{"id":3180,"date":"2026-01-10T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:29:43","slug":"no-ugly-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/10\/no-ugly-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"No Ugly Colors Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update:\u00a0 Here are the yarns not claimed during the preview pricing period.\u00a0 These have been posted to the Blog Reader Specials page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Happy Saturday!<\/p>\n

I have long held the opinion that there are no ugly colors, just unfortunate combinations.\u00a0 Solid colors are fantastic, of course, but we live in a world where millions of colors collide all around us.\u00a0 Each week I bring together ten different dyes and play with them to see what will happen.\u00a0 Some combinations are predictable, like combining any of the blues against any of the reds; other times, like this week, some of the combinations are surprising.\u00a0 And often, surprisingly good.<\/p>\n

While I didn’t set out a particular theme this week (I rarely do),\u00a0 I did manage to create quite a few Twinsets yarns perfect for socks — a dark center point with assorted colors radiating\u00a0 outward to the ends of the coiled hank, so that the repeat is roughly at 36-inches.\u00a0 These are excellent for creating the spiral striping effect I mention frequently.\u00a0 While the striping effect is quite noticeable on socks, it also works on almost anything knitted in the round, like hats or cowls,<\/p>\n

These are the ones with a 36-inch repeat:\u00a0 Twinsets #27-28, 33-34, 39-40, 41-42, and 45-46.\u00a0 \u00a0The longer, 72-inch repeats are #25-26, 29-30, and 37-38.\u00a0 \u00a0And, of course, there are a few sprinkles and some nearly solids.<\/p>\n

Two Twinsets have similar colors but were dyed with different techniques; #31-32 is a sprinkled dye, and #39-40 is clearly segmented.\u00a0 \u00a0Using one skein from each pair would create an interesting knit, done up in 6 or 10 row bands.<\/p>\n

These are all Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 (75\/25 Superwash 25-micron Merino\/Nylon, 460 yards), and normally $28.00 each skein.\u00a0 For Saturday and Sunday, visitors are invited to claim any Twinset for just $52.00.<\/p>\n

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email<\/strong><\/a> with your numbered requests.\u00a0 I’ll mark them off the Available Yarns tally chart (below) and then send a PayPal invoice.\u00a0 You do not need a PayPal account to pay with your debit or credit card.<\/p>\n

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

Available Yarns<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 1 – 25, <\/strong>26<\/span><\/del>, 27, 28, <\/strong>29, 30<\/span><\/del>, 31, 32, <\/strong>33, 34<\/span><\/del>, 35, 36<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 2 – 37, <\/strong>38<\/span><\/del>, 39, 40, <\/strong>41, 42<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>43<\/span><\/del>, 44, 45, <\/strong>46<\/span><\/del>, 47, 48<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Update:\u00a0 Here are the yarns not claimed during the preview pricing period.\u00a0 These have been posted to the Blog Reader Specials page. Happy Saturday! I have long held the opinion that there are no ugly colors, just unfortunate combinations.\u00a0 Solid colors are fantastic, of course, but we live in a world where millions of colors … Continue reading No Ugly Colors Here<\/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-3180","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\/3180","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=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3217,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions\/3217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}