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What's New This Week:

Psst! Secret (unadvertised) Surprise! Limited Time Only. Don't want the special Triplet Combo listed? Want a different combination? Between now and July 16, just go ahead and order ANY THREE (or more) skeins of your choice of Socks or Dura-Lace ; when payment clears PayPal, I will issue an instant refund of $2 per skein. Couldn't be easier!

9 July 2010 - This week's Triplet Collection!

Now until July 17, you can get the Glacier Lake Berry Collection, as shown below (each is also available individually here):

Glacier Lake Inspired by this picture of Glacier Lake	Glacier Berry This is what happens when I mix <-- Glacier Lake and Lake Berry --> -- VERY cool, isn't it?	Lake Berry Inspired by the Glacier Lake picture, replacing Teal with reds, thinking of the mountain berries that might grow in the area.
SUPER SPECIAL - GET A SET OF ALL THREE IN THIS COLLECTION FOR A DISCOUNT. Get Glacier Lake, Lake Berry, and Glacier Berry at a reduced combined price. When ordered together they will definitely be dyed from the same dye batches to ensure maximum coordinating potential!	Dura-Lace Glacier Lake Berry Collection $70.50 (save $6.00) offer expires July 17	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Glacier Lake Berry Collection $70.50 (save $6.00) offer expires July 17

30 June 2010 - Independence Day Holiday Weekend Sale

All regular hand-dyed yarns are marked down for the Holiday Weekend, now through July 5, 2010.

All SOCKS and Dura-Lace are $2.00 OFF,

All 100% Wool and 100% Superwash are $1.50 OFF,

Plus, all orders over $100 ship for just $2.00! (within U.S.; international shipping rates apply)

(Offer does not apply to custom dye requests; only the regular line-up of colorways; all discounts are already calculated into the shopping cart system)

23 June 2010 - A New Colorway Collection!

This Is the new Midnight on the Bayou Collection posted to the Socks-Lace page

Midnight on the Bayou -- Imagine paddling your little pirogue toward the island in the middle of the bayou, surrounded by the cypress, listening to the waterworld creatures (perhaps the splash of a gator near the shore?). The water below looks so deep you could practically fall into it and never hit bottom. Glancing above, you see through the trees only the ever-changing cloudy figures silhouetted by the moon behind them. Through the clearing just ahead you see the family's little fishing cabin erected on your island... so far away in the night it looks like forever.

(shown on Down Home Art Yanrs Dura-Lace) Midnight Below - Deep under the ocean where little light gets through; This is a modest light turquoise base, heavily overlaid with Midnight Green and Navy	Dura-Lace Midnight Below $23.50	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Midnight Below $23.50
(shown on Down Home Art Yanrs Dura-Lace) Midnight Above- an even base of turquoise overlaid with random Midnight Green	Dura-Lace Midnight Above $23.50	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Midnight Above $23.50
(shown on Down Home Art Yanrs Dura-Lace) Midnight Forever - A random base of medium turquoise, overlaid randomly with Midnight Green, Navy, and Knitivity Steel Blue.	Dura-Lace Midnight Forever $23.50	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Midnight Forever $23.50
SUPER SPECIAL - GET A SET OF ALL THREE IN THE MIDNIGHT ON THE BAYOU COLLECTION FOR A DISCOUNT. Get Midnight Below, Midnight Above, and Midnight Forever at a reduced combined price. When ordered together they will be dyed from the same dye batches to ensure maximum coordinating potential!	Dura-Lace Midnight Bayou Collection $70.50 offer expires July 4	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Midnight Bayou Collection $70.50 offer expires July 4

15 June 2010 -

BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL!

Click through to find the Back To School Special deal, now through the end of July -- Any school color combination request, if I can dye it, will be 10% off the regular Sock Yarn Price. Not all color combinations can be successfully dyed, but if I can do it, you'll be able to have your school colors on Sock Yarns this fall. Just write and ask me about your favorite combination, and I will do my best to make you happy.

9 June 2010 - New Colorways!

I'm happy to introduce the newest colorways in the Socks-and-Lace line-up (will be added to the 100% wools next week). All new hand-dye work order are currently taking approximately 3 weeks from order to shipping.

NEW (shown on Dura-Lace) Layers and layers of Mandarin orange adds an interesting depth of color	New! Dura-Lace Lace Mandarin Orange $25.50	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Mandarin Orange $25.50
NEW (shown on Dura-Lace) A medium-light blue, oversplattered with a midnight blue	New! Dura-Lace Lace Eyes of Blue $25.50	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Eyes of Blue $25.50
NEW (shown on Dura-Lace) Darkest dark cherry with a double-fade short span	New! Dura-Lace Lace Black Cherry Fizz $25.50	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Black Cherry Fizz $25.50
NEW (shown on Dura-Lace) Includes splatters of the special green and brilliant fucshia of "Candyland" along with some summery camo splatters.	New! Dura-Lace Lace Melting Summer $25.50	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Melting Summer $25.50
NEW (shown on Dura-Lace) A brilliant double-fade of special green and bright fucshia.	New! Dura-Lace Lace Candyland $25.50	Down Home Art Yarns Socks Candyland $25.50

Last Few Weeks for Limberlost Trails pattern

The very popular Limberlost Trails shawl pattern, designed by MMario for Knitivity, with time-limited exclusive distribution will not be available here after June 30. If you want it FREE with the purchase of Dura-Lace, or if you wish to purchase the pattern by itself, you must do so by June 30.

26 May 2010 - Sock Yarn Back-Ordered

I was just notified (after inquiring about a pending order) that sock yarn is currently back-ordered and may be up to 3 weeks before they can ship to me (figure June 15-20). You can still make your orders, and the mill is already spinning new yarns, it's just not ready yet, so your order will be somewhat delayed.

In the meantime, all other yarns seem to be readily available as needed.

19 May 2010 - Midnight Green FADE

Introducing another new colorway:

Midnight Green Fade, now available on the Socks-Lace page.

18 May 2010 - Changing Tides Collection

Another Trio Collection is now available on the Socks-Lace Page: The Changing Tides Collection.

Ebb	Flow	Seafoam Fade

8 May 2010- New Colorways and New Concept!

First, the new colorways:

Luscious	Sensatorium

These were derived from After Hours:

Together, these three now make up the Romance Collection - dark, sultry, mysterious, romantic: all the things you would want for a lovely evening wrap ... or a funky shawl for jeans-and-tees Casual Friday! The Romance Collection is available at a discounted bundle price when you order the collection! Check it all out on the Socks-and-Lace page

4 April 2010 - Referral bonus discount

It has long been my practice to extend a 10% discount to regular customers when a new customer mentions them by name -- i.e., when a new customer places an order they simply send an email indicating "So-and-so told me about your yarn" or something like that. I then send a note to that person with the discount, to thank them for referring a friend, with instruction how to claim their discount on a future purchase.

For the month of April, I am going to increase that to 15% Referral Discount. If you have made a purchase of any of my hand-dyed yarns within the last 12 months, and you recommend a friend to make a purchase during the month of April, you will get a 15% discount good for your next purchase. All your friend has to do is remember to tell me where they heard about Knitivity -- just a simple email before or after their first order. You can save your 15% discount for any time in the next 12 months, as long as your friend orders during this month of April.

6 March 2010 - Two New Patterns Posted!

Both of these patterns have now been posted for sale over on the Patterns Page! Both of these were designed for Down Home Solids Superwash Worsted, but you can use other worsted weight yarns successfully. You are welcome to purchase these patterns separately, or you can get them free on request with the purchase of two different colors of Down Home Solids Superwash Worsted.

Maltese Cross Beanie - with full chart for the intrasia patterning on the crown.

Etisoppo Footies

At last -- a Sock Yarn Club anyone can appreciate!

No pre-paid long-term "subscriptions"; no obligation to keep the colorways secret; no artificial limit on your ability to swap, give or sell a colorway you aren't happy with; no long-term commitment; no limits on how many you can get, either!

If you like surprises, and every now and then just want a new colorway to spark your interest, now you have it. Buy one or ten at a time. On your time, on your budget.

Sounds Good, but what's the catch? The only "catch" is that each month a new colorway will be used throughout the month, but it will always be a "surprise" until the following month. No matter how many you order, if you order them together, they'll be dyed together, and you'll get a card explaining how the colorway was developed, or what inspired the name. If you order more "Surprise Me!" during the same month, you'll get the same recipe (colorway), but it may be slightly different, same as with all my custom colorways. Sometimes it will be a new Fade colorway, or a segmented hand-paint variegation, or one of the watercolor type blends. One thing it will NOT be -- it will not be one of the regular colorways! It will be a Surprise!

(Note: If you aren't reading Knitterman's Blog, you are missing pre-posting specials and Readers Only deals!)

Why Knitivity??

I am proof that THERE IS LIFE AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA! My dog and I had to hunker down in New Orleans during and after The Event (read my "Katrina Diary" here), and I was a changed person when it was all said and done.

So what does one do after very fiber of one's being has been shaken, stirred, folded, spindled, and somewhat mutilated? Why, he chucks it all, walks away, and begins life on his own terms ... and starts his own yarn-dyeing business to celebrate whatever new version of liberty has been wrought by Katrina's devastation. Little funding, little backing, and pretty fool-hardy, but plenty of moral support and best wishes from friends and fellow-crafters and artists. And so far it is working! With YOUR HELP, my story and my success will help others overcome tragedy and horrific devastation in their own lives.

Thoreau wrote, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation." After Katrina there was no way I could return to the resignation of working a "job" (aka, "Journey of Boredom") simply because that's the way everyone else dies inside. I refuse to be either quiet OR resigned!