SSYC's 27th Yarn Club is LIVE! Go here to sign up for three months of greatness. I'm super excited about this one, as ever since I post about the idea of a Hat Set Club a couple weeks ago, I have received a lot of feedback on social media and especially e-mail. You all really wanted me to make this happen and I'm super happy to. Yes, it did require a last minute pivot, as I already had a different idea in the works, but our monthly SSYC Hat Sets have been selling out so fast and so many people miss out that I think this is a fab way to make oh-so-many of you happy and spread the hat love.
What can you expect in this three month club? Gorgeous skeins. Goods handmade with care and love. Thoughtful design. Each month a full sized skein of either DK or Worsted weight yarn, a beautifully coordinating pom pom and other goodies like patterns, tools, stickers, little note cards - basically things that either come in handy or make us feel good and smile. Yes, the yarn and pom are meant for a hat. But you can use it for whatever you want. Heavy weight socks, mitts, or get another skein (yes, we will have extras you can tack on after) for legwarmers or several for a sweater. And I find that I just love having a few extra poms in my knitting stash so I can add them to a hat, to a ceiling fan pull, to a kids' backpack, to a keychain, to the top of a gift, use as a Christmas Tree ornament.... so many pom-possibilities!
The cost of this club is $140 today and that includes shipping. Next week it will go up in price to $146, assuming there are still spots left - some years the club sells out in days, but usually I can keep it open 10-14 days so you can wait for payday. By ordering early you basically get shipping of one month for free. It's just a little token of appreciation from me to you. Your encouragement and ideas mean everything. Since our SSYC Hat Sets (released here mid month) are typically $39, this is a great deal b/c for an extra $20 you are getting 1) shipping, extra goodies, and limited edition colors and 2) you don't have to visit the Kits & Clubs link every month and find that the one you saw in the preview already sold out in an hour. Instead, we package up your club with care and you get it automatically shipped to you. And if you have been in the club before, you know that I often surprise you with e-mailed coupon codes for discounts on that month's dyer or free shipping, these are not included in the cost, but are just icing on the cake. There are all sorts of surprises each month!
What dyers should you expect to see? I'M NOT TELLING. No, really. It's a complete secret this time. Sometimes I tell you one dyer ahead of time, but I'm not sharing any this time. I will share that we are adding three new dyers to the shop shortly, so perhaps that's a hint as to one? And you should not expect each month to be a 100% merino skein, though each skein will be mainly merino wool. We're trying other fibers, textures, etc. I'm really pushing the limit of our dyers and artisans and I can't wait to see the results.
Signing up now means you pay now to secure your place for all three months, March-April-May. We will ship these out mid-late month each month. These will not ship out early in the month, so please do wait until around the 20th of each month to see the monthly shipping e-mail we send out with pattern ideas and other tidbits. These are all high-demand dyers and need time to get their skeins to us. You can sign up if you are not in the US, but know that while we will ship out your club with the others, international shipping is taking 1-3 months. Last round, Australia stopped taking USPS packages, so we couldn't ship those out at all. I think Italy or another country did the same. So please do keep in mind that if your shipping address is not in the US that you are ordering knowing that the pandemic and shipping issues are out of our control and it could be months before you receive your package. US shipping is predictable, but international is not right now.
If you'd like to see some of the hat sets we've done this fall and winter, here are a few links to Instagram to show you: January, Christmas, December, November, October. They have been SO well received and it makes me super happy that so many of you have given me such great feedback on these. My plan is to continue the mid-month hat sets through March, so you'll still see those in the Kits & Clubs section too. I might continue them later in the season because I have a feeling that I'm going to get a lot of e-mails if I stop. My intention was to just offer hat sets during the cold weather months, but as you all reminded me, hats are a great project any time of year (just like socks) as they are portable, small, and our loved ones are always in need of a good hat or three.
Oh, and if you are new to our clubs, please do order the club in an order of its own and do not add other items/ yarn to it. For your club to be counted it needs to be ordered alone. Yes, you can order several clubs on the same order, as many of you do. But if you order other goodies along with your club, you'll get an e-mail from me about me refunding those and taking them off your club order. Please order other things that you want today separately from your club subscription.
Have questions? You can always e-mail me, Allison, at service@simplysockyarn.com. I'm always happy to help. Now go sign up and join us in three months of fibery greatness! Edited to add a few days later- the club is 2/3 sold out so please don't hesitate too much longer if you definitely want in.
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