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Christmas in July at SSYC!

We love knitting holiday themed stuff, don't we? These goodies tend to sell out fast in the fall when they are typically released, so last year we decided to offer them in the summer to AND ask our dyers to make special things too.... and SSYC's Christmas in July was born. But this day isn't just about buying, it's also about giving. With each purchase you make at SSYC on the 25th and 26th, I'll donate $3 to the Boys and Girls Club. Last year we gave them more than $2,000. Now I think that's a pretty great way to celebrate the holiday early, right?

We gave your this preview two days ago so you could get your list for Santa ready and now it's all live on the website at this link! When I look at that page on our website, I realize how much love and time and effort went into curating this selection. Dyers really went the extra mile to create festive colorways for us and you and I hope it shows.

Please note, if you are ordering, give us a day longer than our typical one-day time to get this out the door as we will be very busy. Same for Curbside Pickup. No Curbside pick up will be available Monday- we will need 48 hours after your order time for you to pick your order up (11-1pm) just put your day on the order as usual, but make it another day out, at least.

What can you shop? We have NINE holiday striping colors from Julia at Knitterly Things. They are all amazing, shown above. Here are a couple knit up pics to get you going. Joyful Noise and Holiday Magic. Again, all here at this link. At least until they sell out. We only list things on the website that we have in stock and ready to go, instead of asking you to wait several weeks/months like other online shops. Stripes like these are very labor intensive to make, so they always sell fast. If you want some, please don't hesitate. Go now. It will be months before we can get more.

Julia even dyed up some special Bespeckled colors to go with mini skeins. I love that these don't have a full on red/green five, but are still an enchanting knit. A good option. We haven't had these type of sets since last July, so again a rare find.

Love the hand dyed hues from Kayanna at Stitch Together Studios? Her microbatch colors go fast, and these we've dubbed these Jinglebatch - microbatch holiday colors. We have four in Swanky Sock (a luxe merino/cash/silk) and four in Ya Basic sock yarn, which is Kayanna's lower cost offering. Again, all at this link.

And if you love mini skeins, Kayanna also dyed up two special sets, Jinglebatch Mini Set 1 and Set 2. If you like these type of sets, she has more here too.

Want more minis? How about this vintage holiday inspired sets from Sarah at Fiberstory? We also have all her other skeins and mini sets back in stock too, should you want to take a look. Many of them solid out last month and I'm glad to have more back.

Dream in Color created these three colors for our Christmas in July event last year, and we now have them back for this one on Colossal, Smooshy and Smooshy with Cashmere. Here are The Naughty List, Gettin' Blitzen and Santa-gria.

In love with Yarn Love? Me too. Katie has dyed up last year's speckle (that was available only as a sock set) into full sized skeins. SSYC Christmas is the most festive holiday speckle I've seen. I think it would make a fab sweater. If you want a solid to go with, we like it with our Simply Sock Yarn Solid colors of Cherry Red, Green, Magenta or Blush.

And Katie also makes the cutest hat kits and I have some for you. This is the Mr. Frosty Hat Kit and it comes in the Red or Blue option. Each kit comes with the yarn, pattern and pom pom.

Hedgehog Fibres has dyed us up a new batch of our exclusive Merry & Bright colorway and we also have the exclusive Santa's Super Speckle Sock Set too. Thank goodness importing has gotten a bit more predictable so it got here well in time like a slew of their other goodies. It's a Christmas miracle. Ha!

Want more stripes? How about from Urth Yarn on both their sock and worsted weight? That way you can have festive socks and a warm cowl or scarf. I knit a cowl last year and love how festive it is. I'm thinking about grabbing three more for a long holiday scarf. And if you want some non holiday striping sock colors, they have super addictive sock stripes here.

Another dyer in the mix is Malabrigo with our limited edition Las Fiestas colorway. This color is dyed exclusively for us on Sock and Rios (worsted weight) and is a verdant, hand dyed tonal green. You know I'm a sucker for a good green.

Of course, we also have the five holiday colors from West Yorkshire Spinners again. Gosh, these go fast. They will release another one later in 2021 too and I can't wait to share that with you once our imports get to us. Each one of these comes with a free pattern, and to get that you'll just respond to your e-mailed receipt after your purchase and ask for it. I'll then e-mail it back as a pdf.

Want more self patterning holiday yarn? We have the two Holidaze options from Cascade, colors 80 and 60. These two colors aren't being made anymore, so if you want some before its gone for good, now's your time.

And if you love a great mug like I do (I'm drinking tea from my green one right now!), I have Charan Sachar's jumbo holiday mugs for you in green and red. I have six different mugs of his in my cupboard and I use one every morning. I only have one in this jumbo (20 ounce) style though. Most of mine are smaller. This one is Terry's fave mug to drink out of in the morning. It's big enough to hold a generous pour, microwaveable and dish washer safe. And since we haven't been able to get out to fairs and festivals to see Charan's knitting-inspired ceramics in person, this is the way to treat yourself to something you'll cherish for years. I've had one of mine for at least five years now and it looks just as good as the day I bought it. 

Well, I think that's a heck of a lot of midsummer holiday cheer, don't you? Of course, we will have holiday goods again for you in time for actual Christmas, but we've learned over the years that you like to get going on things early. And most of these things sell out so fast that it's great to offer them two or more times (as much as we can get, really!). If you see something you like and don't see it at this link on Sunday July 25 (likely mid-morning is when it will all go live), then just e-mail me, Allison, at service@simplysockyarn.com. It could be something that we will have back, you never know.

While we can usually combine multiple orders when you ask us to, during busy times like this it's more difficult and while we will do our best if we see a note about it on the order, we may not see e-mails/notes in time before the order is shipped. So please know that you might pay shipping on two or three orders if you place them, even if you ask us to combine them after. We do our best to communicate and make special requests happen, but during such busy times we often ship faster than we check e-mails/requests. Please also note that if you really like something, please do order it asap. While we are happy to personal shop for you and help you with colors and selections via e-mail at service@simplysockyarn.com, during busy times the yarn you want might sell out while you're waiting to hear back from us (even within a couple hours). We aren't able to hold things without the order going through the website.

Again, none of this is live yet. It will be on Sunday at this link, this is simply a preview.

SSYC's 26th Yarn Club - Sign Ups are Live!

It's time to subscribe to our newest yarn club, Road Trippin' & Knittin' to America's Roadside Attractions!

Our past two clubs were based on the National Parks and were our highest enrollment and most positive feedback in a decade, so we decided to dive down a little further into America's treasures and celebrate the quirky and unique attractions that elevate a simple road trip into something truly special. We invited three US dyers to create colorways based on the colorful oddities in their regions, and you'll get one package a month for three months that features this work (always at least 100g of yarn and typically one DK weight and two fingering weight skeins total over the three months) and themed goodies. In the past we've shared hand made stitch markers, knitter notecards, small tools, bags, stickers and mugs and we look forward to again curating a package that will take you on a trip, so to say. Please do join us!

If you order through Sunday, you'll receive early pricing that basically gives you one of the months' shipping for free. Next week it goes up a bit in cost. And while we have other lovely things in the shop to purchase today too, please do make sure your club subscription is on an order all by itself at Check Out. Otherwise we have to take those added items off and refund them to subscribe you. You order/pay now to save your place, and then the packages ship out in the middle of the month in September, October and November. Our dyers are quite busy and need a bit of time to get their skeins ready for you.

Thank you so much for all your awesome guidance and support over the past 14 years of our yarn clubs. Enrollment over the years has quadrupled and I think that says a lot about the quality that we offer through our dyers and craftspeople. We take your advice to curate clubs that mean something to you and I hope it shows through.

After we get through our busy Christmas in July time, which goes live on Sunday on our website and keeps us super busy shipping for the next few days, I'll try and blog some of the photos you've e-mailed me over the past few months of your club projects. You really all have made some lovely stuff. Here's just one example from Elizabeth in Alabama who had this to say about her first experience in our club in 2020 and the hat her granddaughter is wearing on her camping trip.

    I received my first shipment for this club. It's beautiful! Part of my childhood was spent in southern California, in Huntington Beach. Camping trips to the canyons, deserts and mountains of the area are some of my fondest childhood memories. Those memories are the biggest reason I joined this club. My parents would be delighted to know the memories of those trips live on.

Photos courtesy of Elizabeth A.

I know someone will want to know how to get this yarn, but this color was an exclusive for our club. But if you like the dye style, it's Tweed Me DK from Less Traveled Yarn and we have many other lovely colors. Pattern is Vidette.

More to come for Christmas in July

Here's a bit of a preview of more goodies that we'll have for you online on July 25 for our Christmas in July event!

Above, striping holiday colors from Knitterly Things, below the Bespeckled Sock Sets

Above, our SSYC Christmas exclusive speckle from Yarn Love. Below the two colors we have in the awesome frosty hat set with a pom!

Dream in color made our three colors, including this Gettin’ Blitzen.


These and more will be available on Sunday, July 25!!! Check this post for other things I wrote about earlier this month.

This just in!

We have some gorgeous new hues and restocks from Dream in Color to share with you! We have all the beautiful sherbet colors shown below in Jilly Singles, Smooshy Sock and Smooshy with Cashmere: Sundance, Peachy Keen, Mint Drop, Lime on Ice, Sonoran Magic, Enchanted

And if you are looking for more color ideas for Casapinka's upcoming Snark-o-Meter mystery KAL like I posted earlier on Insta, how about these?

Smooshy in Enchanted, Jocelyn, Pinky and Billowy

Or how about Prince William, Milky Spite, Blossom and Pinky

Or a sunny and cool combo of Sundance, Fable, Aqua Jet and Blue Sage

And I just want to knit all the things in Enchanted. It's light and bright and fun all at once.

We also have restocks of Fiberstory in Fave Sock, and Sarah's colors are wonderful for combining in a larger project. She seems to create her collection in a way that everything works well together, so if you like something together, it's likely it looks even greater in person than you think online. You can always e-mail us to ask just in case too.

So if you were waiting to knit this fade in Baltic, Dappled Sea, Flurry, Mist, Frost, Fresh and Prairie. All on Fave Sock,  I have more now of these.

Want self patterning yarn? I have restocks of Cascade Heritage Prints which is a fab yarn at $13 a ball. Its a fun knit, it's soft, and it's easy care so it's great for gift socks. It's definitely stash worthy. Shown below are 89-Mod and 88-Boston

Free Bag w/ Purchase!

It's another gift in our summer long Sweet Soxteen celebration, and this one is a free project bag!

This super cute zippered project pouch reads "The people who say I'm hard to shop for clearly don't know where to buy yarn." True, right? Several of you on Insta pointed out that gift certificates for yarn are even better than yarn as a gift, unless you direct people to your wish list (which you can make in our shop online by creating an account), and I have to agree. I love the idea of having gift certificates at my disposal for when I just have to have something particular.

What do you have to do to get your bag? Simply place your online order as usual (perhaps for the celebratory sock set shown above), Monday through Wednesday of this week (if we still have bags left we will leave the free bag banner on the website through Thursday for orders too) and we will tuck one in your parcel before it leaves here. You don't have to add it or ask for it, simply place your order online as usual. One bag per person, even if you place multiple orders. Also available for Curbside Pick Up orders for locals, as long as you order Monday through Wednesday (you don't have to pick up on those three days, just tell us what day in the comments as usual.) It's just another way we are thanking you this summer for allowing us to serve you for 16 years! Wowza, that seems like a long time.

Hue Loco Tweed in Fuchsia, Sunny You Should Know, Tropic of Cancer, Firefly, Poppy & Pear

What might you like to order get your bag? We have a fab new batch of yarn from Hue Loco! We haven't gotten these goodies from Colorado since well before the pandemic, and I'm super pleased to have them back. If you were going to put together color ideas for the upcoming Snark-o-Meter Mystery Knit-a-long by Casapinka, I posted some stunning color options on Insta today, and here are just two of them. Shown below on Tweed Sock but also available on Merino Sock.

We also have the new Backyard Chicken Collection sets from Hue Loco! These are all inspired by heirloom chicken breeds and come with a full sized skein and two minis so you can do socks with contrasting toes and heels, a shawl like Skipping Dots, or just anything where you want some curated colors of minis to go with your main skein.

I've also added a slew of new hues of our exclusive Colossal Sock from Dream in Color to the Sale Section, including this gorgeous Enchanted colorway shown below.

In addition to the sale skeins, we also have a huge new batch of all our Dream in Color plus new hues that I hope to have photographed and up on the website for you on Tuesday evening. Gosh, this stuff is glorious. You have cleared us out over the past few months and I'm glad we have a huge, fresh restock of Jilly Singles, Smooshy Sock and Smooshy with Cashmere. I also have a few of the July 4th sets left- a super adorable red/white/blue skein, mini and matching stitch markers.

Want self patterning sock yarn? It's definitely a great summer knit. Shown above in Regia Arne and Carlos Lofoten color 3885. Socks are small and don't make your lap sweat, and the self patterning yarn does all the work for you as you knit so that you can pay attention to soccer games/church/reunions or whatever else you're attending now that we are all getting back to seeing people more. I mean, I'm happy about getting back to things as "usual" but I really like having my knitting at hand, almost as a "support project" to ease my anxiety at being back in public and doing things that I haven't for awhile. Know what I mean? I'm currently knitting the Opal Joy collection in color 9985 with toes in heels in a solid golden yellow 5182.

Also super noteworthy is the fresh batch of Ya' Basic Sock from Stitch Together Studios. You get nearly 500 yards for only $22 instead of $30 or more for her other bases. Why? Because Kayanna's typical dye method is multi-layered and very time consuming, and Ya' Basic Sock is the pared down version of her unique colorways. It's super nice for socks, lightweight sweaters and winter accessories. Shown here is Tinkerbilly.

Want Kayanna's more complicated hues? We now have Iris-istable and April Showers on both Stitch Smooth and Stitch Swanky, plus dozens of others!!!

I'll keep posting here at the blog throughout the week as usual, as we have some really awesome things on their way. 

A Sock & the Movies

This weekend we went to the movies, and it was delightful. Not only was it my first time in a movie theater in oh so long, but there were only 5 people in the entire place, and I knit an entire leg of a sock in the dark and made. No. Mistakes.

I take simple socks with me to the theater when it's a movie that I'm not super enthralled with.. I mean, F9 was fine and all, but it's no Marvel or anything. But when I knit during a movie in the dark, I always find a missed stitch and have to tink up several rows once I'm back in the light. This was the first time I didn't have to do that!

But what I did do was knit the leg longer than usual (around 7.5 inches), and with my size 11 feet I thought I might not have enough yardage to finish my socks. I typically have 10-15% of a ball of Opal left over when a do a 5.5" leg, even with my big feet, but I thought this would be a good opportunity to do a solid toe/heel combo to make sure I had enough of the patterning yarn to finish. There were two colors I liked with this Opal Joy color 9985, and that's Opal Unisolid 5182 Yellow and Trekking XXL Solid 1491 Orange.

I ended up choosing the yellow and I love it. Now I am considering using the orange on the toe, but I just like this bright sunny gold so much that I'm not sure yet. But I'm thinking if I want to add color, I might as well go all the way, right? I guess I have until later tonight or tomorrow when I have more knitting time to decide.

Let's Start our Christmas in July Preview!

We're back from our long holiday weekend off, and boy was it great to put down the computer, pick up the yarn and recharge. Thank you for your orders while we were not shipping - those start to ship out today.

Christmas in July (on the 25th) is less than a month away and I wanted to share with you the festive awesomeness we have coming for you! Today I'm going to show off just some of the goodies from Knitterly Things and Stitch Together Studios.

From Julia at Knitterly Things we have some of those holiday stripes that you all love. We haven't been able to get these since July of last year. Not only do stripes take a lot longer to dye up, but the base was unavailable from the mill for awhile. So now we have these coming back on July 25. Here are just two of the 10 options.

Joyful Noise

Holiday Magic (new!)

 

And here's a bit of a tease from Kayanna at Stitch Together Studios. Not only has she sent us some Jinglebatch colors (microbatches of holiday hues) but also some Jinglebatch Mini Sets! Again, all available on July 25.

We also hope to have more of all five of the West Yorkshire Spinner's holiday colors that we had last year. Right now, a few are confirmed available but we are hoping that we can get all. Importing from the UK isn't easy.

And we'll have a little last bit of the Cascade Heritage Prints holiday colors that have been retired. I do hope they release new ones.

Also back will be our Las Fiestas exclusive color from Malabrigo

Of course, I have all sorts of lovely things planned and I look forward to teasing you with them until we get to July 25th!

Holiday Time Off & New Yarn

If you receive our e-newsletter, you likely know that we are closing Thursday afternoon through Monday for a much needed, long holiday weekend. And if you don't get our e-newsletter, why not?!? Just sign up on the bottom of our homepage if you want.

What does this closure mean? Not a heck of a lot to most people except us! We aren't open to the public this weekend, and orders placed  from Thursday noon-ish through Monday night it won't start shipping until Tuesday morning. So a slight shipping delay that really would already be happening because USPS takes time off too. This also means that if you are local and want Contactless Pickup, it's not available at all now thru July 7 (if you already have one scheduled on Thursday from a previous order, you're a-OK though). We are open to the public on Tuesday July 6, so if we have your order pulled during our open hours (no guarantee though, with 5 days of orders to pull) then you can come ask us for it from 10-4.

What might you like to order before Thursday afternoon (or after if you don't mind a bit of a wait)? We have new colors of our SSYC Small Batch sock yarn in the Sale Section for just $14 a skein! This batch is all over speckles, and we still have a few of the variegated colors from a couple weeks ago too. We are testing out some things to add to our exclusive Simply Sock Yarn line, and this is a great way to get a fab price on sock yarn. I don't know where this will go, as it's a bit difficult predicting anything in a pandemic, but I have hopes/plans/great expectations.

I've also listed our July Sock Sets and I'm totes in love. My sweet-sixteen-self had a fun time coming up with these. Two have bright hues and one features mauve, which was super popular when I was a kid. My 1980's bedroom was mauve and country blue, and the Mauvelous Honeysuckle Sock Set is a mod use of dusky mauve. But I have to say that my fave of these is Pinky Cold Medina (shown below). All full sized skeins and minis were dyed by Hedgehog Fibres of Irelend.

Thanks for your understanding as we take a bit of time off. We'll get your orders shipped out as soon as we can next week, but please allow a bit of grace as we get back to business after 4 full days off. Shipping 6 days a week allows us to really keep up on fast shipping, so 4 days off will take a minute to get back to full speed. I may require a bit more caffeine than usual on Tuesday morning!

I hope you all enjoy this holiday weekend. I know I will!

MadTosh Mobile is coming to SSYC!

Want to shop for one-of-a-kind skeins and mill ends? Want to see bases and colors that we don't usually offer? Want a fun shopping experience? Join us at the shop on Wednesday, July 28 for a visit from MadTosh Mobile!

Adam travels around the US in this cool truck, bringing fibery awesomeness to the masses and he's stopping at SSYC in a month! Our tentative date/time is July 28 from 1-3pm. You can come and shop from the goodies that Adam has brought to us PLUS it's an added in-person shopping date for the shop too, from 1-3 or 4pm (depending on how many of you there are).

Come see us at 1315 E State Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN to see what Adam brings. If weather allows, we may be doing part of this event outdoors in our lot, but please do bring your masks just in case we move it all indoors. We all know how Indiana weather is in July, right? Unpredictable.

If you think you may be joining us, do me a favor and e-mail me, Allison, at service@simplysockyarn.com. I'd like somewhat of a head count. Feel free to also let me know if there are particular skeins/things from Madelintosh you'd like to see too. You never know, we may be able to ask that they share certain stuff. I've also created a Facebook Event page, should you want to keep up on any details they share (or detail changes).

SSYC's Sweet Soxteen!

As you know, this summer marks our 16th anniversary and we are celebrating all summer long with sales, contest, gifts and limited edition sets. So far we have offered some really awesome sales and deals, in July we'll have some cute project bag gifts, and today I have for you our first of several Sweet Soxteen themed colorways!

Several dyers are helping us celebrate our Sweet Sixteen in skeins and the first one I'm sharing is Hypercolor Scrunchie by Madelinetosh! This exclusive color is dye for us on Tosh Sock and it comes with three coordinating, hand made stitch markers. Aren't these ice cream cones super cute with this party colorway?!

What I wanted from Tosh were bright speckles that reminded me of the color that were popular in the early 90's when I was 16. One of you won the color-naming contest and suggested Hypercolor (remember those shirts that changed color?) Scrunchie (who didn't wear scrunchies in the 90's, right?) and I think it fits the color perfectly.

I have a limited amount of these in this introductory batch, so please do snag yours if you would like to cast on. If you'd like to see this color on other bases, that's a possibility too, if there's an interest. Just e-mail me at service@simplysockyarn.com to let me know if you'd like to see this. Thanks for helping us celebrate our 16th!!

Just a few shots that Madelinetosh sent me of this as they got part of our order together. Enjoy!

If you're looking to pair this with another skein, I recommend Edison Bulb, Fluoro Rose or Neon Pink, Beach Bonfire, or Onyx.

Hypercolor Scrunchie, a Preview

I just wanted to give you a heads up for the first of our Sweet Sixteen themed colors we are doing this summer to celebrate our 16th birthday! 
This beauty is dyed by Madelinetosh on their Tosh Sock and comes with three coordinating ice cream cone stitch markers. Named Hypercolor Scrunchie, you can grab this on Monday.

Sale on a Sale!

It's our next gift in our summer-long Sweet 16 Celebration! Now through Sunday, if you use coupon code SSYCten at Check Out you'll get an additional 10% off our already well discounted Sale Section!

LYC Barefoot sock in Infamous

What will you find in there? So much great stuff, that's for sure. Dream in Color, Simply Sock Yarn (our first test batch!), a polwarth wool sock yarn from LYC and more. We've done this discount-on-top-of-a-discount deal once before and stuff tends to go fast. So if you really want something in there, please don't hesitate.

LYC Barefoot sock in Bambolina (I have a skein of this color caked up already. Can't resist a great green!)

We also have another special deal through the end of the month and that's 40% off Cascade Heritage Paints and Silk Paints when you use the coupon code Cascade at Check Out. I believe our system allows just one coupon coder per order, so if you want to use both you should do two separate orders and then put a note on the second order (you can do this on the Check Out page) asking us to combine the two orders and save you on shipping. Make sure the two orders are close together, because we do ship pretty fast - sometimes within the hour. 

Heritage Paints color 9723- Smoky Rose

Cascade Heritage Paints and Silk Paints is great for gift socks, shawls and more. It's quite versatile and holds up to wash and wear really well. 

And for those of you who have been waiting for the new Opal Joy collection (like me!) it's all here now! The colors are bright and fab, the designs are fun and this is just the knit I need. I've snagged a ball of 9985 for myself already.

And if you haven't had a chance to see all the new batch of Ya' Basic sock yarn from Stitch Together Studios, go now. This stuff is fab (people loved it yesterday in the shop) and priced low at $22 a skein for nearly 500 yards. Kayanna has paired a superwash merino base with a less complicated/time consuming dye method than she uses on her other bases so you can try her stuff for less cost. You can, of course, go for some of Kayanna's more complicated colors of Stitch Smooth and Stitch Swanky too. But many of the Ya' Basic (formerly named Frugal Fingering) colors tend to go quick so that's something you might like to decide on faster. 

Zebracorn

Stitch Together Studios, Smooth & Swanky

I'm so pleased to share that we have a fresh batch of Stitch Smooth and Stitch Swanky sock yarn from Kayanna at Stitch Together Studios!

Iris-istable on Smooth or Swanky

Kayanna's colors are such a fun knit. Here colors are layered and nuanced and it's the kind of knit where you love watching the stitches develop because you notice new things constantly. It's fun to see a bit of a yellow dab on a stitch where it's unexpected, or to see the blues of another color turn a bit teal as you go. It's like knitting magic.

April Showers, Neon Flowers on Smooth and Swanky

Kayanna got herself a knitting machine last year and since then it's been cool to see her release examples of how some of these crazy colors knit up. Here are the ones that she has released pictures of from her Spring 2021 line that we just got in. And WOW I love them all.

Bumfuzzle above, Flummery below

Shenanigans above, Stumblebum below

Popple knit up above, our actual skeins on Smooth sock below

All the colors you see here I have on both Smooth (the classic superwash merino/nylon sock blend) and Swanky (which is an amazing merino/silk/cash blend that you need in your life for all the things). Keep in mind that when dyers show you knit up samples, that it represents a particular skein from a particular batch and isn't likely to be exactly like the skein you receive. If you want an idea of what our batch looks like, it looks like the photo of three skeins that we took. The knit up sample does give you a nice idea of how the yarn knits up, but your skein will look more like the yarn picture. Make sense? Like you can see above, the skeins of Bumfuzzle we have have more green than the knit up picture directly above it.

Yesterday I blogged about Ya' Basic- check that out too!

 

Dramatic, Rad Color from Stitch Together Studios

Want to infuse a bit of drama into your knitting? How about doing it for a dramatic discount too?

Zebracorn

Kayanna at Stitch Together Studios has you covered. Not only do we have a rad new batch of her colors on Stitch Smooth and Stitch Swanky, I have a big fresh restock of her Ya Basic sock yarn. Formerly named Frugal Fingering, she has simply renamed this base, but the price is just as awesome as always at $22.

Prismatic

Ya' Basic is great for those who love hand dyed yarn, but might not have the budget for a $30 skein. Her bases are typically on the pricier side because not only does she source the best materials, but she payers on a lot of nuance and that kind of attention to detail takes many more steps and lots of time. Ya' Basic sock yarn includes some of Kayanna's most sought after tonal solids that are quicker to dye than a multi-step process, but also some of her multicolors that she has adapted to make work for the faster/typical dye method. You won't see her speckles in this Ya' Basic, but you'll still get gorgeous hues on a superb superwash merino base. Plus it's nearly 500 yards!

Wino Forever

These skeins often sell out fast, so don't hesitate if there's one that you really like. I haven't been able to get this yarn yet this year, and it could be awhile til I can get more. Please also note that because of the name change, we still have a few colors with the Frugal Fingering name on the label. It's the same yarn as Ya' Basic, Kayanna just changed the name recently to reflect her flavor.

Velvet Sofa

Want to see some of the new hues on her other bases? I'll be featuring them here on the blog later this week. Kayanna sent me knit up sample pictures of some of the new hues too, so those will be really cool to show off.

Ball Jar with the collection of my Grandma Eloise's Ball jars in my kitchen.

 

Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light + Copper

It's back! TML+Copper is here!

Beta Crucis

It's been nearly two years since we've been able to get this base. Tosh Merino Light is Madelinetosh's most popular base, and these little copper colored threads put it over the top. You can make an entire sweater out of it like shop manager Heather did (I'll have to ask her to bring it in to photo), or you can simply add a skein or two to your multicolored TML project for just a little added glitter.

Danger Will Robinson

It's hard to see the glitter in photos, but in colors like Onyx and Nocturne you can see it better in photos. It really is a stunning effect.

I hope that you see the color you've been waiting for in what we have for you. And if not, please do e-mail and I'll put it in one of our future orders for you.

If you're coming to shop in person with us, it's right at the front where the natural light can catch it and show it off really nicely.