{"id":225,"date":"2024-06-01T16:17:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T16:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=225"},"modified":"2024-06-03T08:58:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T08:58:43","slug":"jeweltones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/01\/jeweltones\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel tones, Confetti, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a month it has been.\u00a0 \u00a0Last weekend I talked about the long power outage and the interruptions it caused.\u00a0 This Tuesday I went to see my endocrinologist (no big deal, regular check-in) and came home expecting to finish reskeining last week’s dyes.\u00a0 Instead, I got to wait out another power outage, but it was only about 5 hours or so.\u00a0 And another storm on Wednesday knocked power out again for a couple hours.\u00a0 \u00a0I am SOOOO over this nonsense, but it is Texas and (apparently) Texas does power outages.\u00a0 UGH.<\/p>\n

As a result of the long outage from the 16th, my daughter’s mother-in-law was kind enough to have a spare back-up phone charger.\u00a0 \u00a0It was enough to recharge my phone 3 more times before I drained it out, but that was enough to last until power came back.\u00a0 \u00a0I liked it so much I went and got myself two more of the same model, so I will not fear running out of phone battery quite so much.\u00a0 They arrived Thursday morning and they are now both charged and ready for the next outage.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I can’t tell anyone what to buy, but I bought the INIU brand, which was marked as an Amazon Choice, and they were under $35.00 each.\u00a0 If you’re in an area prone to various natural disasters and weather events, I recommend having back-up power banks for your devices.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Onward to newly dyed yarns!<\/p>\n

I went into yesterday’s dye session wondering how to use the colors available.\u00a0 I knew I wanted mostly darks, but in order to highlight darks there needs to be some lights for contrast.\u00a0 I ended up doing a few Jewel Tones, and some Confetti\u00a0 dyes, as well as some that remind me of Mountain Fog and Forest Floor.\u00a0 None of these descriptors identifies a specific color but rather they suggest the myriad colors that can be embraced by those descriptors, if that makes sense.<\/p>\n

One Twinset in particular (#435-436) practically screams “Autumn Shawl” or “Harvest Socks”.\u00a0 \u00a0 It was dyed in a Confetti technique, as were #423-424, 429-430, and 439-440.\u00a0 These won’t easily pool or stripe, but should present a sprinkling of color when knit up.<\/p>\n

The rest were dyed in either a pouring or a dipping method, each with multiple colors being layered one over another.<\/p>\n

These are all\u00a0 Phydlbitz Sock (75\/25 Superwash Corriedale\/Nylon, 430 yards each), and normally sell for $27.50 each.\u00a0 For this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) you can claim any two or more (matching or not) for just $25.50 each.\u00a0 \u00a0And when you claim any two or more from this week’s collection (#421 – 444), you can also claim any number of previously posted Blog Reader Specials<\/strong><\/a> for the same price.<\/p>\n

To claim the ones you want, send me an email<\/strong><\/a> (ray@knitivity.com<\/strong><\/a>) with your requests.\u00a0 I’ll first mark them off from the Available Yarns chart below and then I will send you a PayPal invoice with your pricing discount calculated.<\/p>\n

I expect to have these ready to ship Wednesday or Thursday.<\/p>\n

Available Yarns<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 1 – 421, <\/strong>422<\/span><\/del>, 423, 424, 425, 426, <\/strong>427, 428<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>429, 430<\/span><\/del>, 431, 432<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 2 – <\/strong>433, 434<\/span><\/del>, 435, 436, <\/strong>437, 438<\/span><\/del>, 439, 440, 441, <\/strong>442<\/span><\/del>, 443, 444<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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What a month it has been.\u00a0 \u00a0Last weekend I talked about the long power outage and the interruptions it caused.\u00a0 This Tuesday I went to see my endocrinologist (no big deal, regular check-in) and came home expecting to finish reskeining last week’s dyes.\u00a0 Instead, I got to wait out another power outage, but it was … Continue reading Jewel tones, Confetti, and More<\/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-225","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\/225","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=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}