Happy Saturday!
There’s a little chill in the air this weekend. Nice!
I was just outside getting pictures. I felt a drop. Then a couple more. And more. I had to move quickly to get it done, and then whisk the yarns into the fan room to finish. But now pictures are taken and the yarns are safe from rain. Not sure how much rain we will actually get later on, but better safe than sorry. 🙂
Anyway, here are this week’s offerings, mostly in the darker ranges this time. There were several Twinsets that suggested names that were surprisingly not food-related! A couple of them reminded me of things like Shadows in the Forest or Waves on the Sand. As always, yarns look different between wet and dry. But even so, I think there is something for everyone this week. 🙂
Since I don’t work with standardized color recipes too often, I also no longer try to name the yarns. But, just for fun, what you you name some of these colorways?
Several of this week’s Twinsets were dyed at 72-inch centers, like #854-855, 866-867, and 870-871, to point out a few. That is, each hank is 2-yards around, or about 1 yard long when laid flat for dyeing. Sometimes I will leave them laid out and dye from one end to the other.
Other times, I will dye the centers, move those centers to the ends, and then dye a new center, so that the color-changes occur at roughly 36 inches rather than 72 inches. Good examples of this are Twinsets #864-865 and 870-871. These are all approximations, but can give a good idea how the colors will appear in knitting, and will change depending on your knitting. Socks are great on Size 1 or 2 needles, but you can use Size 5 or 6 to knit lighter shawls on Phydlbitz, producing larger stitches and color changes appearing closer in the knitted fabric.
These are all Phydlbitz Sock, normally $27.50 each. For Saturday and Sunday, you can claim any two or more of this new collection (BRS24 – #854 – 877) for $25.50 each.
To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your requests. I’ll mark your selections from the Available Yarns tally chart below and send you a PayPal invoice. On payment, I will print your shipping label so it is ready when the yarns are ready to ship, and you will get an email notice with your postal tracking number. When the mail carrier picks up packages, I nearly always announce it on Facebook so customers can start tracking their packages.
A friend on Facebook was asking about yarns to the U.K. I do ship internationally, although the rates have gone up (again!) so an international package costs $37.50 to ship. BUT, it’s basically a flat-rate up to a certain limit, and will cover for one skein or up to six in a single soft package. If you have friends who want to try my yarns, it is better to make a package to a single address.
I expect this week’s collection to be ready to ship on Wednesday or Thursday.
Available Yarns:
Rack 1 – 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865
Rack 2 – 866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877