The reason?
We’d offer the club for a year, with one new colorway every other month (so, a total of six colorways). There’d be two ways to join - one option for all six, and an option for two sets of three (that way someone who didn’t have a lot of time, or wasn’t a fast knitter, could join for a three-shot).
It wouldn’t be limited to in-store; we would offer it on our website as well, so that our regulars who are far away could have a chance to join.
The price would be for just the yarn (maybe some swag). We would not do the yarn-and-pattern thing together. I don't know about y'all, but I feel a tremendous guilt if I don't like the pattern, or that colorway with that pattern, and don't want to knit it up-- and we don't want anyone to feel that way! Maybe next year if the club is popular and we get requests; but not for this first one.
Our ulterior motive would be for testing out new colorways for things to later offer in the shop, and also new/different base yarns. We would be asking for feedback on (if you like them we’d offer them in the shop after the club is over; if you don’t like them, hey– exclusive yarn for you!), how the yarn works up, and that sort of thing. In order to encourage feedback, we would offer prizes for a variety of things that we haven’t yet set in stone (best percentage of yarns worked up, best self-designed pattern, etc.).
So… we’re not asking for firm sign-ups right this second, but is this idea something that you’d find interesting?
6 comments:
I would be intersted, I love to knit socks and would be super interested. Maybe there could be a sit n knit day for those in the clubs?
Ooo! I second the knit kimber knit's comment! It would be awesome to have a sit n knit day for the club. :D Heh.
Sign me up! It sounds fantastic!
I have to admit that I don't knit fast enough to be in a club but it seems you're making it easy for a slowpoke like me. I agree with the pattern issue. Maybe that's why I never joined one. Also I like that you have incentives... I seem to work well with incentives. ;-) You might be able to convince me to do a 3 month typa-thing. Depends on cost, of course!
What Jacquie said! ;)
I don't knit very fast either but I'd be interested in joining the sock club. Cost is a factor. I'd also be interested in a Club Sock Night. I think it would be great for all the club members get together. I like that we wouldn't be committed to doing a particular pattern.
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