{"id":1205,"date":"2024-12-21T18:44:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T18:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2024-12-21T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T23:49:18","slug":"happy-solstice-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/21\/happy-solstice-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Solstice To You"},"content":{"rendered":"

A good and chilly morning here in Houston.\u00a0 And it is the Winter Solstice today, so now the daylight will last a little longer each day. Yaayyyy!\u00a0 It was in the low 40s when I went out earlier this morning, before the sun peeked over the roofline to interfere with pictures.<\/p>\n

I set out with a semi-congealed plan for the dyeing session — solids — and for the most part I think I did well.\u00a0 A few Twinsets didn’t behave the way I expected, but they’re still really good yarns and will work up nicely in just about any project.<\/p>\n

As these are all Phydlbitz Sock the will naturally make wonderful socks, but you wouldn’t go wrong to take a few solids to use as contrasting heels and toes for your multi-colored sock yarns.\u00a0 And as solids, they will knit up into beautiful shawls and scarves.<\/p>\n

Twinset #950-951 is a nice, rich navy; #964-965 is a navy fade made from the remainder dye used for #950-951.<\/p>\n

Twinset #952-953 was a big surprise to me — a beautiful color I’ve seen most often labeled as Orchid.\u00a0 As I mentioned on Facebook last night right after it happened, it was ” a total accident because it was just some combined leftover dyes from multiple recent dye sessions. I *think* there’s a smidge of pink, a touch of purple (?), a dash of magenta or fuchsia, and a healthy helping of sheer luck.”\u00a0 \u00a0 I would be hard-pressed to come up with this amazing color on purpose, and would require several experiments and trials.<\/p>\n

Twinset #954-955 is a basic brown; #956-957 is a medium blue with a turquoise overdye; #958-959 is a pure solid red; #960-961 is a pale turquoise dip into the remainder after doing 956-957.<\/p>\n

Twinset #962-963 is a medium gray solid; #968-969 is a variant of straight black; not as blackety-black as I would like, but still a good matte black.\u00a0 I think I need to change dye brands to get the kind of black I used to get.<\/p>\n

Phydlbitz Sock is normally $27.50 each.\u00a0 \u00a0For Saturday and Sunday, you may claim any two or more skeins (matching or not) from this week’s collection #950 – 973 at Preview Pricing for just $25.50.<\/p>\n

To claim the ones you want, send me an email with your selections.\u00a0 These are all one-of-a-kind dye jobs, so what you see is what is available.\u00a0 I will mark your selections off the Available Yarns tally chart below and send your PayPal invoice.<\/p>\n

Because of the holiday and postal issues, I will aim to have these ready to ship on or about Thursday.<\/p>\n

Available Yarns:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 1 – <\/strong>950, 951<\/span><\/del>, 952, 953, <\/strong>954<\/span><\/del>, 955, 956, <\/strong>957<\/span><\/del>, 958, 959, <\/strong>960<\/span><\/del>, 961<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 2 – <\/strong>962<\/span><\/del>, 963, <\/strong>964<\/span><\/del>, 965, 966, <\/strong>967<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>968<\/span><\/del>, 969, 970, 971, 972, 973<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Don’t need more yarn, but want to help support my work? You can always\u00a0Buy Me A Coffee<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A good and chilly morning here in Houston.\u00a0 And it is the Winter Solstice today, so now the daylight will last a little longer each day. Yaayyyy!\u00a0 It was in the low 40s when I went out earlier this morning, before the sun peeked over the roofline to interfere with pictures. I set out with … Continue reading Happy Solstice To You<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-reader-specials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1215,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions\/1215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}