{"id":2037,"date":"2025-06-02T16:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T16:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2025-06-02T21:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T21:08:57","slug":"not-a-purple-was-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/not-a-purple-was-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Not a Purple Was Used!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Monday!<\/p>\n

In spite of how it looks, I didn’t use any straight purple dyes in last night’s dye session.\u00a0 I used a couple different a blues, some leftover deep red from last week, and a little bit of fluorescent fuchsia.<\/p>\n

All of this week’s yarns are on Phydlbitz Sock 2.0, which is 75% 25-micron Superwash Merino and 25% Nylon, and are 430 yards each, and will be available on the Blog Reader Specials page at $27.50 each.<\/p>\n

Feel free to claim the ones you want while they are hanging here to dry, where you can see the color distributions and saturations.\u00a0 I rotate one of each pair and then twist the bottoms to show as much as I can for each pair.<\/p>\n

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email<\/strong><\/a> with your numbered requests.<\/p>\n

See further discussion of these yarns down below the pictures.<\/p>\n

Available Yarns:<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 1 – 413, 414, <\/strong>415<\/span><\/del>, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, <\/strong>421, 422<\/span><\/del>, 423, 424<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 2 – 425, 426, <\/strong>427<\/span><\/del>, 428, <\/strong>429, 430<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>431, 432<\/span><\/del>, 433, 434, 435, 436<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Several of this week’s Twinsets were dyed Dye-on-Wet — instead of premixing the dyes in my dye jars, I applied an acid solution to the dyes and lightly applied dye powder straight onto the yarns.\u00a0 This is more evident for example on Twinsets #421-422, #425-426, and #435-436.\u00a0 \u00a0That’s also how I did Twinset #413-414, but with a little more dye than I meant to use, which allowed for a much greater mixing of the dyes on the yarn.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned above, I didn’t prepare any straight purple dye this week, but relied on dyes mixing on the yarn or in the dipping bowl.\u00a0 Twinset #429-430 was a blend of Peacock Blue and the Fluorescent Fuchsia.\u00a0 These were mixed in the bowl for a solid color, but the fuchsia struck first and stuck well, while the blue didn’t strike so evenly, so it looks like a bright purple, with an underlayer of pink.\u00a0 I promise it was a single blended color in the bowl. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

There are several two-tone fade combinations this week.\u00a0 I keep thinking these need to be worked up into an asymmetrical shawl or something, to really show off the colors better, perhaps combining a soft subtle fade in stockinette,\u00a0 with alternating bands of wild bright colors in a textured stitch of some sort.<\/p>\n

I’ll be trying to put in an order for more yarn this week.<\/p>\n

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Happy Monday! In spite of how it looks, I didn’t use any straight purple dyes in last night’s dye session.\u00a0 I used a couple different a blues, some leftover deep red from last week, and a little bit of fluorescent fuchsia. All of this week’s yarns are on Phydlbitz Sock 2.0, which is 75% 25-micron … Continue reading Not a Purple Was Used!<\/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-2037","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\/2037","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=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2047,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}