Well, whattaya know!    I was planning to do some more Phydlbitz II this weekend, but discovered I could instead make a split collection of Superwash Merino in both worsted wt. and DK.  And this being the heat of the summer seems a really good time to start lining up your autumn, winter, and holiday gift projects — all those quick-knit hats, scarves, gloves, etc., in truly one-of-a-kind hand-dyed yarns.  It sure beats scrambling to make last-minute gifts in December 🙂

Anyway, I have 16 SW Merino worsted wt. (#702-717) and 16 in SW Merino DK (#718 -7 33).

There is one dye I really really dislike and I rarely use it — Ecru.  It is a dye powder blended by the manufacturer, made of dye molecules of several different primary colors.  In the past, no matter how I prepare it, ecru always seemed to leave visible flecks of the red or blue that were used by the manufacturer.  That’s why I rarely use it.   I thought I prepared it right this time, and came up with a near-perfect solid Ecru Twinset.  And then I saw it — the dreaded blue blob in one very visible spot across several strands.  That just would not do.  So I did some hand-print blobs of a sky blue and pretended this Twinset was a fancy Oxford dress shirt onto which a fountain pen had leaked.   And yes, I sometimes make up stories about my dye jobs. 🙂

I try to get the pictures as true to life as I can, and these look true on my monitor.  Twinsets #720-721  and #724-725 are two slightly different shades of a greenish-gray.  Twinset #732-733 is a medium gray mixed with a blue.  Twinset #728-729 is a turquoise with a bit of gray to darken it.  If you want individual pictures of a particular Twinset, please let me know before I reskein them.

Both the SW Merino Worsted wt. and the SW Merino DK will be $27.00 when they reach the Blog Reader Specials page, but for Sunday and Monday you can have any of them for $25.00 each.

To claim the ones you want, just send me an email with your selected numbers.  I’ll send a PayPal invoice, and will print your shipping label upon payment to ensure your yarns will ship as soon as they’ve been processed, reskeined, and labeled.

I expect to have this new collection ready to ship on or before Thursday.

Edit:  Aug 25 – All the yarns not claimed from the preview racks below have now been posted to the Blog Reader Specials page; click through to see which yarns are available at the time of your visit.

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