This coming Monday is our last Monday in Socktober and we've saved some awesome goodies for this last week! Read below to see what's coming to SSYC, but first I want to share that we have an awesome gift with purchase starting Monday through the end of the month. With each shipment you'll get a cute set of stitch markers- a little hand made yarn ball marker plus a selection of the little pear-shaped locking markers. It's just our way of saying THANK YOU for keeping us going through such a difficult and odd 2020! You are made of awesome!
You don't have to do anything special to get your gift (you don't add it to your cart or anything), simply place your order online and usual and we'll tuck your markers into your package before it leaves here. All orders get one if placed Oct 26-31 (if you order more than once and we see it, we will combine as usual to save you and us on shipping and we will include your set in your combined shipment as usual). What might you like to order on Monday to get your gift? Well, you'll soon see a super special deal in the Sale Section. If you like a heavier weight yarn this time of year, we'll have stripey Tosh DK and Tosh Vintage (worsted) for $10 off! What does "stripey" mean? Well basically you might be able to see that one of the four plies didn't take the dye the same way as the rest- it could be because it's spun tighter or in the opposite direction or it could have a bit of unexpected fiber in it that didn't dye up the same. It feels the same as typical Tosh does and it still looks wonderful. I don't even call these "seconds" because to me, they are really great quality, they just didn't soak up the dye as evenly as usual. I like the effect it gives to the skein, which is more noticeable in some colors as you can see, and nearly imperceptable in other colors. Some dyers like Vrinda even purposely ply their yarn so that it has this barberpole effect - it gives the yarn added dimension. But b/c Tosh didn't intend this look, they offered it to us at a lower price than usual. And who doesn't want to save ten bucks?! So you'll see this added to the sale section on Monday.
A big thanks to Madelinetosh for sharing this with us. I don't have a whole lot of it, and if I can get more I will. So if you see something you like on Monday (listed likely mid-morning) I don't recommend hesitating too long. And I'm always happy to help you color-coordinate for a project if you like, but it's likely that b/c I don't have tons of these that by the time I get a look at these and get back to you then it will be sold. It's that kind of deal- some of these I have three skeins of, some ten.
What else will you find in the shop? We have a few other Halloween goodies in the Kits/Clubs section, so don't miss those. Or revisit the post from this week to see what else you might like to grab to get your free gift with purchase. It could be there's more I'm forgetting, but I'll let you know on Monday if there's more I remember. I'm hoping to have our huge new batch of Hedgehog Fibres completely up on the website for you Monday. This could be the last we get for awhile b/c they shared with me that they are now out of Skinny Singles and Sock to dye (due to pandemic related mill closures and shipping delays) until December, so it could be early 2021 before they dye those for shops again and we can get more. Shown below is the awesome DRK color on Skinny Singles. J'adore.
Edited to add: Oh my gosh, our Flock Fibre Halloween Sock Sets have just now finally gotten through Customs (expected a month ago) so I'll be sharing those too. I'll try and share the sets this weekend on Instagram so you can see them before they go up for sale on Monday.
Recent contest winners include Nancy and Vasiliki for the Rattlesnake sweater. And the winner of the $30 gift certificate is Julie. Winners have been e-mailed and received their codes. Thank you for playing along with us this month as we celebrate Socktober!
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