Balticon Pricing

These are the first photos of "Girls' Rules (top) and "Empress Sword (bottom). They are the next two LE Balticon colorways.

I have worked out the pricing for the Balticon colorways. As of right now, I am planning on doing 8 different colors. Last year I did 5. Similarly to last year, orders will initially be limited to just one skein of each color until a specific date. After that time, if any skeins are still available I will sell them without restriction. All colors will be first come first serve and they will be able to be pre-ordered starting some time in May. The date will be decided shortly. For now, here is the pricing structure. I am once again offering some pretty sweet deals for those of you interested in more than just one color.

One color $22

Two colors $20 each for a total of $40 and a savings of $4

Three colors $19 each for a total of $57 and a savings of $9

Four colors $18 each for a total of $72 and a savings of $16

Five colors $17 each for a total of $85 and a savings of $25 

Six colors $16 each for a total of $96 and a savings of $36

Seven colors $15 each for a total of $105 and a savings of $49

All eight colors at $14 each for a total of $112 and a whopping savings of $64 off my regular retail prices!!  That's almost like getting 3 skeins for free!

So, keep watching this space. I will be dyeing more of these special colorways each week now that Balticon is just around the corner. Once they are all dyed I will be reskeining and photographing them and creating the special colorway page for this year and then it will be time for the pre-orders. Don't worry, you will have plenty of time to get your order in before the con and I will again hand deliver them at Balticon for those of you that will be attending.

The Gearheart

I recently listened to The Gearheart podcast by Alex White. Alex uses a lot of colors in his descriptions. I was so inspired by the colors in this story that it became the first colorway of Balticon 2011. I incourage you to listen to the story. Alex and his wife, Renee are the readers (they do a number of different and wonderful voices/accents for the production) and Alex also composed the score for the production. 

These first photos were taken with my blackberry. I will be taking better images and officially adding the colorway to the separate page for Balticon 2011 in the near future. For now, I just had to share my instantaneous love of these colors with you.

Update

Some of the things I am currently working on at Dyed Bright Here:

I am still dyeing all of the individual colors a little bit at a time. I have at present count 38 individual colors to mix and play with to create my colorways. As of today, I have 19 of them dyed individually and have started the first swatch. I currently call them by the name the dye manufacturer gave each of the dyes. I am thinking of re-naming them. The dye may be called Kelly Green but on my yarn, I see it as "Jealousy". That way, once the project is completed when someone wants to mix their own colorway together it might be a mix of Love, Lust, Hope, and Faith.  

I also have a few colorways in mind that I haven't translated onto the yarn yet. So far the list includes:

Wild Woman--Purple, orange, sky blue, and ?

Brains--Pastel pink and grey

Oh, Baby!--typical baby colors, light blue, pink, lavender, mint green, maybe yellow

Swamp Thing--browns, dark greens, black

And then there's the upcoming LE colorways for Balticon 45 in 2011.

And, finally, some monochromatic colorways. 

The holiday season is currently squashing most of us under its big, green, hairy thumb (myself included). I hope you have a moment to sit back, take a deep breath, and enjoy all the wonderful colors of the season. Here's wishing you a safe, happy, healthy, and colorful holiday.  See you in 2011.

Love,

Sue