Before I share the yarn coming to us, I wanted to let you know that as of this moment the donation amount going to the Boys and Girls Club is $988. That's huge! Thank you for your orders, for sharing with others, and for helping our shop give back. I'll show off the receipt next week. For details on this donation, check out the Christmas in July post from last week.
NOW. Let's get to the yarn. Madelinetosh is helping Simply Socks Yarn Co celebrate our 15th anniversary with a super deal. Starting next Wednesday, you'll get a chance to snag some Euro Sock at 40% off. That right, instead of $28.50 a skein you'll see it for $17.25 in the Sale Section.
Take a look at some of these beauties, shown above in Boomslang and below in Birkenstick.
Notice something? A bit of a stripey nature to this fingering weight, 100% superwash merino 4ply yarn? That's because mills are run by humans, made of the hair of sheep, and yarn is "imperfect". This particular batch's beautiful anomaly is that one ply is either slightly tighter/spun in the opposite direction/etc- basically one of the four plies takes up the dye differently than the others and thus you get a barber pole effect when dyeing some of the colors. This doesn't make the yarn a "second" or a "bad batch" and it doesn't feel or knit up any differently in texture as Euro sock typically does- it's simply a difference in the way the strand takes on color. In fact, Vrinda Yarn has an entire yarn line based on doing this because they WANT the barber pole effect predictably. But since Madelinetosh didn't intend for this batch of Euro Sock to have this barber pole effect, they are selling it to us at a song. And thus YOU get it at a song.
We have a huge amount of this. Like so much that it was sent in palleted on a freight truck instead of typical UPS or Fed Ex. Like with actual machinery to move this around. See this? Yeah. You get the picture. Since we are a small, four person operation (who are also social distancing and working odd hours in the early morning/late at night), this is a lot to handle. So I'll be releasing this in batches starting on Wednesday, August 5 and then you'll see new batches released the following two or three Wednesdays. I don't have an exact time on Wednesday, but before 9am EST.
Some of the colorways you notice the barberpole effect more than others, as you can see in the photos- especially with multicolors like Brienne of Tarth shown above- it's hard to see the effect. Below in Fog it's more easily seen.
I think it gives an added dimension to the finished fabric. And it's such a deal. I mean, if you're a Tosh devotee, you know what a deal this is. And if your budget doesn't allow you to typically go for the $20-$30 hand dyed lines, then this is a wonderful chance to get a premium hand dyed yarn in the more budget-friendly yarn range. And it's a time to stash single skeins for socks or many for sweater quantities for your fall knitting. I don't anticipate being able to ever get more at this price.
Danger Will Robinson-Solid, the solid color version of one of my fave colors. Someone make this a Pavement sweater please.
Some colors I have 20+ of, some just 3. I won't be able to give a heads up on the colors being released each week. It's a lot to go through, to count, and to photograph. Have questions? I'll answer them in the comments.
One more thing.... did you see this?!
Is fingering weight? How many yards per skein?
Posted by: Jessica | July 29, 2020 at 02:05 PM
Will you be releasing them in a way that someone could find two coordinating banks for two-color projects? Asking for a friend ;) ....as a Tosh devotee, I’m stoked to see these roll out
Posted by: Joyce | July 29, 2020 at 02:15 PM
Can't wait. This yarn looks just beautiful!
Posted by: Denise | July 29, 2020 at 04:23 PM
I like that Brienne of Tarth. Are these 100 gram fingering weight so I could make 2 socks from one skein?
Posted by: Karen Murphy | July 29, 2020 at 04:39 PM
Glorious. Be sure and be careful with moving those boxes around. Wouldn't want you to go down with a yarn injury...Looking forward to some jewel tones!
Posted by: steffi | July 29, 2020 at 05:07 PM
Joyce- tell "your friend" that I'll be releasing about 50 colors at a time and you could definitely put colors together within that group to make things. BUT. If there is a color you really like, don't think you should wait until more colors pop up and buy them together b/c these will likely go fast- as least the ones that I have so few of. Or ones as awesome as Brienne of Tarth...
Karen, Yes, these are full fingering weight skeins over 400 yards. Madelinetosh doesn't list a weight on their skeins, just a yardage, but they are always between 100g and 4 ounces when I've weighed them. A typical, full sized skein. You could make two large socks from one skein... at least I can for my size 11 feet!
Posted by: Allison | July 30, 2020 at 09:19 AM
Love that Browne of Tarth colorway! I’ll be watching for it.
Posted by: Donna | July 30, 2020 at 10:36 AM
Brienne of Tart. Autocorrect strikes again.
Posted by: Donna | July 30, 2020 at 10:38 AM
Autocorrect is THE WORST for typing yarn names. Or "dyed". Or "colorway". Siri gets me in trouble all the time.
Posted by: Allison | July 30, 2020 at 03:18 PM