Happy Sunday!

And welcome to new subscribers!  Since my ultimate goal is to sell every new skein every week, I need to let more subscribers see my new yarns each week.  I really do appreciate all the Knitivity Insiders who keep viewing my yarns and showing them to others when they arrive in your mailbox.

I started the dye session thinking I would make some Christmas Twinsets, combining a Christmas Green (#737-738) with Christmas red (#749-750). But then I figured if someone wants that combination they can just take one of each Twinset.  Or you could just ask for Knitivity Green #1 and Knitivity Fiery Red in whatever quantities you need.  Nearly all my yarns are one-of-a-kind dye jobs, but these two are done the same way every time since 2006.

Among the other yarns are some Confetti dyes (#735-736, 743-744, and 747-748), in various color combinations.  These are especially great for children’s socks, in my opinion.

I often combine left bits of teal with turquoise for a gloriously rich solid, but this week I combine a little teal with the last of the royal blue to create Twinset #733-734.   These combinations are not by standard recipe; I just combine whatever leftover portions there are toward the end of a dye session.

All of these are Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 (75/25 Superwash 25-micron Merino/Nylon, 460 yards each) — say “Fiddle Bits” and you’ve got it right.  For those new here, it means Positively Helping Your Dyer Land Back In The Zone.

Anyway, each hand-dyed Phydlbitz Sock yarn is normally $28.00 each, but for today and tomorrow you can claim any two or more skeins from this week’s collection (#727 – 750) for just $26.00 each.

Every skein I dye is shown; these aren’t just representative samples of  larger dye lot.  Most commonly I dye Twinsets, but if you need more than two skeins of matching yarn, you are welcome to request a custom order.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your numbered selections.  I’ll send you a PayPal invoice and mark your selections off the Available Yarns table (shown below). That way others can see which yarns are still available when they visit.

I expect to have this week’s collection ready to ship on or about Thursday.

Available  Yarns: 
Rack 1 – 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738
Rack 2 – 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750

There are nearly 4 dozen matching Twinsets on the Blog Reader Specials page.  All day today, Tuesday, September 15, all matching Twinsets will be invoiced at 20% OFF.   Non-matching Solo skeins will be invoiced at 15% OFF as well.  In case I go to bed early, all emails time-stamped by midnight will be honored at this Twinset TWOS-day deal.

I’ve moved all the Twinsets to the top of the BRS page, and will be mixing up the Solo skeins later as well.

Visit the Blog Reader Specials page today (Friday, 11 Sept 2026), order any two or more skeins and get FREE SHIPPING inside the U.S.!   Shown here are the newest yarns added to the page, but there are dozens of other beautiful yarns available and ready to ship.

Happy Saturday!

Here in the U.S., this is Labor Day Weekend.  Monday is observed as Labor Day, to honor and celebrate the workers in our country — anyone who gets up to go to work in exchange for a paycheck.  It was started September 5, 1882, with a parade of union workers in New York City.    Later, as Dr. Heather Cox Richardson writes, “On June 28, 1894, [President Grover] Cleveland signed Congress’s bill making Labor Day a legal holiday. Each year, the first Monday in September would honor the country’s workers.”

Anyway, my Labor Day Weekend will be spend processing this week’s yarns and looking for other ways to show my yarns so more people can enjoy them.

This week’s collection (BRS26 – #703 – 726) is a mixed bag of dye techniques — some sprinkles, some fades, and some solids and nearly solids.

The one Twinset I wanted to point out is #709-710.   It was a blend of teal and blue and navy, stirred together into a single color in the dye bath.  When it came out of the spin cycle this morning, it is evident there are marvelous little shimmies and glimmers of dark blue quite distinct from the teal.  I’m not sure how this happens, but I’m delighted when it does because the resulting yarn is amazing to look  at; I figure it is something to do with the chemicals and pigments used in creating the various dyes.

These are all Phydlbitz Sock 2.0, 75/25 Superwash 25-micron Merino/Nylon, 460 yards each.  These are normally $28.00 a skein, but for all of Labor Day Weekend, visitors are welcome to claim any two or more from this week’s collection for just $25.50 each.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your requested item numbers.  I’ll mark your requests off from the Available Yarns table, below, and then send you a PayPal invoice for those yarns and shipping.  If you are outside the U.S. please let me know with your request.

I expect to have these dried and processed, ready to ship on or about Wednesday or Thursday this coming week.

Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714
Rack 2 – 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722,  723, 724, 725, 726