{"id":1720,"date":"2025-04-06T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2025-04-06T19:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T19:50:49","slug":"revisiting-old-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/revisiting-old-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisiting Old Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"

A brisk and chilly morning in Houston! But I’ve heard other parts of the country are having it even worse, so I’ll try not to complain too loudly.\u00a0 Other than the weather, I hope everyone is doing as well as can be.<\/p>\n

I dyed on Friday and only when I was nearly done did I realize our local weather was changing and I wouldn’t be able to show yarns yesterday due to forecast rain.\u00a0 \u00a0Just as well — some of the Twinsets needed additional processing and that took most of the day.<\/p>\n

On a whim I decided I would go back several years (before my surgery in 2020) and do a technique I used to use a lot.\u00a0 I got set up and started, and just a few Twinsets into the process I remember why I stopped using the technique; the biggest issue is that it creates a very messy workspace that has to be fully wiped down after each Twinset to ensure colors from one Twinset don’t linger and get picked up onto the next.\u00a0 It also generally takes longer to apply the dye.<\/p>\n

Oh well, I mostly like the results and will likely do it again in the future, although I did learn a few new things, and some of the new dyes I got a few weeks ago behave differently from what I’ve used before.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the colors are richer and more saturated and even though there are a few places that the dye didn’t strike as fully, I am happy.<\/p>\n

Any of these would be marvelous for socks, and many would also work well for shawls, scarves, baby blankets, and other projects.\u00a0 Several would work well for chain-plying, too.\u00a0 I recently learned that chain-plying a sock yarn creates a yarn more akin to a bulky or chunky yarn and would be comfortably knit on Size 10 needles.<\/p>\n

All of these are Phydlbitz Sock, and will be listed at $27.50 apiece when they move to the Blog Reader Specials page<\/strong><\/a> after reskeining.\u00a0 For Sunday and Monday (April 6-7), you can take any matching Twinset for just $50.00 each pair, Preview Pricing discount.<\/p>\n

To claim the ones you want just email me<\/strong><\/a> with your numbered selections and I’ll mark your selections off the Available Yarns chart below and send you a PayPal invoice.\u00a0 When payment is made I’ll prepare your shipping label so your yarns will ship as soon as they are ready.<\/p>\n

I expect to have this new collection ready to ship on Wednesday or Thursday.<\/p>\n

Available Yarns:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 1 – 215, <\/strong>216<\/span><\/del>, 217, 218, <\/strong>219, 220<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>221<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong><\/span>222<\/del><\/span>, <\/strong>223<\/span><\/del>, 224, <\/strong>225<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>226<\/span><\/del><\/span>
\nRack 2 – <\/strong>227, 228<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>229, 230<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>231, 232<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>233, 234,<\/span> 235, 236<\/span><\/del>, 237, 238<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A brisk and chilly morning in Houston! But I’ve heard other parts of the country are having it even worse, so I’ll try not to complain too loudly.\u00a0 Other than the weather, I hope everyone is doing as well as can be. I dyed on Friday and only when I was nearly done did I … Continue reading Revisiting Old Techniques<\/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-1720","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\/1720","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=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1733,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions\/1733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}