Yarn Dyeing: Women's World Cup,What? What?

Okay, okay. Behind as always. But I promise you I CREATED these yarns in a timely fashion, I'm just really bad about getting them in a condition where I can share them with other people.

So... most of the excuses for U.S.ians to be patriotic have come and gone for this year, but LBR, you're totally not going to get around to actually knitting with stuff you buy now for at least a year anyway, right? Besides... these aren't strictly U.S. themed in the strictest sense (because I'm not U.S.ian in the strictest sense), but rather they're football based (by which I mean soccer... which I should probably start saying in regards to these yarns since they're #Mercian).

Let's start over from the beginning.

Last summer, the mostly-not-terrible-anymore U.S. Men's National Team shocked the world by getting out of their group in the FIFA Men's World Cup. I cared less about that than about the fact that their away jerseys were pretty cool and looked like the ever patriotic U.S. children's summer treat, the bomb pop. In celebration, I dyed some yarn... because, you know, that's what I do.

That's right... I dyed this yarn pretty much last summer and it's been sitting around waiting for me to do a thing with it ever since. I finally got around to it in anticipation of this summer's myriad of Hooray #MURICA events (even though neither U.S. team is wearing these jerseys anymore). If it helps though, think of them as Netherlands' flag-inspired. Or France... Bastille days is soon, yeah? Or just knit them next year.

Here it is... my first ever "self striping" yarn. Bomb Pop!

Second, but really most important and relevant... this year's U.S.A. World Cup yarn.

In case you missed it (I did, I was in a car driving across this ginormous country), the U.S. Women's National Team (who have always been superior to the Men's team) won the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and earned themselves their third star. They are the first country to win three Women's World Cups. And I'll be damned if they didn't do it in the coolest effen jerseys ever created by anyone.

In preparation (and because, let's face it, gradients are THE THING in yarn right now) and in celebration and in pretty much just basic badassery, I created a dark blue - light blue gradient yarn that celebrates this team and all their accomplishment and what they're doing for the sport and also this freaking badass jersey (I now own a U.S. Soccer thing. Actually KNOWING a dude on the U.S. Soccer team couldn't get me to buy a jersey, but the badassery of this gradient jersey sure did), I did what I do and made a yarn. You can buy it on Etsy as single skeins or you can let me know how much you want total and I can make you a gradient kit. It's called, because it has to be, Third Star.

Pretty sweet, right? I made a gradient, y'all!

Hope you enjoy them. Tell your friends!