{"id":3716,"date":"2026-04-18T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=3716"},"modified":"2026-04-18T23:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:56:53","slug":"no-theme-intended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/no-theme-intended\/","title":{"rendered":"No Theme Intended; Just a Happy Accident?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, and Happy Saturday!<\/p>\n

Well, believe it or not, I didn’t set out to follow a color theme, but it sure looks like there was a tussle between the blues and the pinks.\u00a0 I just pulled out jars of dyes I’ve not used in a while and they just happened to work well together.<\/p>\n

When I was dyeing Twinset #349-350 and it was still wet, it struck me as looking like a scuffed up leather journal, but I’m not sure it does now.\u00a0 It is a splattering of chestnut and espresso.\u00a0 \u00a0Those same colors were mixed for a dip-dye on Twinset #363-364, so I’m guessing they would all work together for stripes of solids and splatterings.\u00a0 Either one would do well in a lace shawl or shoulder wrap, if you aren’t into knitting socks.<\/p>\n

I brought out a jar of something called violamine, which I just discovered is also called acid violet-9, used for various scientific research.\u00a0 To me, it is just a color. A very loud and attention-seeking color.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

It\u00a0 is sprinkled on Twinset #347-348, alternating with one of the blues; or a fade into pink on #351-352; it is segmented with other colors on #355-356, and just a smidge on #361-362.\u00a0 Even in small amounts it makes itself known.<\/p>\n

Twinset #353-354 is a splattering of chestnut with a wash of pale blues.\u00a0 The same wash of blues is on #357-358, along with some jade and emerald.\u00a0 \u00a0Twinset #367-368 is a random sprinkling of pale espresso and blues.<\/p>\n

This week’s literal DumpDye is Twinset #369-370.\u00a0 At the end of the dye session, I dumped all the remaining bits of all the blues and blue-adjacent dyes.<\/p>\n

All of these are Phydlbitz Sock 2.0 — 75% superwash 25-micron Merino and 25% nylon; 460 yards — which are normally $28.00 each, after they are reskeined, labeled and posted to the Blog Reader Specials page.\u00a0 If you claim the ones you want on Saturday or Sunday, you may take any two or more at just $26.00 each skein.<\/p>\n

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email<\/strong><\/a> (ray@knitivity.com<\/strong><\/a>) with your selection numbers.\u00a0 \u00a0I’ll send you a PayPal invoice for payment.\u00a0 PayPal will process all credit or debit cards for me even if you don’t have a PayPal account, and they will collect all your shipping details for the shipping label.\u00a0 If you are outside the U.S., please let me know so I can calculate your international shipping on your invoice.<\/p>\n

I expect to have this collection ready to ship on or about Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Available Yarns:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 1 – <\/strong>347, 348<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>349, 350<\/span><\/del>, 351, 352, <\/strong>353, 354<\/span><\/del>, 355, 356, 357, 358<\/strong><\/span>
\nRack 2 – <\/strong>359<\/span><\/del>, 360, 361, 362, <\/strong>363, 364<\/span><\/del>, <\/strong>365, 366<\/span><\/del>, 367, 368, <\/strong>369<\/span><\/del>, 370<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Good morning, and Happy Saturday! Well, believe it or not, I didn’t set out to follow a color theme, but it sure looks like there was a tussle between the blues and the pinks.\u00a0 I just pulled out jars of dyes I’ve not used in a while and they just happened to work well together. … Continue reading No Theme Intended; Just a Happy Accident?<\/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-3716","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\/3716","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=3716"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3723,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions\/3723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}