We will no long be carrying Silver Freckle Sock, all current stock has been moved to the Sale section of the shop.

We are also replacing our Free Verse Sock base. You might have noticed none had been dyed in a while, I was trying out a few different yarns. The current stock of FVS has also been moved to the Sale section. Look for the new FVS base (same fiber content) in the Fall.

(stitchmarkers and candy not visible & photo borrowed from club member, Karen, thank you Karen!)

Second pkg for PDY’s Dead Poets Sock Club featuring poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.

The colorway, Little Ways, was inspired by the poem The Spring and The Fall-

In the spring of the year, in the spring of the year,
I walked the road beside my dear.
The trees were black where the bark was wet.
I see them yet, in the spring of the year.
He broke me a bough of the blossoming peach
That was out of the way and hard to reach.

In the fall of the year, in the fall of the year,
I walked the road beside my dear.
The rooks went up with a raucous trill.
I hear them still, in the fall of the year.
He laughed at all I dared to praise,
And broke my heart, in little ways.

Year be springing or year be falling,
The bark will drip and the birds be calling.
There’s much that’s fine to see and hear
In the spring of a year, in the fall of a year.
‘Tis not love’s going hurt my days.
But that it went in little ways.

PDY is one of the sponsors of this years Summer of Socks, yay! From now till the end of SOS (in Sept) you can get 15% off all orders by entering SOS2009 when checking out.

Happy Summer and Happy Sock Knitting!

Also, PDY will be one of contributors for the August Phat Fiber Sampler Box (and future months). This is a fun way to try out different vendors, hand dyed yarns, handspuns, hand dyed fibers, markers and other assorted goodies.

Celebrate Mothers Day with a 15% discount on all orders Sunday the 10th & Monday the 11th! Enter mamamia at checkout!

The winner of our most recent contest has been chosen!

Congratulations to commenter #8 - Chelsea! I will e-mail you sometime today to get your address and your prize will be mailed between Monday and Wednesday of next week.

Thank you to everyone who left a comment!

It’s the last day to enter the contest! It closes at noon. Good luck!

The Shop has been updated with 15 skeins of Sonnet Sport and 6 skeins of Beat Sock! Thanks for looking!

Also, don’t forget about the Contest!

Penguin Dust (new colorway in Beat Sock and Sonnet Sport)
Conversation Hearts, Chrysalis
I Bite, Cantaloupe
Time of Fire, She’s Got Style (new colorway)
Calliope, Waltzing Matilda
Rose-Lipt Maiden, My Squishy (new colorway)
Jungle, I am the Grass
Midnight Iris, Fireflies in the Garden
Crap Candy, Mermaid
Nevermore, Ancient Rivers

I think PDY is due for a contest, what do you think?

Leave a comment to this post and the random number generator will draw one lucky winner. That’s it, easy, right?! Comments will close at noon (EST) on Friday, May 8th and a winner will be picked that night. The prize?

A skein of Free Verse Sock in Perfect Day
a set of pink jasper stitch markers
a Edna St. Vincent Millay keychain from April Dead Poets Sock Club swag, and
the book Knitting Sock with Handpainted Yarns

Good Luck and Thanks for stopping by!

Hey guys! Thought I’d share the yarn I recently did for a local (well, up in Perrysburg) yarn shops sock club.

For Yarn Cravin’ I dyed up some Ode to the Sea Sock in a colorway called Turk’s Cap Lily because the TCL is a native flower of Northwest Ohio. My inspiration came from this photo.

And these are the socks I knit up with the test skein (love)-

First pkg for PDY’s Dead Poets Sock Club. The featured poet was revealed to be Edna St. Vincent Millay.

The yarn is named after the poet and inspired by her and her poem First Fig-

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!