{"id":3423,"date":"2026-02-28T18:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2026-02-28T23:45:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:45:47","slug":"fun-times-in-the-dye-vats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/fun-times-in-the-dye-vats\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Times in the Dye Vats!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Saturday!<\/p>\n<p>Another fun collection of <strong>Phydlbitz Sock<\/strong> for you &#8212; 75\/25 Superwash 25-micron Merino\/Nylon, 460 yards each.<\/p>\n<p>Along with several of my regular techniques, I tried something new on Twinset #175-176.\u00a0 Besides being a regular sprinkle,\u00a0 I used 4 different colors and overlapped each section so there are two colors in each section, but each color covers 2 section.\u00a0 Interesting blending, and I&#8217;ll probably try it again in the future with different colors.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few long-span two-tones (72-inch repeats), like #169-170, #181-182, and #185-186.<\/p>\n<p>Twinset #177-178 is done with rich red bands that were supposed to be separated with gold bands.\u00a0 The red bled into the gold while in the steamer so it looks like a deep orange bands.\u00a0 It still looks amazing, just not the clearly segmented red-and-gold I had intended.<\/p>\n<p>Twinset #189-190 is a purple speckled with a pink over-wash.\u00a0 Twinset #191-192 is a similar style, with turquoise sprinkles with a pale gold over-wash.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like a close up or outside daylight picture of any particular pair, please let me know this weekend; they&#8217;ll be reskeined and labeled for the <a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/blog-reader-specials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/blog-reader-specials\/\"><strong>Blog Reader Specials page<\/strong><\/a> when they are fully dried.<\/p>\n<p>Phydlbitz Sock is normally $28.00 each, but for Saturday and Sunday visitors are invited to claim any two or more skeins for $26.00 each.<\/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.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll mark your choices off the Available Yarns chart below and send you a PayPal invoice.<\/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:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Rack 1 &#8211; <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">169, 170<\/span><\/del><strong>, 171, 172, 173, 174, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">175<\/span><\/del><strong>, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">176<\/span><\/del><strong>, 177, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">178<\/span><\/del><strong>, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">179<\/span><\/del><strong>, 180<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Rack 2 &#8211; <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">181, 182<\/span><\/del><strong>, 183, 184, 185, 186, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">187, 188<\/span><\/del><strong>, 189, 190, 191, 192<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3427\" src=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack1.jpg\" alt=\"Rack of hand-dyed yarns drying.\" width=\"800\" height=\"887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack1-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack1-768x852.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3426\" src=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack2.jpg\" alt=\"Rack of hand-dyed yarns drying.\" width=\"800\" height=\"857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack2-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BRS26-27Feb-Rack2-768x823.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Saturday! Another fun collection of Phydlbitz Sock for you &#8212; 75\/25 Superwash 25-micron Merino\/Nylon, 460 yards each. Along with several of my regular techniques, I tried something new on Twinset #175-176.\u00a0 Besides being a regular sprinkle,\u00a0 I used 4 different colors and overlapped each section so there are two colors in each section, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/28\/fun-times-in-the-dye-vats\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fun Times in the Dye Vats!<\/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-3423","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\/3423","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=3423"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3438,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3423\/revisions\/3438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}