Yarn Club

Sneak Peek: the Latest Yarn Alliance Parcel

By Stephanie

A couple of weeks ago, we sent out the final parcel of the last Yarn Alliance subscription period, and I was so excited about this colourway that I just have to share it with you!!!  The inspiration struck me like lightening, and I knew not only the colours to dye, but also the perfect yarn to put them on.

(Spoiler Alert! If you are a Yarn Alliance member* and you haven’t yet received your parcel, look away now if you don’t want to ruin the surprise! In fact, here’s a neutral image to act as a buffer…)

Yarn Alliance packing day!

Ok, you still with me?  Great! Let me introduce you to…

Storm Clouds, the Yarn Alliance Colourway for Sept 2014

There may be no relief so welcome as that of a thunderstorm that rolls in, fresh and forceful, to push away the heavy heat of summer and replace it with that delightfully cool that always carries the delicious smell of wet earth. Inspired by turbulent summer weather, Storm Clouds captures the majesty of the storm as the clouds move in fast, tumbling over one another – gray and blue and tinged with purple — and the light behind making them almost glow.

But how to capture that amazing glow? I realised it would come from the yarn itself – from Maia, the SpaceCadet’s new 80% bamboo, 20% superwash merino yarn — and from the way the light seems to almost float around and through that glorious sheen.

Storm Clouds

Do you love it as much as I do?  I was over the moon with the result — exactly what I’d hoped for.  Now I just have to see if I can snag a skein for myself before all the extra skeins are sold out!  Mmmmm…   what to make?  What to make?

 

The Yarn Alliance closes TONIGHT

We’ve got a few spaces left in the SpaceCadet’s InterStellar Yarn Alliance, but the subscription period closes tonight at midnight PST.  We have a ton of fun in this club so if you’ve been thinking about joining but haven’t reserved your spot yet, click here and grab it quick!

The SpaceCadet's InterStellar Yarn Alliance closes for subscriptions tonight 580

And don’t forget the Mauna Kea Giveaway!

Thanks to the incredible generosity of a member of the SpaceCadet community (who purchased a Mauna Kea kit specifically for us to give away!), you’ve got an awesome chance to win your spot in the Mauna Kea Knit-Together.

To enter, simply click here and leave a comment on last Friday’s post, telling us what you like best about the Mauna Kea design.  Entries close on Thursday, and we’ll announce the winner here on the blog.

 

It's a Mauna Kea giveaway, from SpaceCadet yarn! 2

And then once you’ve done that, won’t you please pay it forward by sharing this giveaway on social media?  When one of our community has been this incredibly generous, I think the best way we can show gratitude and share the love is to spread that generosity as far and wide as possible.  Don’t you agree?

Share it!

For Twitter: Woot! The SpaceCadet is giving away a Mauna Kea kit! Click for your chance to win: http://wp.me/p1TnPQ-1Ny #MaunaKeaGiveaway

For Facebook: Woot! The SpaceCadet is giving away a Mauna Kea kit! Click for your chance to win: http://wp.me/p1TnPQ-1Ny #MaunaKeaGiveaway

For Ravelry: The SpaceCadet is giving away a Mauna Kea kit! Click here to enter: http://wp.me/p1TnPQ-1Ny

 It's a Mauna Kea giveaway, from SpaceCadet yarn! 1

*This can be confusing, I know, so just to clarify: this yarn shown here was the last yarn for existing members of the Yarn Alliance, before the current subscription period opened on Sept 9.  If you have just joined (between Sept 9-22), your first parcel will be in November — and while it won’t be this colourway, I promise, it’ll be seriously awesome too!

Come Join the Yarn Alliance!

By Stephanie

Woot! It’s that time!  We are super excited to announce…

The SpaceCadet's InterStellar Yarn Alliance yarn club

The InterStellar Yarn Alliance is Open for Subscriptions!

If you like SpaceCadet® yarns, then
you’ll love being in the Yarn Alliance!

Sept9-22 only

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The Yarn Alliance is the SpaceCadet’s premiere yarn club.

What do you get when you join?

…beautiful yarns, colourways you might never have dared try but suddenly realise you love, and some seriously fabulous gifts!

Members of the InterStellar Yarn Alliance receive fabulous parcels delivered to their door every other month, containing:

  • SpaceCadet ® yarn (light to medium weight) in an exclusive Yarn Alliance colourway (guaranteed not to be offered on the SpaceCadet® website for at least 6 months)
  • A great Yarn Alliance gift tucked into every parcel!
  • The SpaceCadet’s Log exploring the inspiration for each colourway.
  • The InterStellar Yarn Alliance newsletter with periodic special offers exclusively for members.
  • A 15% off coupon every six months

 

New for this year: Extra Skeins!

One gorgeous skein just isn’t enough? Now you’ll also have an exclusive opportunity to order more skeins custom-dyed in the latest club colourway. You’ll receive an email with all the details about a week after your parcel goes out — and then all you have to do is pick your project!

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A 6 month subscription (3 parcels) is $135
and a 12 month subscription (6 parcels) is $249.

Ready to join the fun? We’d love to have you on board!

Click below to choose your subscription:

 

12 Month Subscription



 

6 Month Subscription



 

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Six month subscriptions include 3 parcels; twelve month subscriptions include 6 parcels. Parcels will be sent out in early January, March, May, July, September, and November.

Shipping within the United States is included in the price; extra charges apply for shipping outside the US. Normal subscription openings for the InterStellar Yarn Alliance are for two weeks only during March and September of each year.

Got questions? We’re happy to help! info(at)spacecadetcreations(dot)com

A Colourway for Languid Days

By Stephanie

According to last night’s 11pm news, the temperature here in western Pennsylvania is about to get miserable: 92 degrees F (33 C) with humidity that you can cut with a knife.  I’m no fan of hot weather and I know it’s not due to last long but, while it’s here, I’ll be taking shelter in the coolest spots I can find.

So, it seemed a perfect time to share with you the latest Yarn Alliance parcel, because the inspiration for this colourway is all about finding refuge from the hottest summer temperatures.

Dappled Cool, the July 2014 colourway for the InterStellar Yarn Alliance from SpaceCadet 1-580

Inspired by a languid summer’s afternoon spent in the shade of a lush tree, its branches draping lazily above and letting the sunlight through only in little pools here and there. No matter how harsh the sun’s ray or how wilting the day, the shelter of that cool, dappled shade is the most refreshing place to be.

Dappled Cool, the July 2014 colourway for the InterStellar Yarn Alliance from SpaceCadet 2-580

Y’know, if I’m honest, this is not a colouway that I feels natural to me — I am not often a yellow kind of girl — but the truth is that I just love this colourway!  There is something about that just feels so summery and  hot…  a little singed around the edges… and yet with that wonderfully cool streak of blues and greens.  I just cannot wait to see how this knits up!

Dappled Cool, the July 2014 colourway for the InterStellar Yarn Alliance from SpaceCadet 3-580

And every Yarn Alliance parcel comes with a gift and, this time, it was a perfect match for the colourway.  When those long, languid days turn into perfect summer evenings, there is nothing nicer than sitting out in the cooling air with a beer (or, in this case, a cool English cider).  Renee from Knerd made us these custom beer cosies with the idea of “cold beer, warm hands, dry knitting”.

SpaceCadet Beer Cosy, the gift for the July InterStellar Yarn Alliance parcel

And y’know, no matter how hot and miserable the day, I think that just has to be the perfect way to end it.  Don’t you agree?

 

The InterStellar Yarn Alliance will open in September for new subscriptions.  Want to be the first to hear when it does?  Click here to get on the mailing list and get early-bird notification of the opening dates!

 

The Yarn Alliance Closes Sunday (and Some Hashtag Revelations)

By Stephanie

Booth set up

Woot!  Yesterday was a great day setting up the booth at the Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet Festival.  We’ve got gorgeous SpaceCadet yarn and some really fun new products and we can’t wait for the show to start!

Sweater Kit

And we’ve got one really crazy thing to reveal at the show — a case where life gave us lemons and we came up with lemonade. Want to see what it is?  Follow the hashtag #KnitOurHanaHou on Instagram and Twitter, and all will be revealed!  (And you can also keep an eye on #PghKnitandCrochet to see the whole festival in action over the weekend.)

Last Chance to Join the Yarn Alliance

But before everything kicks off, don’t forget that this is your last chance to join the InterStellar Yarn Alliance before it closes on Sunday night!

 

The Yarn Alliance is now CLOSED until Sept 2014. 

Get on the list to be the first to hear when it opens!

Get on the List!

* indicates required



The spaces have been going crazy-fast and I’m so excited to welcome all the new members.  It’s a great club and we’re going to have a fantastic time!  But there are still a few spots left so, if you’ve been meaning to join and haven’t done it yet, grab yours quick before it’s gone.

And please, share the Yarn Alliance with your friends!

for Twitter
Tweet: Quick! @SpaceCadetYarn’s awesome yarn club, the #YarnAlliance, closes on Sunday night. Grab your space! http://ctt.ec/dWU4d+

for Facebook
Quick! The SpaceCadet’s awesome yarn club, the Yarn Alliance, closes on Sunday night. Grab your space before they go! http://goo.gl/KwqCu6

 

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The Yarn Alliance is the SpaceCadet’s premiere yarn club.

Open for Subscriptions March 1 – 16 only!

What do you get when you join?

…beautiful yarns, colourways you might never have dared try but suddenly realise you love, and some seriously fabulous gifts!

Members of the InterStellar Yarn Alliance receive fabulous parcels delivered to their door every other month, containing:

  • SpaceCadet ® yarn (light to medium weight) in an exclusive Yarn Alliance colourway (guaranteed not to be offered on the SpaceCadet® website for at least 6 months)
  • A great Yarn Alliance gift tucked into every parcel!
  • The SpaceCadet’s Log exploring the inspiration for each colourway.
  • The InterStellar Yarn Alliance newsletter with periodic special offers exclusively for members.
  • A 15% off coupon every six months

 

New for this year: Extra Skeins!

One gorgeous skein just isn’t enough? Now you’ll also have an exclusive opportunity to order more skeins custom-dyed in the latest club colourway. You’ll receive an email with all the details about a week after your parcel goes out — and then all you have to do is pick your project!

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A 6 month subscription (3 parcels) is $135
and a 12 month subscription (6 parcels) is $249.

Ready to join the fun? We’d love to have you on board!

Click below to choose your subscription:

 

The Yarn Alliance is now CLOSED until Sept 2014.

Get on the list to be the first to hear when it opens!

Get on the List!

* indicates required



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Six month subscriptions include 3 parcels; twelve month subscriptions include 6 parcels. Parcels will be sent out in early January, March, May, July, September, and November.

Shipping within the United States is included in the price; extra charges apply for shipping outside the US.. Normal subscription openings for the InterStellar Yarn Alliance are two weeks only in March and September of each year.

Got questions? We’re happy to help! info@spacecadetyarn.com

Help Me Choose the Best Mini-Skein Colourway!

By Stephanie

We are crazy busy at the moment prepping club parcels and getting ready for our upcoming shows (Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet 14-16 March; HomeSpun Yarn Party 23 March; are you coming?), but I just wanted to quickly share this with you…

The Multicolour Mix

These are February’s Mini-Skein Club parcels and I think they may be some of favourites ever.  First, let me show you the Multicolour Mix.  Now, when I dyed it, I was just having fun — playing with the kind of wonderfully intense colours that I crave in the depths of winter.   Bright and cheerful, I think they perfectly fit the bill.

The SpaceCadet's Mini-Skein Club!

But when Amy saw them, all twisted and gathered into bundles, she picked one up and held it up, so I was looking at it end-on.  “You’ve dyed the Olympic Rings!” she declared.  And she was right!  Well, sort of.  But there we were, right in the middle of the Olympic Games, and I’d unconsciously dyed a red, a green, a yellow, a blue, and…  well, it’s actually a deep purplish colour, but it almost looks black.  The Olympic Rings, in yarn form.

Maybe I’ll make it a reoccurring theme, every two years or so.  …But, erm,  in a completely not-copyright-breaching kind of way.  It’s just, y’know, yarn.

The Ombre & Gradient Mix

Now let me show you the Mini-Skein Club’s Ombre & Gradient Mix, and I’m really excited about this one.  This is a gradient set, meaning that the colours don’t fade as in an ombre set, but instead morph gently from one colour to the next across the set.   Do you see how it moves from a lavendar into a gray and into a lemon colour?  Imagine that gentle colour shift across the rows of your project — so lovely!

The SpaceCadet's Mini-Skein Club!

This is the Mini-Skein version of a colourway I’d asked you to help me name a few weeks ago.  Do you remember that?  We had tons of fabulous suggestions in emails, in blog comments, on Facebook…  And my favourite  came via Twitter from Amy at Ross Farm Fibers, who suggested a play on the saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”  I really loved that idea, and the colourway is called…  When Life Gives You Lavender.

Tell Me Your Favourite!

Now, I would love to hear which of these Mini-Skein colourways is your favourite.  Is there one that you think we should offer as a Limited Edition?  Or maybe as a permanent addition to our shop colourways?  Let me know!  Just  click here to vote in the poll and join the conversation on Ravelry (use the numbers at the bottom of each picture).  I’d love to know what you think!

 Join the Yarn Alliance! 1-16 March

Don’t forget the Yarn Alliance — the SpaceCadet’s fabulous yarn club — is open for subscriptions right now and closes on 16 March.  Spaces have been going fast — click here to learn more and join today!

Click Here to Learn More about the SpaceCadet's InterStellar Yarn Alliance

 

 

 

The Yarn Alliance is OPEN!

By Stephanie

We are super excited to announce…

The SpaceCadet's InterStellar Yarn Alliance yarn club

The InterStellar Yarn Alliance is Open for Subscriptions!

If you like SpaceCadet® yarns, then
you’ll love being in the Yarn Alliance!

March1-16only

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The Yarn Alliance is the SpaceCadet’s premiere yarn club.

What do you get when you join?

…beautiful yarns, colourways you might never have dared try but suddenly realise you love, and some seriously fabulous gifts!

Members of the InterStellar Yarn Alliance receive fabulous parcels delivered to their door every other month, containing:

  • SpaceCadet ® yarn (light to medium weight) in an exclusive Yarn Alliance colourway (guaranteed not to be offered on the SpaceCadet® website for at least 6 months)
  • A great Yarn Alliance gift tucked into every parcel!
  • The SpaceCadet’s Log exploring the inspiration for each colourway.
  • The InterStellar Yarn Alliance newsletter with periodic special offers exclusively for members.
  • A 15% off coupon every six months

 

New for this year: Extra Skeins!

One gorgeous skein just isn’t enough? Now you’ll also have an exclusive opportunity to order more skeins custom-dyed in the latest club colourway. You’ll receive an email with all the details about a week after your parcel goes out — and then all you have to do is pick your project!

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A 6 month subscription (3 parcels) is $135
and a 12 month subscription (6 parcels) is $249.

Ready to join the fun? We’d love to have you on board!

Click below to choose your subscription:

 

The Yarn Alliance is now CLOSED until Sept 2014.

Get on the list to be the first to hear when it opens!

Get on the List!

* indicates required




 

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Six month subscriptions include 3 parcels; twelve month subscriptions include 6 parcels. Parcels will be sent out in early January, March, May, July, September, and November.

Shipping within the United States is included in the price; extra charges apply for shipping outside the US.. Normal subscription openings for the InterStellar Yarn Alliance are two weeks only in March and September of each year.

Got questions? We’re happy to help! info@spacecadetyarn.com