Apr 18 2009
February 2009 Woolgirl Sock Club
So yeah. About that blogging thing and keeping my projects and new yarns and clubs up to date. Sorry about that. I had a bit of losing my knitting mojo for awhile there. I think I have found it and have slowly taken up knitting again. In the meantime I have had a whole bunch of things to share with you. Hopefully I’ll be able to catch you all up in the next week or so and then move forward.
In February I received the first of the 2009 Woolgirl Sock Club shipments. I love this club. The thought and details that Jen puts into her club is just the best. This shipment directs you to become the Queen of your knitting and is themed around Cleopatra. I am a huge fan of Cleopatra and I got the biggest smile on my face when I saw what the theme was.
First up is the yummy yarn. It is from Zen Yarn Garden, a yarn I have not experienced before. It is their Serenity yarn, a merino and cashmere blend. They dyed it in the Gold Dynasty Colorway, perfect for the theme. It also have a bunch of fun extras.
It contains two pattens, including one that is not a sock. It has a cabled sock pattern entitled Majestic by Elizabeth Warner. It also comes with a scarf pattern if you are just not up for knitting another pair of socks or want to try something different with sock yarn. It called Alexandria and was designed by Lisa Dykstra.
The extras are a stitch marker from Mama Llama, a silk project bag from Lantern Moon, a Queen of Knitting Sock Club pen, lotion in Lilacs in Bloom scent by Rachel Rene, a cute notecard hand-made by Willa Landino, a Soak wool wash sample, a magnet calendar with future shipments marked, and a cute little pyramid. This has to be my favorite feature of the kit. When opened it reveals:
Two little Cleopatra chocolates! The best part is the chocolates are from Gayle’s Chocolates, a local business to me. I would love to know how she picks out her extras and just how she discovered these.
Sadly I have not had a chance to get started on these socks, even though I said I wouldn’t get behind this year. I have only recently taken up knitting again in the last few weeks and I have a deadline for some farm squares fast approaching. They are taking precedence right now, so I need to get those wrapped up before working on anything else. I do think this will be my first cable project though and I am pretty excited. Can’t wait to learn something new. Here is one last picture of the yarn for you. Pretty!
