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May 19, 2007
Reveal
So sorry for not updating so long!
First, Last week when I had to update, this site's surver had some serious problem and was down for a week or so....and meanwhile, I have been preparing my own hand dyed yarn and shop at Etsy(see side bar).
Yesterday I uploaded my yarns for sale and today, finally my surver came back again.
So.
I decide to make my own hand dyed sock yarn, it is actually a final solution to stop buying too much sock yarns! Yes, I didn't show you recently my sock yarn stash and it was carefully hide...and stashed. Now it is embarassingly enourmous and I had serious addiction. It was the yarn itself and the colors....which grab me always. I almost don't care if I use these yarn collection to knit, obviously my purshase was to posess them, knitting socks from them was optional.
I open my eyes wide and realized what is necessary for me.
I believe my yarns could have different kind of colorway from US handdyer, for I have my own Japanese cultural backborn and I guess it is different from them. First I cannot find any sock yarn made in Japan for dyeing, so I try to scout out some yarn manufacturer who can help me. We collaborate to make an original sock yarn from Italian superwash wool and we made it. The yarn is just INCREDIBLE. Everyone who touched the yarn around me tells it is rather silk than wool. So soft, yet it is springy as wool. It is something completely new and you have never met the yarn like this. Moreover, you cannot find any other place on the earth to get THIS yarn except my shop!!
I knitted up a pair of socks from it and wore, washed with machine. Looks no problem. Rather, the yarn itself tends to bloom after washing. Interesting.
So....next thing I have to do is to continue dyeing. I will try to update my Etsy shop every two weeks, maybe on Friday.
Posted by trico at May 19, 2007 06:04 PM
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Omedetou gozaimasu! I am going to go visit your shop right now!
Posted by: Mariko at May 22, 2007 02:04 AM
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making hand-dyed sock yarn available in Japan! I am always so frustrated by the lack of decent sock yarn here...a few balls of scratchy Regia is all that I can find in Sapporo to buy...and ordering from overseas all the time is getting expensive! I look forward to seeing what you put in your etsy shop!
Posted by: Rachele at May 22, 2007 10:59 AM
Congratulations on the opening of your etsy store. Your yarn looks lovely.
Posted by: celia at May 27, 2007 09:30 AM
I'm late to the party and just starting to catch up on all your posts. Congrats on opening the shop! I'm heading over right now. The yarns you showed a few months ago were so lovely. I can't wait to see what I will find. :)
Posted by: Marie at June 18, 2007 11:58 PM