Simply Socks Yarn Co. Blog: Hedgehog Fibres Tweedy DK & Noir

This is the stuff we've been waiting for. Not just for months, but pre-pandemic.

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Hedgehog Fibres Tweedy DK and Tweedy DK Noir. This is a unique and limited production offering from Hedgehog Fibres of Ireland where they collect the colored bits of their own hand-dyed yarn waste - the ties and bits that they take off the hand dyed skeins. They save them very diligently, send them to the mill to be carded, blended and spun into yarn again. It's total labor of love, and gives me a greater insight into owner Beata's mind, that's for sure.

And it's finally here. I don't have a heck of a lot of it, and it was quite pricey to import with added shipping fees and Customs b/c of the pandemic-related-importing-issues I've talked about here before. But oh-my-goodness it's worth the wait.

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I would not be surprised if, like our kits and clubs, this sells out in a matter of hours. But I really hope that those of you who have been waiting on this can grab what you want. And because we're giving out free totes with purchases right now, you'll get the tote I showed off on yesterday's post.

What might you like to knit with yours? Well, most of you are wanting to knit sweaters like Gloam or Sawyer or Winter's Beach Cardi. But I grabbed a couple for myself so that I could just do a hat or some mittens. Something that I can see every day in the winter. As much as I love to knit socks, I won't be knitting socks with my two skeins. It's not really plied in a way that would make it stand up to everyday wear.

If you want to grab yourself some other Hedgehog Fibres goodies, we have a really nice selection right now with 100+ colors of Sock (Potluck 11c shown above), Skinny Singles and DK. We love Hedgehog Fibres here, and even though it's been quite cumbersome to get imports over the past 10 months, we've managed to get in a decent stock here and there. So get yourself something to make you smile today!

If you want to know when we get more of this back in stock, make sure to sign up for our newsletter. This shipment was quite unexpected - they told me last week they had some for me and it got here yesterday - so it didn't make our most recent newsletter. Just go to our website and scroll to the bottom to sign up.

If you want a chance to win a skein or two of this, there are contests today on Instagram and Facebook. I think this is a good way to make this week even better, right?