Happy Friday!

For Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, every yarn listed on the Blog Reader Specials page can be ordered with FREE SHIPPING inside the U.S.   As always, you are welcome to order early and order often during this special offer, which is valid through Sunday.

All you need to do is email me with the item numbers you want.  I will move them to the bottom of the BRS page, then send your PayPal invoice.

All items requested this weekend will ship on or about Monday.

Happy Sunday!

First off, the remnants of Hurricane Isaias continue across parts of southeast states.  Having been through several hurricanes, I am already aware of the devastation that comes with a big storm, as well as how much is needed after such a storm.

I strongly recommend people give to relief organizations, such as to the Red Cross, or Greater Good Charities, or World Central Kitchen,  or some  other organization you trust.

Now, onward to the yarns!

I went into the dye session last night, thinking I’d come up with an interesting and eclectic palette of color.  And somehow I ended up preparing both a pink dye and an amethyst dye.  I hardly ever use more than one red-adjacent dye in the same session, but I’m not overall disappointed in the results.

Two Twinsets in particular (#813-814 and 821-822)  strike me as what might occur when your child leaves their crayons in the back window if your car all day.  Not unpleasant, just surprising.

There are three Twinsets that look very similar, but they are definitely NOT the same — #805-806,  811-812, and 817-818 were dyed from different combinations of navy plus another color mixed in.  Any one of these would work well with Twinset #799-800 as contrast.

Twinset #807-808 is a single color — randomly sprinkled with Black then smooshed along the strands, then dipped in a clear bath to further soften the dots.

That same black dye was used as a central band on #803-804, and then I filled one end of those skeins with an amethyst-pink fade, with a blue and turquoise fade at the other end.     I did a similar multi-color with navy in the middle and different colors at each end of the hank.

All of these are on Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 (75/25 Superwash 25-micro Merino/Nylon, 460 yards each).  Normally Phydlbitz is $28.00, but for Sunday and Monday, visitors are invited to claimed any two or more skeins from this week’s collection (#799 – 822) for just $26.00 each.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your numbered requests.  I’ll mark your requests off the Available Yarns table below, and send a PayPal invoice.  Once paid, I will print your shipping label so I can ship your yarns as soon as this collection is dried and ready to ship.

I expect to ship on or about Thursday.

Available Yarns: 
Rack 1 – 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810
Rack 2 – 811, 812, 813, 814, 815, 816, 817, 818, 819, 820, 821, 822

As I was preparing this week’s unclaimed Blog Reader Specials for posting, I discovered I failed to post last week’s unclaimed yarns as well.  I did take the pictures, of course, but it was such a screwy week for me that I just forgot to post them.

Anyway, here is the collection from last week:

And here are the unclaimed yarns from this past weekend’s collection:

This time, I didn’t sort these newest additions into Twinset and Solo Skein listings.  I don’t know if I should make separate pages for people who only want unmatched single skeins versus matching Twinsets.

I also discovered that shipping rates also increased this past week or so.   Last spring we were informed rates were going to be temporarily increased due to tariffs and other factors far above my paygrade, but it was announced that this increased would only last through the end of the year.  That apparently was not true.

Good morning, and Happy Sunday!

I have to start this morning by sharing a funny my daughter shared with me on Facebook:

What do you call a made-up color?

Being a dyer, I should have known this right away, but I didn’t so she clued me in:

A pigment of your imagination.

I am tickled she is becoming adept at passing along a good Dad joke, just like me.

Let me start this week’s collection by saying I did not mix up any green dyes this week.  All of the greens you see today are the result of using blue-adjacent dyes (including violet, turquoise, and others) sharing fiber space with yellow-adjacent dyes (yellow, orange, and golds).  This is what happens when you put dye onto fiber and allow the dyes to migrate, mix, and blend on their own.

As today’s title suggests, most of this week’s Twinsets were double-dyed, first with a liberal application from the squirt bottles, followed by a dip in a clear light acid bath to spread excess dyes and smooth out the transitions.  This was especially helpful with the sprinkle or confetti dyes, as on #785-786, 789-790, and 793-794.  Any of these Twinsets would make amazing baby blankets, full of color and variety, perhaps combined with stripes of a nearly solid like #775-776 or 797-798.   There are only 2 Twinsets (#777-778 and 791-792, the seafoam fade) that weren’t double-dyed with a dip.

Some of the darker skeins, like #783-784 and #795-796 remind me of creeks and streams with pretty rocks beneath the water and plants along the banks — soothing and comforting, at least to my eye. These would make amazing workday socks, or knit double stranded into terrific winter caps.

Twinset #777-778 is almost a monochrome fade, but the light-dark contrast isn’t as striking as my normal fades.  It’s more like a pale blush fade, and would even work as a nearly-solid band against stripes from most of the other skeins.

Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 is 75% Superwash 25-micron Merino/25% Nylon, and 460 yards, normally $28.00 each.

For Sunday and Monday, visitors are invited to take any two or more skeins from this week’s collection (BRS26-#775-798) with Previewing Pricing discount at $26.00 per skein.

Of course, there are LOADS of previously shown Blog Reader Specials that would pair up beautifully with many of this week’s colors, so you can take two or more skeins from this week’s collection and then pick any previously posted yarns to get those discounted as well.

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

I expect to have these dried and ready to ship on or about Thursday.

Available  Yarns: 
Rack 1 – 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786
Rack 2 – 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798