Soysilk Lace - On a Bento Box

The HiyaHiya circulars and needle interchangeable sets are proving popular. Thank you for choosing Stranded In Oz! We love the new SHARPS!

HiyaHiya SHARP tip 5" interchangeable set

The weather (suddenly cold) is not conducive to painting cellulose, so it’s back to painting wool this week! We”ll keep you posted from here and on our Ravelry Group.

Soy DK Wild Mix One

The new 2012 yarns will be at the Port Markets tomorrow, along with the latests stocks of HiyaHiya knitting needles. Come on up to the Port tomorrow. We’re open from 9am to 5pm. Every Sunday and Public Holiday Monday.

Bamboo Sock Knitting Kit

The latest 2012 lots of Stranded In Oz Soy DK, Soy Lace, and Soy Bulky Ribbon will be there. These yarns will be loaded online on Monday, after the Port customers get a chance to see ‘em.

Spin and Knit in Good Health and Happiness, Melissa

Included are:

Infatuation by Treisur Wool/Bamboo Sock Yarn Deluxe

Included with your purchase of 2 balls of Infatuation is the pattern to make one of my favourite scarves:

Mel's Infatuation

Jazz, including the really fun bronze and gold mix

Jazz Bronze and Gold Mix

Restocks of Tofutsies® solids in the brilliant green, turquoise, yellow, and luscious red:

Tofutsies ToePic of Capricorn

And the heaps-of-fun String Me Along, including a brighter white, which would be great for wedding knits!

String Me Along in Denim

There are more surprises in this shipment — including some new and old faves destined for the dyetable! Stay tuned.

Dear Stranded In Oz Customer! Thank you to each and every one of you for
your business this year. We continue to be proud of the yarns, fibres, and
designs that are SIOz.

Your continued support inspires me and keeps the whole woolly enterprise
thriving. This year, my partner, Richard, has decided to start calling me
Shippy (yup, that’s sheepy hippy). Rather than take offense, the name is
growing on me. I say, the more Shippies the better! Here’s a photo of Dec 2011′s Calamity Jane Red in a wool/alpaca/nylon blend.

Calamity Jane Yarn

The 2012 Knitters’ and Spinners’ Clubs are in the works for 2012. The colour
inspiration, while always Oz-inspired, will also be A Good Yarn Yarn –
great quality yarns inspired by colours from favourite stories. Some may be
familiar to SIOz fans, and some are entirely new. The packs will reflect the
themes of each story. Stay tuned.

Dec Club Fibre Alpaca Beach Box Red Gold

If you have any questions regarding yarn or fibre clubs, or any Stranded In
Oz products, please feel free to contact us here at SIOz Central.

Knit, spin, crochet, and felt in good health and happiness for 2012,
Melissa

HiyaHiya Puppy Snips

In the works: Club Product Listings for 2012 Clubs. For 2012 the benefits are best the earlier you join. I’m finalising mill orders and will keep you posted ASAP. For 2011 club members, the first bonus is that you can use your clubcode discount to resubscribe for 2012. Oh yeah!

Back to the workpile, Melissa

Thank you also to Jonelle and Jonette at SWTC for making the SWTC selection what it is — fabulous! The hanks of Jazz and cones of String Me Along are loaded onto the webshop again. And the Tofutsies selection was nice and varied, a colour for every knitter. The Tofutsies is loaded online as well in all its glory.

Inventory must be taken. The webshop must be restocked. The orders must be mailed. And the deadlines must be met. Usual stuff.

Here’s a piccie of the display at the Adelaide Craft and Quilt Fair last weekend.

Stranded In Oz at Adelaide C & Q Fair Nov

If you missed out on a colour or type of yarn, please feel free to inquire via email or ring 08 8341 0213.

Here are some of the yarns that are on the next dye runs:

Shadow Kin Ltd Edition Sock (thank you for your enthusiasm) Interested in urban fantasy fiction? Check out the book, Shadow Kin by M.J. Scott.

Shadow Kin by MJ Scott

Yes, the colourway Shadow Kin is the cover colours — and darn it — I didn’t stash a hank of the first run. A few hanks of Sunmage (far right) are on the webshop now. Mmmmm. Premium sock yarn!

Shadow Kin Ltd Ed Sock

Banjara Quilt –4ply

Around the Campfire – 4ply

Banjara Quilt and Around the Campfire

I’ve painted both Banjara and Campfire a lot this past winter. These colours hadn’t been in my repertoire for 2 years or so — on a whim I took them out of retirement. Thank you for the thumbs up for both.

Surprise hit of the show? Night at Timberlake (hank on the far left of photo below:

Merino 3 from Stranded In Oz

For those of you who are new to SIOz yarns, I tend to name my yarn colours after places. Timberlake is the name of the place where I spent a few summers at camp (a peculiar American tradition where parents send their kids off to be eaten by mozzies and served revolting food). Camp Timberlake will forever be etched into my memory as the place where I lived with a fair dinkum dunny for 2 weeks. Apologies, but I may have written about this previously. The scars run deep.

I plan the colours, then paint them based on the formula I’ve worked out for the colourway. Other times, I just go with whatever strikes my fancy — usually when I am using up dye at the end of a day — to not waste dye and water. Those I call wild mixes and they’re def. not repeatable colourways.

Knit, spin, and crochet in good health and happiness.

Back to the workpiles. Melissa

Craft and Quilt Fair Adelaide

Right — at the 11th hr, I’ve confirmed — on the way from SYD-E-NEY — a few free tickets to next week’s Adelaide Craft & Quilt Fair.

I’m keeping fingers crossed they arrive swiftly. That said, they will be available on a first-message, first win basis.

This time around, here are the RULES:

One ticket per person
You must email me asap melissa@strandedinoz.com

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Club Packs: All packs were shipped as normal last week. If you have any questions regarding Stranded In Oz Fibre or Knitting Clubs, please feel free to email or ring  us.

October Knitter’s Featured Sock Design: The Glinda Sock in Glinda, the Good Wool

Glinda Sock

Due to the nature of my design and dye schedules, I’m not always able to re-knit the socks in the colour for the pack. This design was in the works long before the dyelots went up. The colour for October is a sizzling hot Fresh Lemongrass — a bright Spring green blend. Mmmmmm.

For the Fibre Club — it is pin drafted Rambouillet — so soft and sproingy, it’s a pleasure to spin. This month it’s Pretty Good Green.

Pretty Good Green Fibre Club

Adelaide Craft and Quilt Fair — Nov 2-6, Adelaide Showgrounds: I’ll be posting information later in the week regarding the SIOz booth at this year’s show.

Thank you as always for choosing SIOz yarns, fibres, and designs. We know you have a choice, so thank you for yours.

Procrastination Socks from Stranded In Oz

Check out the latest edition of YARN Magazine — Issue 23 features 2 sock designs from Stranded In Oz — and a set of bamboo sock needles to knit the cover design, Procrastination Socks!

Grab yourelf a copy from our online shop! For overseas customers, no additional postage will be added if you order your copy from us from now until October 31st!

Procrastination Socks by Melissa Deutsch Scott

EXTRA NOTE: several customers have asked if this offer means free postage to the USA. No — this offer of discount postage to the overseas means that I am waiving the ADDITIONAL postage charges to overseas customers. This can range from $7.05 – $12.00 postage for 1 copy of the mag per order. I’ve checked — my pricing is very close to the USA shop price — AND includes the free knitting needles (seriously!) which overseas customers will NOT get with their shop copies.

Items marked for free shipping on our webshop are clearly marked as free ship items. End of additional note.

This Procrastination sock features several different colour techniques using leftover hand-painted sock yarn. Of course this version features SIOz sock yarns — fyi: there are a coupla hanks left of the Happy Little Mitey Sock used in the magazine version. .

Also in Issue 23 — the Micro Aran Sock — cables that look nice on a small, sock scale. These socks were knitted in a natural coloured Aussie sheepwool, but any 4ply/fingering weight yarn will suffice. If you haven’t any luck finding all natural, untreated 4ply sock yarn near you, email melissa@strandedinoz.com and I’ll organise some to be wound off for you from my workshop.

Micro Aran Socks

I’ve included the heel shot above to give you a sense of one of the design features, a nicely-fitting afterthought heel — roomy enough to fit most feet — that makes the most of the small cables running down the sides of the sock.

New to Stranded In Oz — check out the new Hiya Hiya needles and accesories — affordable, well-made needles and a new bamboo interchangeable set that won’t break the budget!

This special applies to Port Markets customers this Sunday.

Back to work! Mel

Kollage Square Knitting Needles