Last week was our week long, in person 17th birthday party and this week we start our summer long online celebration! If you've shopped with us for awhile, you may know that we celebrate our June 2nd birthday all summer long. This gives us an opportunity to really treat you to a myriad of sales, limited edition kits and clubs, gifts and more. And it's just fun to celebrate all summer. Our makers really seem to enjoy creating celebratory colors and treats that aren't focused on a specific holiday color scheme, and I really like making what they come up with. Want to see what I'm working on now?
This is the Summit Summer striping colorway that Karrie of Freckled Whimsy has dyed up for us. I named it Summit Summer because our city, Fort Wayne, is known as Summit City and the color itself reminds me of our urban Promenade Park - skies, water, sun, and flowers but with a bit of an urban edge. This stripe is nine colors and I'm knitting the DK weight myself, 48 stitch around using size US 3 double point needles. As you can see, the striping repeat makes up the entire leg of the sock. I didn't use a pattern, but this one would work really well. If you haven't knit DK weight sock before, I highly recommend it. It's a quick, squishy knit. Very satisfying.
Summit Summer will be available tomorrow at the Kits & Clubs link on both Sock and DK weights, as a Sock Set with a white mini skein. There's plenty of yardage for socks, but you could of course use these for a cowl, mitts, a hat or more.
What else will be available tomorrow? I have some gorgeous, limited edition SSYC Hat Sets and they will all be $10 off to celebrate our birthday! That's right, instead of $43 for the full sized skein of Madelinetosh and hand made pom pom, these will be just $33! This is just one of the many great sale goodies I'll have for you this summer.
I'll have 11 different SSYC Hat Sets for you tomorrow, and another 11 sets in July. These feature Madelinetosh's Tosh Merino (the worsted weight, single ply version of Tosh Merino Light), which is 210 yards of hand dyed, worsted weight gorgeousness. Haven't used a worsted weight single before? Just like their fingering weight cousin, they take the dye beautifully and seem to glow with color. They also have wonderful stitch definition.
Here are just a few of the Hat Set's that will be available at our Kits & Clubs link tomorrow, Tuesday June 7.
What else is coming soon? I'll have some really nice sale yarn from Madelinetosh plus a free pattern with purchases. I can't wait to celebrate all summer with you!
Even though I’ve never knit a single pair of socks, I’ve been shopping at simply sock for 8 or 9 years. Love it.
Posted by: Sandra Parr | June 07, 2022 at 10:25 PM