June's "Teaser" & Brief Hiatus

Ah, cashmere, here we go again! I did a darker colourway this month to transition into the winter months for a cowl or scarf if you like! This month is 100% cashmere in DK weight and is luscious! Enjoy!

In other news, this club will be on a brief hiatus and will re-open for registrations in September for October, November and December's shipments. Since we have moved to all cashmere for this club, this fibre definitely lends itself better to winter knitting so we'll take a wee break for the summer months.

Thank you everyone for your support and see you in September! Enjoy your summer :)

February's "Spoiler" & Registrations Open

This month's yarn is a truly decadent one made of cashmere and silk. The yarn dyes up beautifully and the silk gives the colourway a lovely sheen. Enjoy! This colourway is called "Clay Pot".

Registrations have re-opened for this club and the first mailing will be on April 22, 2009. Come join us this round as we will also be including at least one month of DK weight so clubbers have the option of knitting a cowl or a small shawl. It also allows us the opportunity to send cashmere with every shipment. Yum! Deadline to register is April 8, 2009.

Registrations Closed & First Yarn!

Hello everyone...registrations are now closed and will re-open again in February for March's shipment.

I am really excited to send out the first yarn to everyone - it'll be 100% Mongolian cashmere and will be 400 yards of fingering weight lusciousness! Don't let the lightness of the cashmere fool you - 2 oz is a lot of cashmere and one of cashmere's distinctive properties is it's lightness but warmth. I hope everyone enjoys the first yarn - gosh, it'll be hard to let cashmere go out the door! More info to follow including a teaser pic when the yarns have been dyed. Stay tuned and thanks to everyone for joining back this round - it's a pleasure for me to dye cashmere for everyone and welcome to all the new members for this round!

Registrations Open!

Wow, it's been a really long time but I've decided to re-open this sock club for another 3 month term starting in December for 3 shipments as follows:

December 22, 2008
January 22, 2009
February 22, 2009

If you'd like to join, please click here. You can also subscribe for 3 monthly payments in the sidebar to the right. Looking forward to painting some cashmere and silk blends...thanks again everyone for your interest!

Here we go...

Woohoo, registrations are now closed for this 3-month round and I'm off to order the first batch of yarn...only 12 days until the first shipment comes out! Can you believe it? Time surely flies! Stay tuned...

UPDATE: I talked to my yarn supplier and she doesn't have enough of the cashmere in stock for the first shipment, however, I have another fabulous yarn coming that'll be oh-so-nice and the 100% cashmere will be for the second month! We will get our Mongolian cashmere but not until December...can everyone hang on until then?? It'll be our Christmas yarn...ahhhhhhhh... :)

Welcome!

I wanted to say a quick welcome to the new members! I really appreciate your being here and I'm excited to get to dyeing some cashmere and silk blend yarns! I hope you're just as excited to knit with them too. I can't wait to see what people create!

I've had a question or two about colourways so thought I'd elaborate a bit here. What I had in mind was doing a couple of dye techniques so as to minimize pooling and flashing of the colours. That will mean yarns with colour but done a little differently. It's hard to explain as it's in my head (LOL) but I'm excited to try it out and I hope you will enjoy it too. The yarns will vary from variegated to blended in colour.

What about colours? I'm very much an inspiration dyer so when it comes to colours, I can't say specifically what they will be but I can tell you they will reflect the season we are in now so think warm tones - it's cold out there and we need some warm colours! Of course if you're not in North America or in the southern USA, "cold" doesn't apply to you but please think warm tone colours.

Will there be anything else in the packages? Right now I'm focusing on the yarn to help keep costs down (and it's cashmere/silk - yum!), however, depending on how many join, there may be a surprise or two. I've been known to do that!

Club Introduction

In the mood for knitting with luxurious and exotic yarns? Want to wrap your feet in pure luxury? This is the sock club for you!

We will be offering 100% Mongolian cashmere as well as silk blend yarns for this club. All club yarns will be enough yardage for a pair of socks but if you don't prefer socks, don't let that stop you - how about a pretty lacy scarf or shawl? The possiblities are endless!

Colourways will be blended (like the merino/silk yarns pictured) so as to minimize pooling and flashing and will be reminiscent of the seasons.

Won't you join us? Spots are limited for this club and the deadline for joining is November 7, 2007.

We are happy to ship to Canada and USA with this membership and should you be in another country and want to join, please email us at zenyarngarden AT yahoo DOT com and we'll be happy to make the arrangements for you!

YARN SHIPMENT DATES:
November 20, 2007
December 20, 2007
January 20, 2008

Memberships are for sale at:
http://zenyarngarden.com/zencart/
http://knitnpurlzen.etsy.com.