{"id":852,"date":"2024-10-07T17:07:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/?p=852"},"modified":"2024-10-07T20:40:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T20:40:54","slug":"mostly-weighty-tones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/07\/mostly-weighty-tones\/","title":{"rendered":"Mostly Weighty Tones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday morning (or whatever time you are reading this)!<\/p>\n<p>My first thoughts this morning are for those in Florida bracing\u00a0 for Hurricane Milton&#8217;s expected landfall over the next few days.\u00a0 With the region already ravaged by Hurricane Helene just a week ago, it seems unfair the area should have to deal with another storm so soon.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t do much about the storm, but I hope all my friends and family anywhere near the storm are safe, well-stocked, and able to either evacuate or ride out the storm.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t intentional (although maybe subconscious?) but this week&#8217;s colors are mostly more somber and subdued.\u00a0 I promise next week I&#8217;ll lean more into the lighter-brighter color combinations.<\/p>\n<p>You can make an ample pair of adult socks with just one skein of Phydlbitz Sock, and I should mention that while I label them at 430- yards, I actually make them closer to about 460 yards apiece.\u00a0 Using both skeins of a pair you can make a pair of knee-highs.<\/p>\n<p>Any of this week&#8217;s solids\/near-solids (#747-748,\u00a0 759-760, and 763-764) will work very well for contrasting heels and toes, combined with any of my multi-color skeins (including those on the <a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/blog-reader-specials\/\"><strong>Blog Reader Specials page<\/strong><\/a>), but they can also be used for larger-than-socks projects like shawls, scarves, and cowls.<\/p>\n<p>These are all\u00a0<strong>Phydlbitz Sock<\/strong> (75\/25 Superwash Corriedale\/Nylon, 430 yards each), all dyed as Twinsets.\u00a0 There is no obligation to take both skeins of a Twinset.\u00a0 Feel free to take only the ones you want.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phydlbitz Sock<\/strong> is $27.50 per skein.\u00a0 For Monday and Tuesday, you can claim any two or more skeins (matching or not) from this week&#8217;s collection (#745 &#8211; 768) for 25.50 each at Preview Pricing.<\/p>\n<p>To claim the ones you want, just\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ray@knitivity.com\"><strong>send me an email<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with your numbered requests.\u00a0 I\u2019ll mark them off the Available Yarns tally chart below and send out a PayPal invoice.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to have these ready to ship on or about Thursday.<\/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;\">745, 746<\/span><\/del><strong>, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, 752, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">753, 754<\/span><\/del><strong>, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">755, 756<\/span><\/del><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Rack 2 &#8211; 757, 758, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">759, 760<\/span><\/del><strong>, 761, 762, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">763, 764<\/span><\/del><strong>, 765, 766, <\/strong><del><span style=\"color: #cbcbcb;\">767, 768<\/span><\/del><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>click on images to view larger versions.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-857\" src=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack1.jpg\" alt=\"Pictures of hand-dyed yarns drying on a rack.\" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack1-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack1-768x750.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-856\" src=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack2.jpg\" alt=\"Pictures of hand-dyed yarns drying on a rack.\" width=\"800\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack2-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knitivity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/BRS24-06Oct-Rack2-768x725.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Monday morning (or whatever time you are reading this)! My first thoughts this morning are for those in Florida bracing\u00a0 for Hurricane Milton&#8217;s expected landfall over the next few days.\u00a0 With the region already ravaged by Hurricane Helene just a week ago, it seems unfair the area should have to deal with another storm &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/07\/mostly-weighty-tones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mostly Weighty Tones<\/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-852","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\/852","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=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/knitivity.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}