Halloween Knit Kits, a preview

This Monday we will have our first special Socktober release- our Halloween Knit Kits! You'll find these in the Kits & Clubs link as usual.

Crafters love this time of year. We get to experiment with color, sometimes even glow in the dark fabrics or details, and we get to think outside our normal crayon box of colors. These two knit kits are definitely spooktacular and a great way to start knitting with the season, right? And b/c we are releasing them early in the month, you have time to get these in your hands, knit up your socks and actually wear them on the 31st!

First, the Candy Corn Knit Kit includes a sparkled skein of sock yarn from Julia at Knitterly Things that will stripe up like candy corn. Is that not awesome?! It comes with three little candy corn stitch markers and this super cute/spooky medium wedge bag that holds a 2-3 skein project.

Second, I have the Camp Crystal Lake Knit Kit, which features a sparkled and striping skein of a color that Julia made to mimic one of our former Poste Yarn colors. Poste Yarn is the dye shop we had in the back of our yarn store for about 8 years and last year we decided to go on hiatus. So I asked Julia to dye up a stripe inspired by this popular color. Your skein comes with three little stitch markers (a pumpkin, a Frankenstein and a black cat) and the same cool bag.

Knitterly Things, Glitterful Stripe in Whisper to a Scream

What else might you want to add to your order to qualify for free us shipping? We will also be releasing an entire color collection of sparkling, striping yarn from Knitterly Things. If you like Julia's Vesper Sock Yarn, I think you'll love this glitter version. Just something special for Socktober. We will even have some of her Christmas striping colors on the sparkle base!

Knitterly Things, Glitterful Stripe in Socktober Spooktacular

We will also have these two colors of Sock It Sets from Dream in Color. These are exclusive to SSYC, and each comes with a full sized skein of yarn and a mini for your toes and heels. The yarn stripes up nicely if you cast on 60-64 stitches, but it will perform differently if the circumference of your project is larger or smaller. I think it's a super cool effect if done right. I cast on 68 stitches to start the first time (on US 1.5) and that circumference was too wide to make the stripes lay right, so I pulled out and did 60 sts on a US 1.5 instead and got this nice result. Henry's modeling these for me. The afterthought heel seems to fit him nicely. It's a heel I don't ususally do b/c it can make the sock somewhat tight across the top of the foot, but I added a few stitches to the heel and I think that fixed it nicely. I wanted to do an afterthought heel so that the stripe would be maintained evenly throughout the entire length of the sock.

There might be a bit more coming too that I just can't remember right now.... It's Friday and I think my brain is already done for the week! If you want some of these goodies, check the website on Monday, mid-morning EST. I'll also post here on Monday with direct links to all the lovelies.

Comments

[Donna T]

Sorry to hear about the Poste yarns. My Heartbreak Hotel socks have seen better days & I was hoping you’d dye that up again. Everyone who sees them wants to know where they can get the yarn (or the socks). It’s my very favorite ever. Wish I had grabbed a couple more skeins while it was still in stock. (hint: it’d make a great Valentine’s Day sock yarn for a kit). Love the DIC sock kit & the Camp Crystal Lake.

[Amy]

Donna,
There are a couple people selling Poste Yarn colorway Heartbreak Hotel on Ravelry. Search Stashes for sale or trade. I'm always checking that out for retired colors. Hope this doesn't offend SSYC, just wanted to offer an option. Good luck!
Allison and staff,
Thanks for everything you're doing to keep fiber in our hands! I'm looking forward to Monday's kits!