Sleeping Bear Yarn Club 2.0
What's New With The Club?
Friends, if only you can all see how excited we are about the progression of the Sleeping Bear Yarn Club!
No Patterns
In twelve years, we have seen patterns change how they can be purchased. In the last few years it has become almost exclusively digital. We love picking out projects that these special colorways can be showcased but each one of our Bees has their own unique taste and project preference. We will keep sending you ideas we feel would be fun on the Sleeping Bear Yarn Club Members Only Exclusive Offers page. We've heard that most members came for the yarn and not the patterns, so . . .
Minis
What could we add in place of a pattern to this package? How about MORE YARN! And not just more yardage for that value but a complementary mini that opens up us makers to so many fun options! Socks of course, but how about edges of ribbing on hats, mittens, sweaters? A stripe of color in a shawl. After a few months maybe a colorwork yoke. After 12 months you could make a shawl with just the minis! We'll be including pattern ideas in the Sleeping Bear Yarn Club Members Only Exclusive Offers page for minis as well. So feel free to give us a call and we'll be happy to discuss over the phone with you.
Fingering or DK
Also something we've heard since year 1 has been, "I just don't knit with that fine of yarn" and Makers, we hear ya! B
uckets and buckets of fingering weight is daunting and a lot on our digits. For the FIRST TIME we will be having memberships in either weights! And this isn't only for a long term commitment. I mean, we can't switch every month, but you can pick a DK or Fingering every 3 consecutive months of your membership. This might sound confusing
Add-on Skeins & Stitch Markers
Not everything is changing. We still love our handmade precious gemstone stitch markers that come every month in the package and you can still order stitch marker sets as well. Liz Saile is still making all these one-of-a-kind pieces for us. And you will still always be able to order additional full skeins ‑‑ now in both DK and Fingering weights.
We haven't made plans to have add-on minis but down the road, you never know! Well that took me a whole week before I changed my mind. Mini's WILL be an add-on option in both weights.
And to make it extra complicated for our Packing Bees, your add-on skeins could be of a different weight than your membership (insert the smell of your mind overheating).
That is plenty to try and digest all to say ‑‑ WE ARE SO EXCITED! And we know you are going to love this new and improved Sleeping Bear Yarn Club 2.0. Here is to another 12 years of color!
As well as the free gifts for NEW 12-month members, Thank You gifts for Year Two members and Leelanau Lifetime Members for those in Years Three through Twelve.*