More About the Yarn Club

Thank you so much for your huge interest in our 25th Yarn Club! We sold out of the spaces in just the first two days so I was able to add more and I think that initial rush has simmered down enough that it could be open until the middle of next week. Please don't hesitate if you want in.

I had a couple e-mails asking if I could show you some of the goodies from the previous 24th Club, and I'm happy to show you what I do have left. Much of the items I don't have any more (our makers usually make just enough), but I do have a couple of the items that I had for myself that I can share. Below you'll see a couple skeins, some stich markers, lotion and Soak washes, a hand made pom pom, and a leather and metal shawl cuff.

The blue skein above was inspired by this photo of Cub Lake

And the skein on the right was inspired by this one

This photo doesn't show all of the goodies in the three months of the club. Maybe 2/3. But for those that haven't participated before it gives you a good idea of what you can expect. And do you see the leather piece wrapped around the blue skein? It's a hand made leather and metal shawl cuff to be worn like this to keep your shawl in place. What a wonderful piece, right?

And while I don't have a skein to show you of the first month of the last club, here's a Vidette hat knit by club member Elizabeth who also had this to say about this color, "I received my first shipment for this club. It's beautiful! Part of my childhood was spent in southern California, in Huntington Beach. Camping trips to the canyons, deserts and mountains of the area are some of my fondest childhood memories. Those memories are the biggest reason I joined this club. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. My parents would be delighted to know the memories of those trips live on." *heart melting*

Elizabeth also has this picture to share of the adorable recipient wearing her new hat out in nature as intended. Just perfect!

So if the club is something you were wavering on, I hope this little taste gives you an idea of what you might see mid month in March/April/May. I will not be sharing any of the dyers or makers ahead of time. Everything will be a surprise when you open your package. But I will share that the colors in this round are a bit more bold and colorful than the last round. Perhaps I'm looking toward spring and summer and thinking COLOR more. I really like what the dyers came up with!

Did you sign up for the previous club? What resonated with you? Did you sign up again this round? Do share with us.

Comments

[Donna]

I have signed up for almost every club & not been disappointed. I’ve really enjoyed the nature inspired color ways but I think my favorite of fairly recent clubs was the candy one.

[Megan]

I loved the first National Parks club and I’m very excited about this second one! I’ve done a few SSYC yarn clubs, and each time I’ve been introduced to at least one dyer I haven’t used before, which I really enjoy.

I do need to go back and knit something out of the Canyonlands yarn, though! I tried a brioche hat with another skein of the same yarn I had in a kind of blue-green, but with the colors and the tweed it was just too much visual noise.

[Elizabeth]

National Parks was the first yarn club I've ever joined, and I've been knitting almost 20 years. I enjoyed it enough to purchase the next National Park series. Can't wait to see where you take us next! Chances are good my parents took my brother and I there when we were kids.

[Mary]

I have never been disappointed with my many purchases. I bought this for my daughter as a surprise. She was totally in awe of all the goodies, so I know that she will like the next ones as they arrive. I love the National Parks and being of a certain age now have a life time pass. Don't know if I remembered to tell my daughter that she was conceived on our first big vacation as a married couple over fifty years ago.