, used for various scientific research.  To me, it is just a color. A very loud and attention-seeking color.  🙂

It  is sprinkled on Twinset #347-348, alternating with one of the blues; or a fade into pink on #351-352; it is segmented with other colors on #355-356, and just a smidge on #361-362.  Even in small amounts it makes itself known.

Twinset #353-354 is a splattering of chestnut with a wash of pale blues.  The same wash of blues is on #357-358, along with some jade and emerald.   Twinset #367-368 is a random sprinkling of pale espresso and blues.

This week’s literal DumpDye is Twinset #369-370.  At the end of the dye session, I dumped all the remaining bits of all the blues and blue-adjacent dyes.

All of these are Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 — 75% superwash 25-micron Merino and 25% nylon; 460 yards — which are normally $28.00 each, after they are reskeined, labeled and posted to the Blog Reader Specials page.  If you claim the ones you want on Saturday or Sunday, you may take any two or more at just $26.00 each skein.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email (ray@knitivity.com) with your selection numbers.   I’ll send you a PayPal invoice for payment.  PayPal will process all credit or debit cards for me even if you don’t have a PayPal account, and they will collect all your shipping details for the shipping label.  If you are outside the U.S., please let me know so I can calculate your international shipping on your invoice.

I expect to have this collection ready to ship on or about Wednesday.

Available Yarns: 
Rack 1 – 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358
Rack 2 – 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370

Last weekend I dyed another collection of Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 that I showed on the Blog on Saturday (click here), with many yarns being claimed.

This particular yarn excited me in the preview pictures, and made me even more happy to see it skeined up. What really excites me is how the few colors I used migrated and blended on their own in the steamer.   Here is the reskeined yarn (#337) …

And here is the yarn laid out before I twisted and labeled it:

I love how the colors blended around.  But I guess other people aren’t excited by this particular colorway.   People also skipped over the other yarn that really tickled me, Twinset #325-326:

Here is the whole collection of yarns posted to the Blog Reader Specials page.

Good morning, and Happy Saturday!

I was a little apprehensive over the dyes I pulled out yesterday, but I am happily surprised at this amazing and beautiful collection I offer you this week.

I started with a speckle that reminds me of blurry Impressionist paintings — #333-334.   There were a couple of monochrome fades (#327-328 and 343-344), using the runoff dyes from other Twinsets.   Twinset #323-324 was intended to  be a similar monochrome fade, but apparently the fuchsia doesn’t take up as quickly as the blues.  The blues struck right away, while the lingering fuchsia hung around and colored the other end of the hank.  It’s always fascinating how certain dyes interact in combination with other dyes.

There are several multi-color segmented Twinsets this week, with some speckles and some variations of techniques I’ve done before.

Many years ago I dyed some roving and found it was best to contain the fiber in a knee-high nylon stocking.  I think next week I will try putting a hank or two into a knee-high stocking and applying dyes as if on a regular Twinset, just to see what will happen.   With summer approaching, I also want to get some larger pickle jars to try sun-dyeng again.  I’m just not willing to buy a gallon of pickles just for the jar.

This week’s true DumpDye (#345-346) is a blend of the remaining spruce and turquoise dyes.

These are all Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 — a superior sock yarn of 75% Superwash 25-micron Merino/25% Nylon, 460 yards each, normally $28.00 each skein.  Visitors on Saturday and Sunday may claim any matching Twinset from this week’s collection (#323 – 346) at $52.00 for each matching pair.

To claim the ones you want just send me an email (ray@knitivity.com) with your requested item numbers; I’ll mark your requests off the Available Yarns table below and then send a PayPal invoice.  Even if you don’t have a PayPal account, they will process your credit or debit card just fine. If you are outside the U.S., please let me know so I can calculate your international shipping correctly.

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

Available Yarns
Rack 1 – 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334
Rack 2 – 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342,  343, 344, 345, 346

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I’ve just posted to the Blog Reader Specials page all the unclaimed yarns from what I dyed and posted over the weekend.  Along with the unclaimed laceweight yarns, there were some extra SWMerino DK weight yarns that I dyed as part of a custom dye request; these Twinsets are navy and rich pink.

Here is the whole bunch of yarns I just posted:

And these are the two DK Twinsets:

Happy Saturday!

This week’s collection is a little different from my regular collection of Phydlbitz Sock.  We have 100% Superwash Merino laceweight yarns, marked as 1312 yards per 100 grams, so it’s a very fine laceweight.

I dyed almost all of them as solids, as lacework has amazing textures and designs that (at last in my opinion) would be diminished by visually fighting against multi-colored yarns.

At one person’s suggestion on Facebook, I did attempt to create a lighter, pastel-ish colorway with several colors.  It is difficult to show on the drying rack, so here is how it looked freshly dyed last night but before steaming and washing.  The colors will, of course, be all mixed around during reskeining, and the colors are light enough that it will create an amazing shawl or wrap for late Spring.

All of these will be $29.00 per skein.  If you take two or more on Saturday or Sunday (April 4 or 5), they will be invoiced at $26.00 each skein.

To claim the ones you want, send me an email (ray@knitivity.com) with your requested item numbers.  I’ll mark your requests off the Available Yarns tally chart (below) so later visitors will see which yarns are still available.

I expect to have this week’s collection ready to ship on Wednesday or Thursday — this fine yarn requires more delicate handling to avoid snapping a yarn during reskeining.

Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305
Rack 2 – 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314