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Note from Sundara...I've had this photo for ages but have never used it because this is a color only a mother could love. And by mother, I mean me, the yarn-dyer. I'm 95% sure none of you will buy this color, which is too bad. It's so pretty. It's the color of key limes, sour apples, mojitos, the hills of Tuscany, spring. Truly. This is the color of spring. And that's just the color.
There's the yarn. I think this might be as great as fingering silky merino, if not maybe better. It's so soft and smooth and lovely. I haven't dyed much of it, but it has quickly become one of my favorites. I think it's particularly lovely to knit with in the warmer months because it feels light and airy. I don't know why, but it does. So most of you will pass this buy because this is some serious bright green, but I hope at least a few of you will take a chance because you won't be disappointed.
"Key Limes and Sour Apples" will not be dyed again.
Fingering Silky Alpaca is 437 yards and 100 grams of 70% baby alpaca and 30% mulberry silk.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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Note from Sundara...I may have mentioned that my parents were just took a Hawaiian vacation, which, you know, Hawaii is good inspiration. I saw this photo and thought...drama! And you know what drama makes for? People-stopper projects. The projects where, when you where them, people stop you and tell you how amazing it is and what a fantastic knitter you are. And don't we all love that? That's the best. Makes you feel like a million bucks and makes all those hours and hours of knitting worth it.
Personally, I love me some pink and orange, so I would use all three of these colors together, but even just the dark purple with either the orange or the pink would be sufficient people-stopper dramatic. Or, you could do just the orange and the pink because bright! is also people-stopper dramatic. You pretty much can't go wrong with any combination of these three. Go with whatever calls to you. It'll be the right people-stopper for you.
"Hawaiian Sunset" will not be dyed again. Updated: 1 skein left of the orange & a few skeins left of the dark purple.
Extra Fine Fingering Merino is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs.
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When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.
Note from Sundara...Our lilacs are getting ready to bloom and I was contemplating dyeing yarn inspired by the pretty little blossoms. Except lilacs are so sweet and precious. Such innocent flowers. It occurred to me: what if lilacs have a dark side? What if, secretly, in the dark of night, they are plotting. Maybe something only slightly devious like a hostile takeover of space around the innocent hydrangea growing next to them? Or maybe something truly evil like a plan to murder the peonies? We just don't know. They only look sweet and innocent. We don't know what they are thinking.
So I went with the darker side of lilacs for my "sweater knit-able" color for this yarn, since lots of you are still buying sweater-quantities. This is a very gorgeous, dark, dark lilac-colored purple. It's spring-inspired without being obvious about, so it's a color that would probably work year round. And it's super soft, because it's baby alpaca. And even though the lilacs might be plotting murder, the yarn certainly isn't.
"The Secret Life of Lilacs" will not be dyed again. Updated: 2 batches left.
Fingering Baby Alpaca is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% baby alpaca.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
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Note from Sundara...I thought I'd go to Paris for inspiration for my most favoritist yarn base of all. I know some of you think the 100% silk is the best yarn base, and that really is soft and shiny and delicious, but this one wins out for me. It's so soft and luscious. I be pretty happy to knit myself a pair of footie pajamas out of it and then never take them off. I don't care how ridiculous I'd look. It'd be worth it.
And this color is amazing. It hews the line right between purple and blue. It's pretty much prefect in every way. So maybe if you aren't up for knitting yourself footie pajamas, maybe at least get one skein to wrap around your neck. I hear Joji has a new one-skein wonder shawl-scarf-neck-wrappy thing that looks delightful. That would work. Although my vote is still for the full-body footie pajamas.
"La Dame de Fer" will not be dyed again. Two batches available.
Fingering Silky Merino Cashmere is 437 yards and 100 grams of 75% super wash merino, 15% mulberry silk, and 10% cashmere.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs.
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When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.
Note from Sundara...My parents are on vacation in Hawaii, so I've got lush, tropical flowers on my mind. I've also still got an on-going obsession with two-color brioche. Particularly Stephen West's Melted Mirage. Just look at those tassles! So today's yarn is actually a two-part Daily Dream. Because I am going to knit myself that shawl and I need some yarn.
(Full disclosure: Needed some yarn. I've already cast-on and the pattern is divine.)
Next week, I'll have the fingering merino gradient portion of the shawl for us all, but today is the peachy goodness of alpaca fluff. Now, the pattern uses a fingering weight alpaca fluffiness, so you'll need to hold this double (which is fine, it's easy, don't let that scare you off) The pattern also uses what I consider to be a very boring, basic peach yarn. We need something much more interesting. And this is much more interesting and super pretty. It's everything from pale yellow to hints of strawberry and all sorts of peachy-goodness in between. It knits up just gorgeous and it looks amazing as the fluffy portion of the two-color brioche portion of this pattern. Or probably any two-color brioche pattern you might want to knit. Or, really, anything else you might want to make out of it.
"The Lone Hibiscus" will not be dyed again. Updated: half a batch left.
Lace Silky Alpaca is 328 yards and 50 grams of 75% brushed baby suri alpaca and 25% mulberry silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs.
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When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.
Note from Sundara...How was I supposed to resist this photo? I only recently found out that there was a Japanese version of flowering plums that were different from the flowering plums that I know and love. Aren't they pretty?
And while the blossom pink of the fingering merino silky cashmere is super pretty and super soft (softest yarn I have!), the mohair is really the color that I'm proud of here. The photos don't do it any justice. It's a stunning mix of a sort of forest-teal green with a dark navy that goes almost violet in the sun. And, of course, underneath all that fluffy mohair, those colors have the sparkle of the silk core. If you can find a way to combine these two yarns so these colors can coordinate with these colors, it would really be something.
"Ume Blossoms" will not be dyed again. Updated: 3 mohair & 2 silky cashmere left.
Fingering Merino Silky Cashmere is 437 yards and 100 grams of 75% super wash merino, 15% mulberry silk, and 10% cashmere.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
Lace Silky Mohair is 460 yards and 50 grams of 70% ultra-fine kid mohair and 30% silk.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs.
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When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.
Note from Sundara...I have two goals with today's yarn. The first is to live vicariously through the color because I yearn for this rose bush, but I am not allowed any more rose plants (sigh). The second is to convince you that sport weight yarn is not the devil.
Seriously. Y'all seem to hate to knit anything with sport gauge. Periodically, one of you asks for it. I dye it, and it inevitably ends up being the least popular yarn weight of all time. Which makes no sense, because sport weight has so much to offer. It's faster to knit up than fingering, but still lightweight. It's a year-round gauge. Anything you make with it can be worn layered (still lightweight!) but is delicate enough that you can use it in the summer, when the nights get chilly.
So. Now that I've made the case for why you should make yourself something out of this glorious red sport weight yarn, what should you make? Have you seen the "Pasadena Pullover" by Mari Tobita? It's beyond gorgeous. You should knit it just to knit it it's such a lovely design. But, if you want something that will work for the upcoming warmer months, "Joni" by Nastasja Hornby is perfect for summer. And, if you don't want a sweater, there are tons of sport weight accessories patterns. I like the "Making Waves Cowl" by Kay Hopkins. And of course, for my crocheting friends, there is the "Honeybunch Tee" by Anne ten Haaf and the "Astrid shawl" by Tatsiana.
So many options! Such pretty yarn! Go forth and embrace the sport!
"Red Eden" will not be dyed again.
Extra Fine Sport Merino is 328 yards and 100 grams of 100% super wash merino.
6 stitches per inch on US 5/3.75mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs.
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When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.
Note from Sundara...One batch of this color available.
Italian Fingering Merino Cashmere is 383 yards and 100 grams of 80% super wash merino, 10% cashmere, and 10% nylon.
7 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs.
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.
Note from Sundara...A little less than one batch of this color available.
Fingering Baby Alpaca is 437 yards and 100 grams of 100% baby alpaca.
8 stitches per inch on US 3/3.25mm needles.
Gently hand wash in tepid water for project longevity.
Orders for 2+ skeins will be matched as closely as possible.
All yarn is shipped via USPS Priority mail.
Save on Shipping: If you think you'll be ordering Daily Dreams more than once in the next 30 days or so, you may have me hold and combine all your orders to save shipping costs.
Include "Hold and combine shipping" in the NOTES section of checkout (not PayPal notes).
When I mail all your orders in about 4 weeks, I'll refund you the overage you paid for shipping.