Monthly Archives: May 2017

Yarn You Cannot Buy!

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Sometimes I make mistakes, and sometimes I just have a bad dye job that doesn’t measure up to what I can accept.

I have recently been exploring dry-dye techniques, and for the most part it has been going quite well.   And on many of the yarns, i’m getting a result I refer to as a sort of “marbling” effect, such as those that I showed last week on the 258-259 and 262-263 Twinsets — light and dark areas schmearing along the skein.   I like that effect.

BUT on this Twinset I dyed yesterday, on 100% Superwash Merino fingering, I DO NOT like the obviously undyed parts.  It just looks sloppy.

So I am going to pair these up with an unclaimed  Phydlbitz Sock yarn ….

and make Tropic-Strip wrap of some sort.  And, if luck is with me, those unfortunate undyed bits will work to my advantage.

So, while I can’t be happy selling the yarn as being up to my standards, I can turn the bad dye job into a glorious Something that maybe some one will want to buy.  🙂

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Surprise! A Bit of Lace!

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There are yarns coming next week to pique everyone’s interest (Primo, Phydlbitz, plus 3 NEW types of yarns!), but this morning I was able to dye up some Primo Lace for you to see this weekend!

All of these are Primo Lace – 80/20 Merino/Silk, 1000 yards – and they aren’t superwash so, using the dry-dye technique, the dyes were able to migrate and flow, creating unique colorways on each skein!

These will be $32.00 apiece when they go to the Blog Reader Specials page this weekend, but for preview pricing today and tomorrow you can claim your selections here for just $27.00.  Just send me an email to claim the ones you want; requests are filled in their time-stamp order on the email; sometimes this blog system does not notify me when comments are made here.  Also, if you are a new client, be sure to let me know your state or country so I can calculate shipping charges.  These will be ready to ship on Monday.

I tried to rotate them so that you would see all the colors mixing and mingling on each skein; the fronts are virtually the same as the backs.   🙂

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