I really don't know why it's so hard for me to keep posting here... It's really not like I don't have anything to post about or no time to do it.
Anyway, here's a catch-up on my Opal subscription boxes:
This is the September 2022 box.
There was a good mix of bright and soft colours in this one.
I've already knitted a pair of socks with the left one of these. The right one is lined up to be gifted. These designs and colourways will be part of Opal's "Knuddelbande" 6-ply collection to be released in September '23.
I've also used the left one of these already. My husband usually doesn't go for the "boring man sock colours" which is probably why he did...
Both of these will be part of the "Regenwald 19" collection, available in July '23.
I'm not sure about the peachy one to be honest because I'm usually not one to go for pastels but I like the green one. It goes well with my collection of green yarns that will at some point be turned into a jumper/sweater.
The ball bands for the subscription box yarns changes every September. I particularly love this year's design! Aren't these rainbow mandala cats just wonderful?
This was the December '22 box. As usual it came with an extra one as a Christmas present.
Lots of lovely colours in this one. My two big ones immediately called dibs on one each. (I've already done both pairs.)
The left one became a pair of socks for T. (I was surprised by his choice yet again.) The right one reminds me a lot of a colourway from Opal's "Hundertwasser" designs; "Winterbild Polyp Wintergeist" in case you'd like to look it up.
Both of these are very lovely! I've used the left one to make a pair of socks for my daughter (and since her feet aren't that big yet I'll still get a pair of ankle socks out of the rest of the ball for myself), the right one is beautifully autumnal. These will be part of the "Schafpate 15" collection, available by early September '23.
I'm pretty sure that the right one will be part of the "Laubgeflüster" collection, available by the end of September '23, but while I'm also pretty sure the blue one will create the same pattern the exact same colours aren't in the collection pre-view.
Since many of the colours and designs in these boxes are exclusive however that's totally possible. I could also just be wrong about the pattern... it's often hard to tell.
Here's the Christmas present ball. It came as a surprise to me that I really like it as I'm normally not that drawn to pale blues and turquoise. But the softness of these colours is really lovely. They don't appear pastelly but rather dusky and vintage (if that's the right word for what I mean?). They have a slight grunge to them...
This design was part of a previous Opal collection: "Memories".
This is the March '23 box.
It arrived only last week, at the start of the Easter holidays. There's a good mix of colours in this one again.
I can't tell you how excited I get when I open these! It's always like Christmas...
I'm pretty sure these are the same design and I love them both. The orange one for being orange combined with purple and lilac and the green one for being green and looking like a day in a spring meadow.
These might just be the same design as well but with the colours being so different and the pattern so... aah... undefined? ...it's really hard to tell.
I love the hot pink-red-magenta one! Not so sure about the speckly white one... Maybe I'll make a little jumper for my baby niece...
That's it for now with the yarn porn... I hope I'm not boring you to death and I really hope I'm not just making you miserable about things I have and you don't (if that should be the case). I'm really not writing these posts to brag about what I have!
I like to keep track of my yarn and sock knitting. (You should see the filing system I have for all the photos I take... or maybe better not.)
I also get a lot of pleasure out of looking at the yarn when the boxes arrive, matching up the patterns as best as I can and trying to find out if they are previews of upcoming Opal collections or exclusive box designs. Since you only get a few months preview on the Opal website it's not always easy but I do my best. Sometimes I find matches for patterns and designs from previous boxes.
Maybe that kind of pleasure is weird I don't really care. It's harmless and there are far weirder things to take pleasure in I guess...
If you don't know what the above pictures are about, I've explained about the Opal subscription box in this post and you can find all the posts I've written about my boxes so far in the relevant category.
As always I'd like to mention that this is not a sponsored post - I don't get paid or receive free products for writing this.