Finishing the Holiday Weekend with a Bang: Limited Edition Mini-Skein Collections

28NovNovember 28, 2016 By Stephanie

I had a wonderful weekend filled with good food and lots of family — and I hope your holiday weekend was just as good. But now that it’s time to go back work and the real world, the transition can be a bit harsh. So let me see if I can soften the blow with the last of our holiday weekend special offers. I’m super-excited about these! Are you ready? Here we go…

Limited Edition Holiday Mini-Skein Collections

We love what you can do with our adorable Mini-Skeins (we think of them as yarn crayons that you can use to add colour to any project!). So we dyed some special, never-to-be-repeated colourways and put them together by the half-dozen for a perfect holiday gift. The perfect introduction to Mini-Skeins or to Spacecadet, these little collections make a wonderful holiday gift — click here to get one.

PLUS — each Mini-Skein Collection includes the Mini-Skein Gathered Cowl pattern, so your gift recipient can cast onto the mini-skein fun straight away!

(Wait… does it look like I gave Kristen a mustache?!? Oops!)

Four Month Gift Subscription to the SpaceCadet’s Mini-Skein Club

Our Mini-Skein Club is crazy-popular and a ton of fun …and now you have the chance to give a one-time gift subscription to your favourite knitter or crocheter — or try it yourself!

Working with mini-skeins is like drawing with yarn, and each little bundle of colour becomes a new and exciting addition to your palette! Our Gift Subscription allows you or your gift recipient to join in with our regular club members from January to April 2017. Available for only a limited time — click here for all the details.

And Get The Last of These Before They’re Gone!…

Our Holiday Limited Edition Colourways

There are just a few of these left and they are gorgeous, so grab them before they disappear! Click here to see what’s still available.

(Can I tell you again how much I love the way this photoshoot turned out? I love it I love it I love it!)

Cool SpaceCadet Stuff from our Swag Shop

You know how you have projects you’ve been meaning to do and meaning to do and… and you just never get around to them? Opening the SpaceCadet Swag shop was one of those projects for me. I can’t tell you how many times people ask me if our adorable project bags are available, or if we have more of those nifty circular needle boxes. And now, I am thrilled to announce, we do!

To see the collection, click here and then click the “Swag” button. We’ve got custom bags from Knerd, screenprinted project bags and custom notions tins from HipStrings, some excellent circular needle boxes, and mugs from Pawley studios. All with our SpaceCadet grinning away!

Our Black Friday One-of-a-Kind Sweater Kits

There are a few gorgeous colour combos left — click here to check them out. I think my favourite is #39… what’s yours?

Our Holiday Limited Editions Go Live at Noon!

26NovNovember 26, 2016 By Stephanie

To celebrate the upcoming holidays, we did what we love best and created four new, stunning colourways to ring in the season. Dyed on four bases — Pyxis, Lucina, Lyra, and Astrid — the skeins seemed to get more and more breathtaking with every colour we layered on. I am so excited to share them with you!

Available at Noon Today

These special Limited Edition colourways will be going live at noon today and only in very limited quantities. They’re sure to go very quickly, so set a reminder and grab the colourways you love while you have the chance.

In each photo, the bases are from left: Astrid, Lyra, Lucina, Lyra, and Pyxis:

So Much More This Weekend!

These colourways are part of our Black Friday Holiday Weekend Specials. To see our One-of-a-Kind Sweater Kits, click here.

Sunday from 3pm — SpaceCadet Swag

By popular demand is such a cliche but, this time, it’s true! We’ve had so many requests for more of some of our most popular club gifts that we went back to the makers and asked them recreate them with the adorable SpaceCadet front and center. Our Notions tins, project bags, needle boxes (and more!) let you show off your SpaceCadet pride.

Monday from 12.01am: Our Holiday Mini-Skein Collections and Mini-Skein Club Holiday Gift Subscriptions

We love what you can do with our adorable Mini-Skeins (we think of them as yarn crayons that you can use to add colour to any project!). So we dyed some special never-to-be-repeated colourways and put them together by the half-dozen for a perfect holiday gift. Or, if you know someone who has always wanted to try the fun of our Never Ending Gradient in the Mini-Skein Club, we’ve got an option for that as well. Keep your eyes on your inbox for the link in time to scoop these up!

Our Specials for Black Friday… And Beyond!

25Nov By Stephanie

This weekend is many things: a time to spend with family (I had a great Thanksgiving with mine — I hope you did too), the full start of the holiday season and, for the SpaceCadet crew, a chance to pull out the stops and create some real fun for our customers. And this year, we all sat round a table with our tea and knitting for a big brainstorming session… and did exactly that!

We’ve got some great stuff lined up, something special every day of the weekend… and beyond! Here’s the awesome line up…

Friday from 12.01am — Our One-of-a-Kind Sweater Kits

We have some much fun putting these together for you! We spread out a huge sheet, put all our skeins in the middle, and then start choosing and swapping until we get combinations that make us all squee! I think you might too. Take a look at the colour combos below and pick your favourite, then click here to go and grab it before anyone else does because there’s only one of each for most of these and, once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Saturday from noon — Our Holiday Limited Edition Colourways

These colourways were so much fun to develop, I could hardly contain myself. With every colour we layered on, the skeins seemed to get more and more breathtaking and I just couldn’t wait to show you! Dyed on four bases — Pyxis, Lucina, Lyra, and Astrid — in very limited quantities, they’re sure to go very quickly, so be sure to set a reminder now and watch your inbox for the link.

Sunday from 3pm — SpaceCadet Swag

Monday from 12.01am: Our Holiday Mini-Skein Collections and Mini-Skein Club Holiday Gift Subscriptions

The Winner of Our $20 Gift Certificate!

We so much fun in our Mini-Skein Cowl KAL that I decided to do a giveaway for a $20 gift certificate in time for Black Friday shopping. So, without further ado, the winner is….

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Congratulations, Martha! Just hit reply and give us your email address and we’ll get your discount code to you asap!

Out-Of-This-World Gift Ideas for Knitters & Crocheters

23NovNovember 23, 2016 By Stephanie

It’s hard to believe but, in just a few days, the turkey will be leftovers and all the madness of holiday shopping will be upon us. And it can be so overwhelming! So before it all starts, I put together a quick gift guide to help you find (or make!) the perfect holiday present — with a focus on yarny goodness instead of the overwhelm.

Laura Nelkin Kits

Some of the fastest (and most impressive) gifts are made from Laura Nelkin’s knitted jewelry kits. Known for lacework and beaded designs, Laura realised those two skills can also be employed to create beautiful necklaces, cuffs, earrings, and more! Click here to see her full collection.

Or… if you have a knitter on your list, these kits make awesome gifts just as they are. Either way, you’ll have this gift-giving thing nailed!

Plummy Cowl and Mitts

The best holiday gifts keep you warm, and Katy Carroll’s Plummy Cowl and Mitts do that from the moment you put them on. Quick and simple, but with lots of intriguing cablework, knit them in SpaceCadet Lyra for a gift you’ll enjoy making as much as giving.

Click here for a copy of the cowl pattern and here for the mitts.
Click here for a skein of SpaceCadet Lyra

FreshStitches Adorable Amigurumi

Whether they are under-the-tree gifts or on-the-mantle decorations, these little snowmen are are too adorable to pass up. And the cute isn’t limited to holiday motifs: if there’s a little one on your list (or someone who is a kid at heart), FreshStitches amigurumi will make a super-quick gift that’s sure to be a hit. Plus, check out the brand-new Ami Club — perfect for you or as a gift for your favourite crocheter.

Curls and Curls 2

Hunter Hammersen’s books are beautiful to read and her designs are a joy to create. Make your favourite knit-worthy friend one of her beautiful curled shawls and keep the book for yourself! A skein of SpaceCadet Oriana makes Ianthine from her first Curls book, and two skeins of SpaceCadet Maia makes Artifice from Curls2.

To make Ianthine (above)

Click here for a copy of Curls
Click here for a skein of SpaceCadet Oriana

To make Artifice (above)

Click here for a copy of Curls2
Click here for two skeins of SpaceCadet Maia

2017 Stitch the Stars Calendar Kit

Ok, technically this has nothing to do with knitting or crochet but just look at Heather Lins Home’s Stitch the Stars calendar! It’s got stitchwork… and screen-printing… and stars! You know I couldn’t resist. Fingers crossed I find it in my stocking on Christmas morning. Who do you know who’d love it too?

SpaceCadet Black Friday OOAK Kits

Our gorgeous One-of-a-Kind Sweater Kits are made up of coordinating skeins that we’ve chosen by hand to work together beautifully. A breath-taking gift, they’re perfect for an adventurous knitter or crocheter to use in a striping pattern, to colour-block, or to blend them into a gradient. The possibilities are endless!

These kits go live at 12.01am on Friday (so, Thursday night) and once they’re gone, they’re gone! So click here to check out all the colour combinations and make note of your favourites so you don’t miss out.

Dusty Tree Soaps

Running yarn through your hands all day works best when your skin is smooth and soft. I love how gentle Dusty Tree soaps are on my skin. Handcrafted in small batches with natural ingredients, they smell and feel seriously delicious and I try to never run out. This one (above) is called “Glow Moon on a Cloudy Day”, which just makes me happy.

SpaceCadet Limited Edition Colourways

This weekend we’ll be releasing four gorgeous Limited Edition colourways that I know you’re going to love! You can see three of them above (and the fourth I’m holding onto as a surprise). We’ll be announcing their release when they go live so, if you’re intrigued by the images above and want to see more, keep an eye on your inbox.

SpaceCadet Holiday Mini-Skein Collections

Our Mini-Skein Club is wildly popular and tons of fun, so we took that inspiration to create three Limited Edition Holiday Mini-Skein Collections. Featuring incredibly rich colours and subtle colour shifts, they’re so beautiful that you’ll squee as soon as you see them (we did!). They’ll go live over this holiday weekend, so watch your inbox for the announcement and grab them fast.

SpaceCadet Mugs by Pawley Studios

The perfect way for any SpaceCadet fan to stay relaxed through the holidays — with the bonus of being a super-easy gift. We have a few in stock right now and more mugs and bowls on the way. Click here get one and make someone’s eyes light up when they open their package!

A KAL for Holiday Stash Busting!

14OctOctober 14, 2016 By Stephanie

Here at the SpaceCadet studio, everyone is gearing up their holiday knitting: small projects that are quick to make, lots of fun, and the perfect gift for the knit-worthy amongst our love ones (…and, y’know, not everyone is all that knit-worthy. You know what I’m sayin’.) So it’s a really special thing, holiday gift making, and you want to choose just the right project combined with just the right yarn. Time to go stash-diving!

Our stash here in the studio is enormous — especially our pile of Mini-Skeins. As we’re putting together those lovely colourful bundles each month, we always make a few extra just in case and, after awhile, they start to add up. So while we were all discussing our holiday projects, we dug through our Mini-Skein stash to choose colours. But many of those skeins are loose — they never actually got put into a bundle — so we felt free to mix and match colours from different months however we thought best. And the results were amazing!

Have you done that too — mixed up your Mini-Skeins from different months? Or do you keep them all neatly in their bundles? The more we played with the colours of those lovely little yarn crayons, the more we realised that we gotta get everybody trying this! Seriously it is so much fun to mix up the months’ colours, and the unexpected combinations are too good to pass up. So what’s the best way to get all our Mini-Skein Club members trying this out? A super-quick, super-fun KAL, of course!

The Mini-Skein Gathered Cowl KAL

Jade has designed the sweet Mini-Skein Gathered Cowl that makes a fabulous holiday gift for anyone on your list (or even… you?). With interesting gathered stitchwork and adorable button detailing, the shorter version is knit with three SpaceCadet Mini-Skeins (and the longer version with as many as you like!), giving you endless colour options!

Pick three colours that coordinate gently for a cowl as eyecatching as the blue one above. Or choose three that contrast boldly. Or get really creative and choose three that both contrast and coordinate, like the pink-green-blue cowl below. For that one, Jade chose three skeins from three different months that, while contrasting for sure, also all have a grey element, which lends an overall cohesiveness even as the colours change from skein to skein. See what I mean? Lots of possibilities!

Cast-On: November 1! And a Pattern Discount!

We’re going to cast on our cowls on November 1 and we’d love for you to join us! The Mini-Skein Gathered Cowl pattern releases on Saturday and you can get a copy by clicking here.

But wait… we’ve got two special treats up our sleeves!

If you’re currently in the Mini-Skein Club (for the October parcel), we’re giving you a copy of the pattern for free. Watch your inbox over the next couple of days for your download code.
And if you’re on our mailing list, you get a code for 33% off! Look for that code in next week’s newsletter. (You are on the mailing list, right? You and your whole knit/crochet group? If not, click here and get on it stat!)

What If I Don’t Have a Stash of Mini-Skeins?

It’s hard to believe, I know, but there are some folks out there who don’t have a stash-mountain of Mini-Skeins to choose from. If that’s you, don’t worry — we’ve got you covered! After we went through all the Minis in the studio to pick combinations for ourselves, we found we were having so much fun, we couldn’t stop! We laid a huge sheet out on the floor, dumped all our Minis in the middle, and spent the whole afternoon mixing and matching to our hearts’ content (it’s something we call our “drinking game”, but that’s a whole ‘nother story…). The result is our Minis Triplets: little 3-skein kits that are perfect for the Mini-Skein Gathered Cowl!

Each combination is unique, so if you see one you really love, you’ve got to grab it fast! And we’ll be shipping the first wave out early next week, so you’ll have yours in plenty of time for cast-on day. Click here to see all the colour combos we came up with!

Your Turn: Raid Your Stash & Join Us!

So whaddya say? Are you ready to cast on some holiday knitting and bust your stash at the same time? We’d love to have you join us! Click here and tell us you’re in — and show off your fabulous colour combination too!

Can’t Pronounce It… Gotta Knit It!

30SepSeptember 30, 2016 By Stephanie

I love seeing people who have found the thing they are passionate about. There is nothing so infectious as the excitement and enthusiasm of someone who knows what they love and just dives in head first.

Whether it’s ballet or body art… it really doesn’t matter. The thing that is so awesome is that pure love that a real passion brings out. Jeni’s has it for ice cream. Amy Manko has it for heritage breed sheep. And Katy Carroll has it for cables.

So when we ran into her at Stitches and she took some of our yarn home with her, I had… oh, just a little inkling of what it might become. A cowl, she said. And mitts. She didn’t have to tell me it would have cables. “Katy Carroll’s Cabled Cowl,” I tried to say to the rest of the SpaceCadet crew… and failed. You try it: Katy Carroll’s Cabled Cowl… Katy Carroll’s Cabled Cowl… Kaby Carroll’s Catled Cowl… Kaby Cawoll’s Catled Cow…

“And mitts!” they reminded me. Yep, Cabled Mitts. I can say that one.

They’re knit in Lyra, with its fantastic stitch definition that is just wonderful in cables. Actually, Katy said, “Lyra is the PERFECT cabling yarn.” And given how much she does cables, she’d know. The Plummy Cowl takes 230 yards (so, about 1 skein) and is in one size. The Plummy Mitts are available in S/M/L and take between 180-200 yards of Lyra.

(But wait… if you’re itching to cast on, make sure you scroll to the bottom first for info about your discount!)

Shop Update This Saturday!

Lyra is, in fact, one of our most popular yarns. So much so that when Katy told us the pattern would be ready and released this week, we looked at our stock and realised we’d better get dyeing! So there will be a Lyra shop update this Saturday at noon (EST) — look for lots of our standard colouways plus one very special Limited Edition colourway that is gorgeous but which (probably) won’t be available again. Seriously, gorgeous.

What a sneak peek? Oh, alright then…

You’ve got holiday knitting coming up, right? No, really, it’s almost October! And the Plummy Cowl and Mitts are super-quick knits with lots of twists to keep your interest (yep, did that on purpose) and we’ve got yarn ready to go right out to you. I see a match made in heaven here. Except for the giving it away part… someone’s gotta be seriously knit-worthy for something as pretty as cables inside cables.

Get a Plummy Discount!

And if all that cable-y goodness isn’t enough, Katy is treating the folks on the SpaceCadet mailing list to a 30% discount on the pattern. You’ll get it in the newsletter on Tuesday, so order your yarn on Saturday and you can pick up the pattern while your yarn is on its way to you! If you’re not on the mailing list, you’ll miss out, so click here and join it now.

And then relax, knowing you’re going to face autumn’s chill in some serious cabled style!