On the Fourth Day of Sock Yarn, Simply Sock Yarn gave to meeeeeee.....
three skeins of Dream in Color yarn!
To have a chance at winning three skeins of your choice from this amazing Arizona dye studio, simply answer the following question in the comments below:
What is something that a kid in your life doesn't or wouldn't understand the concept of. Like a simple device or a word - nothing heavy or existential please. Let's keep it light.
I recently had to explain to my 15 year old son what a handkerchief is. My mom pulled one out of her purse, and it had a hand made lace edges and embroidery on it, and she said to him "this was probably made by your great great uncle Willy's mom".... Willard died 15 years ago in his 90s, so that would make this handkerchief at least 100 years old? And I had to explain to James that a century ago there weren't all these disposable things like toilet paper and paper towels and Kleenex... much to his horror. It seems like an odd thing to try and describe, how all the toiletries we use several times day weren't even a thing, and instead were replaced by things like handkerchiefs that were little works of art.
Microbatch Color 18 - Jolene by Dolly Parton
So, back to yarn! If you win, you can choose three of any skeins of Dream in Color yarn, and that includes the 50% larger skeins we keep in our Sale Section. Colossal Sock is our exclusive yarn dyed by Dream in Color, and it's such a wonderful yarn. It's a slightly "rustic" or "toothy" sock yarn - so not the ultra smooth ones that come from other hand dyers. It's slightly on the heavier side of fingering weight, and it comes in 150g skeins so you have plenty for a pair of socks. We've offered it for several years now and it's widely used for sweaters too. And if comes in all of Dream in Color's delicious colorways.
Microbatch No. 7 - Moody's Mood for Love
For this batch that we just listed yesterday, we have some super special colors - 20 of them, to be exact. Veronica and her team at DIC came up with 5 pieces of art and 5 pieces of music to inspire colorways, and we at SSYC did the same. So you'll see 20 different "microbatch" colors based on our faves. Here are the details so you can perhaps find one based on your favorite music or painting.
Microbatch No. 1 - Convergence by Jackson Pollock
Simply Socks Yarn Co's inspirations:
Art
Microbatch No. 1: Jackson Pollock’s “Convergence”
Microbatch No. 2: Michelangelo’s “David”
Microbatch No. 3: Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
Microbatch No. 4: Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss”
Microbatch No. 5: HOTTEA’s “Atlas”
Music
Microbatch No. 6: Blue in Green- Miles Davis
Microbatch No. 7: Moody’s Mood for Love- George Benson
Microbatch No. 8: Feelin’ Good- Nina Simone
Microbatch No. 9: Vogue - Madonna
Microbatch No. 10: Can’t Help Falling in Love With You- Elvis Presley
Dream in Color's inspirations
Art
Microbatch No. 11: Basquiat’s “Bird on Money”
Microbatch No. 12: Van Gogh’s “Postman”
Microbatch No. 13: Escher’s “Hand With Reflecting Sphere”
Microbatch No. 14: Chagall’s “La Mariée”
Microbatch No. 15: Filipp Malyavin’s “A Peasant Girl”
Music
Microbatch No. 16: Mad World- Michael Andrews
Microbatch No. 17: Bitter Sweet Symphony- The Verve
Microbatch No. 18: Jolene- Dolly Parton
Microbatch No. 19: Right Down the Line- Gerry Rafferty
Microbatch No. 20: S.O.S. - ABBA
We all had a really great time coming up with inspiration and then seeing what Veronica and her team came up with for these 20 brand new colorways. Veronica says that she thinks she saved the detailed recipes, so we're hoping that we can do these on Dream in Color's other base yarns too. I mean, who wouldn't want a cashmere Starry Night scarf? Or a Bitter Sweet Symphony cashmere hat??
Microbatch No. 17 - Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
I hope you enjoy our thinking-outside-the-box and that you connect with our collaboration. If you really like any of the above 20 microbatch colors, they are currently available in the sale yarn section til they sell out and hopefully I can get more in a couple months.
We have 8 more Days of Sock Yarn coming up, so do stop here at the SSYC blog (the shop journal - I've been writing/sharing shop and life stuff here for over 17 years) every day until Christmas Eve so you can win. Full details of the contest can be found here. If you have any trouble entering the contest, just e-mail [email protected] with your comments and I'll add you to the contests when it's time to randomly choose the winners.