Happy New Year! Sock Club Sign-ups…
I know. I’m 7 days late on the New Years wishes. Here’s the deal, ever since we started the Rockin’ Sock Club sign-ups in the beginning of January it just doesn’t quite feel like the new year for me until the sign-ups go live.
Today is that day!!! Yay! Sock club sign-ups go live here at 11:00 am ( our time) Pacific time.
I love this day! I love all the planning that goes into a new sock club year, all of the creative and fun bits and pieces and the practical ones too. I love that every year I get a fresh start. I love the build up to sign-up day, although it is a bit different than it was in the beginning, and I am okay with that.
Since that whole bank fiasco years ago (You know the one where they accused us of running a scam because, really? A sock knitting club? One that sells over 2,000 memberships in 3 days? No way lady, you’re running a scam. ) I now, every morning of sign-up day, make my cup of tea, pick up the phone and call my PayPal management team to remind them that today is the day. They assure me that this is not necessary anymore that they know how this rolls, it’s marked in my file and all is well and I chuckle to myself, thank them and mark the calender for next years phone call.
Our little sock club has grown by leaps and bounds from the days where we packed it all up in my living room then loaded it in trucks and had a convoy to our local post office. We’re an ever growing, evolving knit-entity which is one of the things I love about us. In eight years we’ve grown into a wonderful community of knitters. I have met some of the best people I know through this club.
I can’t believe we are starting out ninth year together. Where does the time go? Forget I asked that. I know exactly where it goes.
In celebration of these past eight years we thought it would be fun to put all of the sock club colorways up on the website at the same time for the next week or so for us all to see. I actually was going to put them all up here, on the blog, as a group, in order, with little love notes about them. But then… we decided it would be fun to see if you could do that. At least it would be fun for us. We hope you agree!
So… a CONTEST!!! A contest on sign-up day. I don’t know about you but I am pretty excited by this one!
So here’s how we see this playing out:
There are 8 years of colorways. Usually this means that there are 6 colorways each year unless we had a color-work shipment with more than one colorway. (The plot thickens.) And… another plot twist, since we do not make the colorways available to the general knit public for a full year, the colorways for last year (except January) will not be pictured on the site with all the others. They are on the site in a very special place which you’ll get to find. ( It’s now that hard.)
How do you play?
We want the names of all the colorways. Which year they were in. If it was a color-work kit then colorways that made up that kit need to be listed as such. (Note: There will be an honorable mention to the knitter who can also list them in order within each year. This is not mandatory.)
Everyone gets one guess. If you submit more than one we are going to go with your first entry so think this through before submitting please. Please submit your entry in the comment section of this blog post. If you have trouble doing that you can email us at info@bluemoonfiberarts.com. We prefer the comments section though. It’s way more fun that way.
How much time do you have? You have until Tuesday January 14th at 11:00 am pacific time.
What do you win? There will be 3 placed winners. 1st place prize is a $2o0.00 BMFA gift certificate, 2nd place prize is a $100.00 BMFA gift certificate and 3rd place prize is a $50.00 BMFA gift certificate.
I think that covers it. It’s 10:05 and Paula is looking over my shoulder to edit so we can get this yarn ball of ours rolling!
Good luck! It’s a challenging one. Although every time I say that it turns out not to be. So I guess we’ll see.
If you have any questions about sign-ups or ned our assistance with gift certificate transfers we are here: sockclub@bluemoonfiberarts.com
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I posted this in the Sock Club Blog but then thought maybe I was supposed to post it here too so here you go:
Ummmm, is it wrong I keep a list of each shipment (even the ones I didnt’ get the first year)?
I think this is the right order – it lists pattern(s), colorway, and yarn weight.
Rockin’ Sock Club – 2006
1. Cedar Creeks – Rainforest Jasper – Lightweight
2. Rock and Weave – Fairgrounds – Mediumweight
3. Hippy Crunchy – Peaseblossom – Lightweight
4. Titania’s Revenge/Central Air – Titania – Lightweight
5. Marble Arches – Pink Granite – Mediumweight
6. Winter’s Eve – Mustang Sally – Lightweight
Rockin’ Sock Club – 2007
1. Inside Out – Monsoon – Mediumweight
2. Knee High to a Grasshopper – Walking on the Wild Tide – Silkie
3. The Solstice Slip – Firebird – Lightweight
4. Summer of Love Lace – Flower Power – Lightweight
5. Lenore – Lenore – Lightweight
6. Salish Sea Socks – Bella Coola – Mediumweight
Rockin’ Sock Club – 2008
1. Serendipity – Dragon Dance – Lightweight
2. Leafling – Lucky – Mediumweight
3. Cleopatra’s Stockings – Incredible Shrinking Violet – Lightweight
4. Gumdrop Socks/Sweet Tart Anklet – Goody Goody – Lightweight
5. Cloning Anenome Rib – Tide Pooling – Lightweight
6. Holidazed – Muddy Autumn Rainbow – Mediumweight
Rockin’ Sock Club 2009 – “Notorious Sock Knitters World Domination Tour”
1. Queen of Beads – My Blue Heaven – Lightweight
2. Rogue Roses – Gertrude Skein – Mediumweight
3. Fraggle Squiggle Socks – Pepe la Plume – Lightweight
4. In Season – Garden Daze – Lightweight
5. Knetted – River Rocked – Mediumweight
6. Raven Swirl Socks – Blackbird – Lightweight
Rockin’ Sock Club 2010 – “NSK World Domination Tour: Takin’ it to the Streets”
1. Cascadia and Flabella – Happy Go Lucky – Lightweight
2. Slip Jig and Secret Garden – My Wild Irish Girlie – Mediumweight
3. Ada Lovelace and Swing Set – Sweet Pea -Lightweight
4. My Heart Beets 4U and Dusty Corners – Firecracker – Lightweight
5. Buggin’ Out and EZ’s Moccasin Socks – Pining 4 Ewe – Lightweight
6. Checkerboard and Canopy – The Skein With No Name – Lightweight
Rockin Sock Club 2011 – “NSK World Domination Tour: The World Domination Tour continues”
1. Social Network and Distelfink – Pinkie Swear & Aubergenius – Mediumweight
2. Merry Sockster and Intrepid Traveler – Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Lightweight
3. Unisex slip and Transition Point – Maia – Lightweight
4. Blunnie socks and Fences – Schwarzwald – Lightweight
5.Shoreward Socks and Socks with a Secret – Drop Dead Sexy – Mediumweight
6. Candied Comfort Cufflet and Joy – Comfort and Joy – Lightweight
Rockin Sock Club 2012: NSK World Domination Tour
1.All of ‘Er Buttons Socks and All of ‘Er Buttons Mitts – H.R.H. Crown Princess of Purple, Violetta Lightweight
2.Redbud Socks and Perennial Shawlette – Budding Twig Mediumweight
3.Jolly Brolly Socks and Breaking Waves Shawlette – Wavelength Lightweight
4.Funky Chicken Socks and Honeycock Mitts – Doodle Doo, Honey Cocka, and Valkyrie Fledge Mediumweight
5.A Beautiful Necessity Socks and Buckhorn Cap – It’s Not All About Me Brown Lightweight and It’s All About Me; It’s About Me All the Time Silkie
6.Sandbar Socks and Celtic Knot Boot Toppers – Cables of Wrath Lightweight
Rockin Sock Club 2013
1. Roadside Attraction Socks and Stanton Stairway Shawlette – Portland Plaid – Mediumweight
2. Petrosinella Socks and Chaos Scarf – Hope Springs Eternal – LIghtweight
3. Crest Sock and Magnolia Mitts & Beret – Fleur de Couleur
4. Arkadiko and Sagrada – Orphan Fledge
5. Hippie Valley Hat and Twist about socks – Pacific Crest Trail
6. Raven Wings Gauntlets and Raven Wings Socks – Winter Jewel – Lightweight
Whew, I think that’s right.
Umm……Mya! I think you’re going to be the winner!! Wish I had been that smart to make a list. I don’t even have a list of what is in my stash and haven’t even thought about trying to get it on Ravelry. You rock!!
I’m kind of weird like that. I have pretty much all my yarn on ravlery and my husband has all our books, CDs and DVDs on file (he has a super cool software program with a little bar code scanner that makes it a lot easier to catalog than the yarn is for me.
2006
Rainforest Jasper
Fairgrounds
Peaseblossom
Titania
Pink Granite
Mustang Sally
2007
Monsoon
Walking on the Wild Tide
Firebird
Flower Power
Lenore
Bella Coola
2008
Dragon Dance
Lucky
Incredible Shrinking Violet
Goody Goody
Tide Pooling
Muddy Autumn Rainbow
2009
My Blue Heaven
Gertrude Skein
Pepe la Plume
Garden Daze
River Rocked
Blackbird
2010
Happy Go Lucky
My Wild Irish Girlie
Sweet Pea -Lightweight
Firecracker
Pining 4 Ewe
The Skein With No Name AKA Rumplestiltskein
2011
Pinkie Swear and Aubergenius
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Maia
Schwarzwald
Drop Dead Sexy
Comfort and Joy
2012
H.R.H. Crown Princess of Purple, Violetta
Budding Twig Mediumweight
Wavelength
Doodle Doo, Honey Cocka, and Valkyrie Fledge
It’s Not All About Me Brown and It’s All About Me; It’s About Me All the Time
Cables of Wrath
2013
Portland Plaid
Hope Springs Eternal
Fleur de Couleur
Orphan Fledge
Pacific Crest Trail
Winter Jewel
After much research, I think I have it (and in order):
2006:
Rainforest Jasper
Fairgrounds
Peaseblossom
Titania
Pink Granite
Mustang Sally
2007:
Monsoon
Walking on the Wild Tide
Firebird
Flower Power
Lenore
Bella Coola
2008:
Dragon Dance
Lucky
Incredible Shrinking Violet
Goody Goody
Tide Pooling
Muddy Autumn Rainbow
2009:
My Blue Heaven
Gertrude Skein
Pepe la Plume
Garden Daze
River Rocked
Blackbird
2010:
Happy Go Lucky
My Wild Irish Girlie
Sweet Pea
Firecracker
Pining 4 Ewe
Skein With No Name (later renamed Rumplestiltskein)
2011:
Aubergenius and Pinkie Swear (2 colorways)
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Maia
Schwarzwald
Drop Dead Sexy
Comfort and Joy
2012:
HRH Princess of Purple Violetta
Budding Twig
Wavelength
Doodle Doo, Honey Cocka, Valkyrie Fledge (3 colorways)
It’s Not All About Me Brown and It’s About Me All the Time (2 colorways)
Cables of Wrath
2013:
Portland Plaid
Hope Springs Eternal
Fleur de Coleur
Orphan Fledge
Pacific Crest Trail
Winter Jewel
*phew* that was a lot of work, and I’m a librarian!! =D
I haven’t subscribed to the RSC for a couple years now, but going back through all these colorways makes it very tempting to re-up my subscription!!
So I started making this list & then wanted to annotate it with what *I’d* done (if anything other than appreciate in all their lovely colorness) with my skeins … if this is annoying to the contest judges, just toss mine out. It was fun anyhoo!
2006
Rainforest Jasper
Fairgrounds
Peaseblossom
Titania
Pink Granite
Mustang Sally
2007
Monsoon
Walking on the Wild Tide
Firebird
Flower Power
Lenore
Bella Coola
2008
Dragon Dance
Lucky
Incredible Shrinking Violet
Goody Goody
Tide Pooling
Muddy Autumn Rainbow
2009
My Blue Heaven
Gertrude Skein
Pepe la Plume
Garden Daze
River Rocked
Blackbird
2010 – My FIRST year as a NSK / RSC !!!
Happy Go Lucky – Made Cascadia socks
My Wild Irish Girlie – Made Secret Garden socks
Sweet Pea – Made Ada Lovelace socks
Firecracker – Made My Heart Beets 4U socks
Pining 4 Ewe – Made older club pattern (purchased separately) socks
Rumplestiltskein (originally sent out as “The Skein With No Name”. LOVED that contest.) – Made non-club socks
2011
Pinkie Swear and Aubergenius: COLORWORK!! – Made Distlefink sock. Toe UP.
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Made Intrepid Traveler socks
Maia – Made older club pattern (Dusty Corners) socks
Schwarzwald – Believe I gifted this to in incoming RSC member in a later year
Drop Dead Sexy – Made non-club socks
Comfort and Joy – still in stash
2012
H.R.H. Crown Princess of Purple, Violetta – Made All of ‘Er Buttons KNEESOCKS for the elder daughter. TWO skeins. Sheesh; the love of a mother ….
Budding Twig – made club shawlette
Wavelength – made club shawlette
Doodle Doo, Honey Cocka, and Valkyrie Fledge – believe I gifted this to a fellow member who had knit the mittens and then had one mitton that went astray …
It’s Not All About Me Brown and It’s All About Me; It’s About Me All the Time – waiting in stash
Cables of Wrath – waiting in stash
2013
Portland Plaid – have plans for a two-color young child’s sweater
Hope Springs Eternal – made club socks
Fleur de Couleur – made dead simple socks
Orphan Fledge (did this ever get a name? I remember the suggestions …) – made club socks
Pacific Crest Trail – am currently knitting this in to a baby sweater. Adorable!
Winter Jewel – still in stash
Hey! That’s not too shabby for getting the yarn actually knit up. Good thing I’m getting six more skeins in 2014 for this year’s membership!
Hi and a Happy New Year to you all, Oh blow I got here too late, you were all so quick.
One thing I have found out is that Orphan Fledge does have a new name it is INDRA submitted by Knitter Kitter, Tina mentioned it in her November dyers notes.
Here is my list:the colorways are listed in order; Jan. March, May, July, Sept. Nov.
2006
Rainforest Jasper
Fairgrounds
Peaseblossom
Titania
Pink Granite
Mustang Sally
2007
Monsoon
Walking on the Wild Tide
Firebird
Flower Power
Lenore
Bella Coola
2008
Dragon Dance
Lucky
Incredible Shrinking Violet
Goody, Goody
Tide Pooling
Muddy Autumn Rainbow
2009 (my first year in RSC)
My Blue Heaven
Gertrude Stein
Pepe La Plume
Garden Daze
River Rocked
Blackbird
2010
Happy Go Lucky
My Wild Irish Girlie
Sweet Pea
Firecracker
Pining 4 Ewe
The Skein with No Name (Rumplestiltskin)
2011
Pinkie Swear/Aubergenius
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Maia
Schwarzwald
Drop Dead Sexy
Comfort and Joy
2012
H.R.H. Crown Princess of Purple, Violetta
Budding Twig
Honey Cocka/Doodle-Doo/Valkyrie Fledge
It’s Not All About me(brown)/It’s All About Me;It’s All About Me All the Time
Cables of Wrath
2013
Portland Plaid
Hope Springs Eternal
Fleur de Couleur
Orphan Fledge
Pacific Crest Trail
Winter Jewel
I’ve loved being in the sock club and as I was researching for this contest I was surprised that I had knit so many projects. (I also have some WIPS, of course).
Rockin’ Sock Club – 2006
1. Cedar Creeks – Rainforest Jasper – Lightweight
2. Rock and Weave – Fairgrounds – Mediumweight
3. Hippy Crunchy – Peaseblossom – Lightweight
4. Titania’s Revenge/Central Air – Titania – Lightweight
5. Marble Arches – Pink Granite – Mediumweight
6. Winter’s Eve – Mustang Sally – Lightweight
Rockin’ Sock Club – 2007
1. Inside Out – Monsoon – Mediumweight
2. Knee High to a Grasshopper – Walking on the Wild Tide – Silkie
3. The Solstice Slip – Firebird – Lightweight
4. Summer of Love Lace – Flower Power – Lightweight
5. Lenore – Lenore – Lightweight
6. Salish Sea Socks – Bella Coola – Mediumweight
Rockin’ Sock Club – 2008
1. Serendipity – Dragon Dance – Lightweight
2. Leafling – Lucky – Mediumweight
3. Cleopatra’s Stockings – Incredible Shrinking Violet – Lightweight
4. Gumdrop Socks/Sweet Tart Anklet – Goody Goody – Lightweight
5. Cloning Anenome Rib – Tide Pooling – Lightweight
6. Holidazed – Muddy Autumn Rainbow – Mediumweight
Rockin’ Sock Club 2009 – “Notorious Sock Knitters World Domination Tour”
1. Queen of Beads – My Blue Heaven – Lightweight
2. Rogue Roses – Gertrude Skein – Mediumweight
3. Fraggle Squiggle Socks – Pepe la Plume – Lightweight
4. In Season – Garden Daze – Lightweight
5. Knetted – River Rocked – Mediumweight
6. Raven Swirl Socks – Blackbird – Lightweight
Rockin’ Sock Club 2010 – “NSK World Domination Tour: Takin’ it to the Streets”
1. Cascadia and Flabella – Happy Go Lucky – Lightweight
2. Slip Jig and Secret Garden – My Wild Irish Girlie – Mediumweight
3. Ada Lovelace and Swing Set – Sweet Pea -Lightweight
4. My Heart Beets 4U and Dusty Corners – Firecracker – Lightweight
5. Buggin’ Out and EZ’s Moccasin Socks – Pining 4 Ewe – Lightweight
6. Checkerboard and Canopy – The Skein With No Name – Lightweight
Rockin Sock Club 2011 – “NSK World Domination Tour: The World Domination Tour continues”
1. Social Network and Distelfink – Pinkie Swear & Aubergenius – Mediumweight
2. Merry Sockster and Intrepid Traveler – Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test – Lightweight
3. Unisex slip and Transition Point – Maia – Lightweight
4. Blunnie socks and Fences – Schwarzwald – Lightweight
5.Shoreward Socks and Socks with a Secret – Drop Dead Sexy – Mediumweight
6. Candied Comfort Cufflet and Joy – Comfort and Joy – Lightweight
Rockin Sock Club 2012: NSK World Domination Tour
1.All of ‘Er Buttons Socks and All of ‘Er Buttons Mitts – H.R.H. Crown Princess of Purple, Violetta Lightweight
2.Redbud Socks and Perennial Shawlette – Budding Twig Mediumweight
3.Jolly Brolly Socks and Breaking Waves Shawlette – Wavelength Lightweight
4.Funky Chicken Socks and Honeycock Mitts – Doodle Doo, Honey Cocka, and Valkyrie Fledge Mediumweight
5.A Beautiful Necessity Socks and Buckhorn Cap – It’s Not All About Me Brown Lightweight and It’s All About Me; It’s About Me All the Time Silkie
6.Sandbar Socks and Celtic Knot Boot Toppers – Cables of Wrath Lightweight
Rockin Sock Club 2013
1. Roadside Attraction Socks and Stanton Stairway Shawlette – Portland Plaid – Mediumweight
2. Petrosinella Socks and Chaos Scarf – Hope Springs Eternal – LIghtweight
3. Crest Sock and Magnolia Mitts & Beret – Fleur de Couleur
4. Arkadiko and Sagrada – Orphan Fledge
5. Hippie Valley Hat and Twist about socks – Pacific Crest Trail
6. Raven Wings Gauntlets and Raven Wings Socks – Winter Jewel – Lightweight
Oops – posted this on the wrong blog at first. Kinda like starting a knitting pattern without reading all the instructions first. Here’s my list:
2006:
Rainforest Jasper
Fairgrounds
Peaseblossom
Titania
Pink Granite
Mustang Sally
2007:
Monsoon
Walking on the Wild Side
Firebird
Flower Power
Lenore
Bella Coola
2008:
Dragon Dance
Lucky
Incredible Shrinking Violet
Goody Goody
Tide Pooling
Muddy Autumn Rainbow
2009:
My Blue Heaven
Gertrude Skein
Pepe la Plume
Garden Daze
River Rocked
Blackbird
2010:
Happy Go Lucky
My Wild Irish Girlie (my favorite!)
Sweet Pea
Firecracker
Pining 4 Ewe
The Skein with No Name (it became Rumplestiltskein)
2011:
Aubergenius & Pinkie Swear
Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
Maia
Schwarzwald
Drop Dead Sexy
Comfort and Joy
2012:
H.R.H. Crown Princess of Purple, Violetta
Budding Twig
Wavelength
Doodle Doo & Honey Cock-a & Valkyrie Fledge
It’s Not All About Me Brown & It’s About Me; It’s About Me All the Time
Cables of Wrath
2013:
Portland Plaid
Hope Springs Eternal
Fleur de Coulor
Orphan Fledge
Pacific Crest Trail
Winter Jewel
I was so smug because I had all the colors listed in order.
Now I am so sad because I missed one of them.
Wavelength in 2012.
Oh, well, maybe I’ll get lucky.
I was even dreaming of all the yarn I was going to get with my winnings!!!