New yarns available

All that wholesale yarn going out, and only a few skeins for A Piece of Vermont. So sorry. I'm also sorry that of the new yarns I put up, this one is not going directly into my stash. I have added black, as I mentioned, to my dye collection, and I think I'm in love with what it can do alongside other colors, like this:

 

This and two other new colors are available now at the handpainted yarns section of A Piece of Vermont.

And, after all that talk of self-striping yarns, I couldn't leave that section empty. I only have two skeins of self-striping available right now, and one will be posted tomorrow if the intended recipient shows a little restraint decides she can't afford it right now. There is, however, this in the self-striping department:

I'm calling it "Lumberjack" because, when the contrasting colors are knitted up in stripes, I think it will resemble the plaid colors of a lumberjack's wool coat. This is a random-width, six-stripe repeat. I feel like the skeins of self-striping yarn come across as very strident and contrast-y, something I don't care for in the regular handpainted stuff. But in stripes, the colors show in blocks, and it gives a nice effect. At least, that's what you hope for.

Well, my men just returned from their trip to Mass., so computer time is over.

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[Scout]

Well..... I'm only going to show restraint because I spent way too much money at the shopt today. I'm going to make this:

http://www.kinverknits.com/kit_shadowshawl.htm

And with 3 skeins of Koigu and Silky Wool, and a new thingy for my circs AND 4 bottles of dye? Um. I probably shouldn't buy anything more today.

And there was that Knitpicks order too.

Dayum. Bad Scout huh?