{"id":1279,"date":"2025-01-06T23:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T23:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2025-01-14T18:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:37:12","slug":"always-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/06\/always-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Learning!"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are the unclaimed yarns from the collection shown below.\u00a0 They have now been added to the Blog Reader Specials page<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Happy Monday all around!<\/p>\n

I woke to discover it was 31\u00ba outside and 48\u00ba inside.\u00a0 The central heating unit is “finicky” at the worst times, but I turned on both space heaters and it is now about 58\u00ba inside, so it’s getting better. But this is nothing compared to what others are dealing with in other parts of the country, so I’ll keep my complaints to a dull roar. <*grin*><\/p>\n

Moving on to the yarns.\u00a0 I always enjoy playing with color, but last night’s dye session was particularly fun.\u00a0 No Twinset was made with dye straight from the manufacturer’s jar. Between last week’s leftovers (most of which were blended in the jars) and this weeks new dyes, every Twinset has multiple dyes applied; some were splattered, but several were blended in the dipping\u00a0 bowl and appear quite solid.<\/p>\n

One of the thing that intrigued me about dyeing yarns was the way indie dyers could create small batches of bright multi-colored yarns.\u00a0 Big commercial mills have to plan their palettes and color schemes months or years in advance, often consulting color experts and fashion trend planners, and then manufacturing thousands of the same skeins over and over.\u00a0 I remember many years ago a particular custom colorway in memory of a beloved member of the old KnitList — there were 7 shades of purples, blues, violets, plus teal, and over 6 dozen skeins were created as custom orders.\u00a0 I swore I would retire the “Aunt Gail” colorway. I shudder to imagine creating hundreds or even thousands of the same thing.\u00a0 Not for me.<\/p>\n

Indie dyers could change of their own accord and work in small batches.\u00a0 Much of my dye work was finding various ways to apply multiple colors, like segmented, splattered, or overdyed.\u00a0 I tried for years to create solid colors and only just recently figured out how to get solids that weren’t overly splotchy, which makes me quite happy.\u00a0 But taking dye powder straight from the manufacturer’s jar and putting it onto yarn isn’t exciting; after all, there is a limited number of dyes from the manufacturer.<\/p>\n

So in the coming months I plan to spend at least part of my dyeing energies into creating unique solid colors by blending in different ways.\u00a0 I am pretty sure the folks at Pantone have identified and named far more colors than I will ever create, and they have formulas and recipes for all of them.\u00a0 But I want to create my own colors, one at a time.\u00a0 I will still make multi-colored yarns as well, of course, but now that I am close to perfecting my technique for dyeing solids in little operation, I want to apply that to creating unique<\/strong><\/em> solids one Twinset at a time.\u00a0 At least, for the Blog Reader Specials.<\/p>\n

In this week’s collection, I can’t identify a single Twinset that doesn’t please me, but I am particularly tickled with the Teal and Brilliant Blue (Twinset #9-10) and also the\u00a0 Red and Brown (Twinset #21-22), which reminds me of a brick red.\u00a0 I can think of several patterns to make “brickwork” with this red and a skein of gray to act as the mortar.\u00a0 If nobody claims the reds I just might have to make a bias brickwork scarf.\u00a0 Both of these Twinsets seem well saturated.\u00a0 I didn’t use any straight purple dye this week, so all the various purples you see are blended reds and blues.\u00a0 I also notice that my Silver Gray sometimes seems to have a pinkish cast.<\/p>\n

All of these are on\u00a0 Phydlbitz Sock (75\/25 Superwash Corriedale\/Nylon, 430 yards each) and will be $27.50 after tomorrow.\u00a0 \u00a0For Monday and Tuesday, you may claim any matching Twinset for just $50.00.<\/p>\n

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email<\/strong><\/a> with your numbered selection. I’ll mark your request off from the Available Yarns tally chart (below) so others can see what remains available when they visit here later.<\/p>\n

Available Yarns:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 1 – <\/strong>1, 2<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>3, 4<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>5, 6,<\/span><\/del> 7, 8, <\/strong>9, 10,<\/span><\/del> 11, 12<\/span><\/del><\/span>
\nRack 2 – 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, <\/strong>19, 20<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>21, 22<\/span><\/del>, 23, 24<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t need more yarn, but want to help support my work?
\nYou can always\u00a0Buy Me A Coffee<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These are the unclaimed yarns from the collection shown below.\u00a0 They have now been added to the Blog Reader Specials page: Happy Monday all around! I woke to discover it was 31\u00ba outside and 48\u00ba inside.\u00a0 The central heating unit is “finicky” at the worst times, but I turned on both space heaters and it … Continue reading Always Learning!<\/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-1279","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\/1279","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=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}