2013 Shop Clubs - Heroines

Subscriptions opened today for my two annual knitting kit clubs.  This year, the theme will be "Heroines".

More details are available at the shop website, but I've listed some of the pertinent info below on each of the clubs.  The Accessory Club will stay open through December 15th. (It'll close at that point so I can finish up any last-minute sign-ups' yarn to ship January 2nd).  The Shawl Club will stay open until just after the 1st of the year and as always, you get a price break if you sign up for both.

Accessory Club Themes/Designers/Colors/Yarns:

January 2013:  Anne of Green Gables.  The yarn is a gorgeous bright "green tea" colorway on organic merino fingering weight, and the shawl is designed by Judy Marples. 
April 2013: Kate Daniels of the "Magic" series by Ilona Andrews.  The yarn for this small shawl project will be Artio BFL/silk fingering weight, in a shimmering gray-blue with purple lowlights.  Liz Abinante is designing this pattern. 
July 2013: Guenievere.  A gorgeous cabled sock pattern by Claire Ellen in an "old gold" colorway from merino/tencel sock-weight yarn.

October 2013: Alice in Wonderland.  A pair of pretty lace socks in the Rhiannon Sock (75/25 merino/nylon) in a pale blue, designed by me. 

Shawl Club Themes/Designers/Colors/Yarns:

March 2013:  Irene Adler: Brilliant enough to best Sherlock Holmes, but with a whole lot more fashion sense.  Kirsten Kapur is designing a shawl for Miss Adler of a knock-your-socks-off red on an 80/20 merino/silk laceweight yarn.  
June 2013: I'm designing a pretty Victorian-inspired lace shawl for Alexis Tarabotti, heroine of the Parasol Protectorate series.  Smartly turned out from her toes to her the top of her head (which is not just filled with pretty thoughts) Alexis is just the sort of heroine I'd like to be.  This shawl will be in the shades of summer violets, and feature an 80/20 BFL/silk laceweight. 

September 2013:  Mel Goodale is our fall shawl designer.  She wanted a strong heroine too, and picked Chiani from Frank Herbert's Dune.  She picked a knock-out of a colorway "Spice" which is a rich golden brown with lots of interesting lowlights and highlights on fingering-weight 50/50 BFL/silk. 

December 2013:  Finally, to round out the year, Becky Herrick snagged Eowyn from Lord of the Rings as her shawl-design muse.  This shawl features three complementary colorways, representing the multifaceted Eowyn.  The yarn is our merino/silk/glitter fingering-weight, for a little sparkle to round out the year at the holiday season.

Hope you'll join me!

All for now.......