{"id":2677,"date":"2025-09-28T16:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:08:09","slug":"surprised-even-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/surprised-even-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprised Even Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Sunday!<\/p>\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t sure where I was going when I started the dyeing yesterday, so I\u00a0 don&#8217;t know if I got there, but that&#8217;s okay.\u00a0 Once it all came out after the wash-and-rinse, I am overall pleased with this week&#8217;s collection.<\/p>\n<p>Starting backwards (sort of) the last Twinsets I dyed were both Dump Dyes; <strong>#701-702<\/strong> is a blend of all the leftover darkened navy, sky blue, gray, and violet, while <strong>#703-704<\/strong> is a swirling blend of olive, gold, and some dribs of chestnut.\u00a0\u00a0Twinset <strong>#707-708<\/strong> is pure confetti,\u00a0 while <strong>#719-720<\/strong> is a combination of rose segments separated with a bolder confetti swirl.\u00a0\u00a0Twinset <strong>#723-724<\/strong> is an overall sky blue dip dye.<\/p>\n<p>There are several segmented dye jobs with assorted colors.\u00a0 \u00a0The two Fade Twinsets look similar but <strong>#717-718<\/strong> are faded olive, while <strong>#709-710<\/strong>\u00a0 is a fade of leftover colors blended in the dipping bowl from one of the segmented yarns.<\/p>\n<p>These are all Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 &#8212; 75\/25 Superwash 25-micron Merino\/Nylon, and marked at 430 yards, but closer to 460-470 yards.\u00a0 These are $27.50 each, but you can claim a matching Twinset for just $26.00 per skein on Sunday and Monday.\u00a0 \u00a0They&#8217;ll be posted at full price on the Blog Reader Specials page after reskeining and labelling.<\/p>\n<p>To claim the ones you want, just <a href=\"mailto:ray@knitivity.com\"><strong>send me an email<\/strong><\/a> with your selections noted.\u00a0 Unless otherwise requested, I will ship via USPS Ground Advantage within the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>I expect to have these ready to ship on or about Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Available Yarns:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Rack 1 &#8211; 701, 702, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">703, 704<\/span><\/del><strong>, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">705, 706<\/span><\/del><strong>, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 712<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Rack 2 &#8211; <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">713, 714<\/span><\/del><strong>, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">715<\/span><\/del><strong>, 716, 717, 718, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">719, 720<\/span><\/del><strong>, 721, 722, 723, 724<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2678\" src=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack1-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack1-768x752.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2679\" src=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack2-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/BRS25-27Sep-Rack2-768x735.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>=================================<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/b5ebTP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-62\" src=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ClickSubscribeKnitivityInsider-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a>Want to always get the deals first? <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/b5ebTP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to the Knitivity Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Sunday! I wasn&#8217;t sure where I was going when I started the dyeing yesterday, so I\u00a0 don&#8217;t know if I got there, but that&#8217;s okay.\u00a0 Once it all came out after the wash-and-rinse, I am overall pleased with this week&#8217;s collection. Starting backwards (sort of) the last Twinsets I dyed were both Dump Dyes; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/surprised-even-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Surprised Even Me!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-2677","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\/2677","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=2677"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2686,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2677\/revisions\/2686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}