I’m back!

So, I deliberately took a week off, instead of being sideline by weather, health issues, and other stuff.  I accomplished a few things that needed doing, then realized a couple days ago there were so many other things I could be doing as well.   Oh well, c’est la vie, right?

I went into yesterday’s dye session full of ideas I wanted to try.  In particular I was hoping to create a sort of themed collection, starting with a base or background color, and then doing each Twinset with a variation.  As with many of my ideas, it didn’t turn out the way I envisioned.

Twinset #912-913 sort of suggests where I was hoping to go — a base of neutral (in this case, gray) and banded by strongly contrasting colors.  I may try it again with a different neutral base — maybe you have some ideas of combinations for neutral with various banded colors.  Feel free to suggest things.  One of my clients several years ago used a similarly dyed yarn (I think it was sport or worsted weight) as the warp for a planned pooling woven wrap.  Using these Phydlbitz for a similar woven project would be smashing, using either a gray or a teal for the weft. Depending on the length of a scarf or stole, it might take both skeins to make a long enough warp.   I’m not a weaver, though, so I could be mistaken.

Most of the colors are pretty clear, although every monitor is slightly different, so I’ll comment on a few of them for clarity:  #902-903 is a section of medium purple about half the circumference of the hank, so about 36 inches, with “confetti” randomly sprinkled at the other half of the hank.   #910-911 is a medium purple with a band of dark gold-brown.  #914-915 started with a dip-dye of yellow, overlaid with a green, and ending with a dark navy tip.  #916-917 is your  basic “messy scrambled eggs.”  (I really shouldn’t dye when I’m hungry — everything reminds me of food!)

Hey!  Here’s an idea — What is your favorite food?  Show me a picture and I’ll see if I can dye it up.

These are all Phydlbitz II sock yarn (75/25 Superwash Corriedale/Nylon, 430 yards) and will be $27.00 per skein.  They won’t be ready to reskein tomorrow (rain & humidity makes them longer to dry), and I will be at clinic on Monday, so I won’t have the day to reskein them until Tuesday, so I expect these to be ready for shipping on Wednesday or Thursday.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your requested numbers.

Available Yarns: 
Rack 1:  902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 907, 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913
Rack 2:  914, 915, 916, 917, 918, 919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925

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