Holiday yarn update POSTPONED to Wed Dec 22 at NOON PST

Due to illness of myself and several family members I need to postpone the update that was scheduled for Saturday. It will now be happening on Wednesday Dec 22 at noon PST. I'm sorry for the delay and hope it doesn't create too much confusion.

again... UPDATE WILL BE ON DECEMBER 22 at NOON PST. Thanks!

HOLIDAY YARN UPDATE THIS SATURDAY!

I'm having a holiday yarn shop update on December 18th at NOON PST. There will be lots of self striping and semi-solid yarns available so please stop on by the SHOP on Saturday morning and check them out!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you all there on Saturday!

LOTTERY WINNERS NOTIFIED!

GO check your emails!! The contest generator only let me pull one name (cuz I obviously don't know how to set the dang thing up correctly) but I used the list to use a random number generator for the rest of the club openings!

All club winners have been sent a lottery sign up email so go check and see if you were among the winners!

The winners are: (last names not listed for protection of privacy and names are as they were given in the contest machine)

Jenny M.
Minnie N.
Toonan
M.G.S.
Megan C.
Alicia V.
Terry F.
Rosemarie C
Suezie
Cheryl D
Nelago
Jenny
Meagan W.

If you see your name listed above check your email (or spam filter) for winning lottery email with sign up info.

Thanks everyone for signing up for a change to win. Signups will happen again in another 3 months for more chances to get into the GothSocks club!

Thanks everyone for your entries!

Okay, I'm doing the final tally and will be notifying winners of lottery spots tomorrow! So check your email tomorrow to see if you one a spot in the GothSocks club!

I will be announcing the next update within the next few days as well. It will be lots of Holiday limited edition yarns. So check back here for more info on that as well!

It's Lottery Time!!!

Hi everyone! It's been 3 months and it's time for your chance to get into the GothSocks yarn club again! please read the following and the sign up link is at the bottom!

I will be keeping the lottery sign ups open until December 7th. At that time I'll randomly pick from the sign ups list for your spot in the club! Winners will be emailed with sign up links on December 8th :)


First up let's just recap a little about the club:

1. I will be billing quarterly for the club and membership will now be perpetual for as long as you want to stay in. (USA- $108, Canadian $110, International $114) What this means is that the subscription to the club will be for as long as you want it. Payment will come out in full for each 3 month allotment. Payments will come out the same day as you signed up (First initial payment will come out when you sign up and then every third month until you unsubscribe)

2. Each quarter will include the following - 1 Black Striped GothSock, 1 Non-Black Striped GothSock and 1 Gothling. Each quarter will include at least 1 luxury base yarn. Luxury bases are the Laudanum (cashmere blend) or the Argyria with Silver or something similarly posh! The other 2 months of each quarter will be an assortment of merino, BFL, or a surprise yarn base of my choosing. I will also be including swag from time to time but not every month.

New club rules are as follows:

1. Please do not resell your club yarns on online market places like ebay for at least 1 year after you have received them.

2. Please do not resell your club yarns for more than the original purchase price in the GothSocks Groupies board on Ravelry. I can't stop you from reselling them on ravelry, nor am I asking you to do that. I am however asking that in the GothSocks forum to not oversell items that I sell. I don't mind trades, reselling for purchase price but in our boards please do not do this. It is unfair to people that are buying the yarns and since it is a forum that is for GothSocks I feel this is a reasonable request.

3. I reserve the right to cancel club memberships and refund the purchase price as I see fit. I have never canceled anyone at all but have run into some similar issues recently and for various reasons feel like I do have the right to refuse membership if I feel it is warranted for any reason.

WA state residents please add 9.5% sales tax. (Tax will not automatically be added through paypal and you will get a second invoice from me for it. Sorry about the inconvenience but it's the only way I can make it work! I will be sending your invoices very soon after everyone has signed up. )

*IMPORTANT NOTICE* If you change your address anytime during the club or change your paypal information, email me directly. Paypal does not inform me of changes, only cancellations which can occur even when you are just changing your bank info. If you need me to mail your package to a different address, you must give me sufficient notice and email. If not, I will always send to the paypal address in your original subscription sign up.

So if you're interested in a chance at the few spots and have read the above info click through :

Shop Update Oct 23rd at 9am PST

Hi everyone! I'm having another Halloween limited edition update on Saturday! I'll have all the Halloween colorways available. Some of them will be on different base yarns than last week. I'll update you all when I have them all dyed and ready to go and know what I'll have on what!

After that, I'll be doing an update with club colorways that are now going to be available to everyone. These will include colorways from my Dead Poet's Club (my first ever sock club!) And most of the Tim Burton colorways as well!!! WOOHOO!!! I'll be announcing those after this update is all done.

So I'll see you all on Saturday the 23rd in the shop!

Shop Update on Friday Oct 15th at 10am PST

Hi guys! I’ll be doing an all Halloween limited edition Colorways update on Friday the 15th! I’ll be having another one the following week on Saturday the 23rd if Fridays don’t work for you :)

I’ll be putting up lots of different yarn bases in colorways like:

Samhain

Pumpkin King


Your Zombie Ex-Girlfriend


Fright Night


and others!

So stop by the SHOP next Friday to score some GothSocks!

Saturday Sept 25th Update yarns!

Hey guys! I just wanted to update you on colorways for this update. This is totally a GothSock only update and here’s what I have :

Laudanum base (MCN) Imma Bitch

Strychnine base (80/20 merino nylon): TARDIS, Ultimate Ginger, Don’t Blink

Asphodel base (merino light twist) Going Postal, Mad as a Hatter, When Life Gives You Lemons

See you guys at 9AM PST!!! in the SHOP.

Shop Update Saturday Sept 25th at 9am PST

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the GothSock lovin' on Friday! Everything will be shipping out over the next few days!

There is another shop update on Saturday at 9am. Thanks so much for looking and I'll post up colorways in a few days (mostly the same as last week!)

See you there!

Friday 17th Shop Update Colorways :

I’m also announcing new base names for yarns as well as the much awaited merino/nylon! The yarn base names are listed below the colorways included in this update! I’ll be posting in the other thread as well with all of my base yarns as well as all over the place over the next week so people know what I’m talking about :)

Colorways in this update are:

GothSocks:

Imma Bitch in Laudanum base yarn
Going Postal in Asphodel base yarn
Ultimate Ginger (dark orange and light orange stripe) Strychnine base yarn
Don’t Blink ( Dark gray with light gray stripe) Strychnine base yarn
TARDIS (dark blue with light blue stripe) Strychnine base yarn

These are part of a line I’ve been pondering for a long time (not just all Doctor Who) self striping colors that are the same color family but one super saturated and the other a nice light color. (hope that makes sense!)

Gothlings:

My Precious - Asphodel base
Ocean Deep - Asphodel base
Wicked - Asphodel base
Ember - Asphodel base

YARN BASE KEY:

MCN fingering (OhMyGoth)- Laudanum
soft twist merino - Asphodel
merino/nylon - strychnine

I will be repeating the GothSocks in the next udpate as well and maybe a few more if I can warp them up in time.

Once we hit October I’ll be doing Halloween colorways with limited edition yarns and fun stuff!

Thanks for looking and tune in tomorrow at the SHOP at 11am PST.

Lottery Winners!

I have just sent out emails to all the lottery spot winners! Go check your email to see if you were one of the lucky few!

I appreciate all the interest and will hold another lottery after the next sign ups are done with available spots again (that will be at the end of November)

Thanks again!

GOTHSOCK CLUB LOTTERY SIGNUPS!

Hi everyone! It's time! It's here! It's your chance to grab one of the few spots available in the GothSock Monthly Yarn Club!

If you'd like a chance in the lottery, I will be randomly picking names from the email list. You can enter your email just once. Multiple entries will not count, only one lottery spot per email address please.) Please click through the sign up link at the bottom of this post after you've read the club info!

ALSO NOTE: If you are already in my email contact list you will get taken to an "update your profile page" You should receive a thank you email shortly with a link to update your profile and you can chose to stay in the newsletter list and also join the lottery signup list. It's a weird glitch for current gothsock news email list subscribers only. If you don't already get the newletter you can also choose to sign up as well.

First up let's just recap a little about the club:

1. I will be billing quarterly for the club and membership will now be perpetual for as long as you want to stay in. (USA- $108, Canadian $110, International $114) What this means is that the subscription to the club will be for as long as you want it. Payment will come out in full for each 3 month allotment. Payments will come out the same day as you signed up (First initial payment will come out when you sign up and then every third month until you unsubscribe)

What this does is make it much easier for me to keep track of paperwork, and it also alleviates the need to keep signing up for you guys. You can stay in as long as you like!

2. Each quarter will include the following - 1 Black Striped GothSock, 1 Non-Black Striped GothSock and 1 Gothling. Each quarter will include at least 1 luxury base yarn. Luxury bases are the OhMyGoth Cashmere or the Gilded with Silver or something similarly posh! The other 2 months of each quarter will be an assortment of merino, BFL, or a surprise yarn base of my choosing. I will also be including swag from time to time but not every month. I want the emphasis to remain on the yarn itself.

I do try to get club yarns out the first week of the month. Sometimes this can't happen because of family and kids. I will *always* keep you notified if I'm running behind.

WA state residents please add 9.5% sales tax. (Tax will not automatically be added through paypal and you will get a second invoice from me for it. Sorry about the inconvenience but it's the only way I can make it work! I will be sending your invoices very soon after everyone has signed up. )

*IMPORTANT NOTICE* If you change your address anytime during the club or change your paypal information, email me directly. Paypal does not inform me of changes, only cancellations which can occur even when you are just changing your bank info. If you need me to mail your package to a different address, you must give me sufficient notice and email. If not, I will always send to the paypal address in your original subscription sign up.

So if you're interested in a chance at the few spots and have read the above info click through :

Sign ups are closed for the lottery and people will be receiving their email notices in a few minutes if they were one of the lucky few people!


Thanks again and I will be leaving this open until September 9th at 9pm PST (that's almost a week to add your email address!). Multiple entries will not count, only one lottery spot per email address. Spot openings will then be picked by random number generator and winners of the openings will be emailed on Sept 10th with sign up links and info.

Any questions feel free to email me at rainydayswoolydogs@hotmail.com Thanks again!

Club renewals and a shop update soon!

Hi everyone!

Those of you in the GothSock club should be getting paypal invoices over the next week (depending on when you signed up) If for some reason your account got canceled by paypal and you want to stay in (it usually happens when you update payment info in your account. Paypal likes to cancel everything even if you didn't want to!) Just send me a quick email and I'll start sending out renewal links for you!.

I'll figure out after the 24th how many club openings there will be and announce it in here and the shop for you to send me you email to get into the lottery for it (NOT NOW! I'll announce it! Please don't send me your email info yet. You won't be included in the lottery that way! It will only be for the days I announce) I'll be accepting emails for that over the course of 2-3 days and then do a random number generator for the slots open. I thought that was really the fairest way to do it because there are only a few open.

In shop news, I will be doing another update in a week or so. I am working out the details and dyeing up the yarn and will let everyone know when it's all ready!

Thanks for looking and I'll pop back in an let everyone know when the update will be and when the club slots are available!

MYSTERY SKEIN SALE! July 28 at 10am PST

SHOP UPDATE WEDNESDAY JULY 28th at 10AM PST!!!

This update will be unique in that I'm moving into my studio and have tons of sample dyed skeins that I've over dyed and DON'T WANNA MOVE!!!

It'll be a grab bag/mystery skein sale! What this means is this...I have Gothlings, GothSocks, Test dyed yarns, original fuwa fuwa base yarns etc. that will all be in 1 listing. All yarns regardless of the fiber content will be a flat rate of $25. This means some of you are going to score some GothSocks for cheaps...altho most skeins I have are merino based or bamboo, BFL or other wools Gothlings. I have some Gilded skeins in here as well. So if you're into getting surprise yarns in your mail box...this is the sale for you. Almost all yarns will be OOAK over dyed that will be labeled "Dark & Twisty". I cannot repeat these. You won't know what you're getting until you've gotten it :) Kinda fun right? PLEASE LIMIT YOUR PURCHASE TO 2 SKEINS PER CUSTOMER!!! (Since there aren't "colorways" this update I'm simply asking that you limit yourself to 2. If you do get 2 skeins I am not guaranteeing that both will be the same dye lot, colorway or even remotely match. Most are OOAK skeins!!!) Next update will be a regular GothSock update that will be after the first of the month (once club yarns are out the door)

In this update you will get whatever skeins I grab. And like I said...most are non repeatable! So if you like living on the edge and want a surprise then make sure to grab a skein!

Thanks everyone and tune in and THE SHOP at 10am on Wed. July 28th for the grab bag fun!

Colorways for July 10th Update at 11am PST!

The large batch of OMG will be…..drum roll….

Nana’s Tea Party!!!

I will also be doing smaller batches of these new colors:

Um from Umbridge (deep red stripe with a contrast white and black speckled stripe)
Mad as a Hatter (Bright orange stripe with a contrast blue,pink and purple stripe)
When Life Gives you Lemons(bright yellow stripe with a contrast white stripe)

The Nana’s Tea Party will be on the MCN base all others will be on the tighter twist 100% merino.

I will try to get some gothlings in here as well….not sure what colors yet. It all depends on whether or not I pass out from heat stroke. :)

(After all the update stuff is done I’m revamping my base yarn line names. It’s going to be soooo cool and really make a lot more sense for everyone instead of me always saying “tighter twist this” and “BFL that” or whatever. I’m working out the details and will be able to put all the finishing touches on it after the update and everyrthing is sent out. Trust me. You guys will like what I’ve come up with for base yarn names. I LOVE them so I think you all will too)

And please remember that this update is running a little different than the others and I am asking that you limit yourselves to 2 skeins of each colorway. This gives more people a chance to grab a skein. I will be refunding those that go over which will be a headache for all of us so PLEASE DON'T!!! I'm begging you guys :) Thanks!! And see you on Saturday at 11am PST!!!

Shop Update July 10th at 11am PST!

Hello everyone!! I'm here! I'm alive! I've been swallowed by yarn!! Well...no. Not really :)

Just wanted to announce that I'll be doing the first of several shop updates on July 10th at 11am PST. It's a Saturday, so mark your calenders now!

I will be doing this update differently so that more people have the opportunity to grab a skein or 2.

I'll be doing a large listing of 1 colorway and then will have several others with fewer skeins. But with 40-50 skeins of 1 color should give more people a chance to get atleast 1 skein. I'm also going to be asking that you limit the amount of each colorway you can purchase to just 2 skeins each (you can buy multiple colorways...just not 4-5 skeins of each. If that makes any sense.Any questions feel free to email me!) I will do refunds and restock the store accordingly if more than 2 skeins of a colorway are purchased. This will be annoying for everyone involved so I'm asking upfront to please not buy more than your share of each color. :) Make sense? This way more people can have a chance but each of you can still buy more than 1 skein if you want to do bigger projects.

I'll announce in a day or so what the colorways in this update will be. I'll be doing another colorway about a week later...but i haven't worked out the exact date yet. I'll update you all in here when I do!

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to come by the SHOP on Saturday the 10th at 11am!!

GothSock club Signups!

ALL SPOTS ARE FILLED! THANKS EVERYONE FOR SIGNING UP. YOU'LL BE GETTING A WELCOME EMAIL SHORTLY.

It's time! Here is your sign up links and club details :)

First up let's just recap a little about this next club because it will be a little different than the other clubs I've run.
Things that will be changing in this next club are these:

1. I will be billing quarterly for the club and membership will now be perpetual for as long as you want to stay in. What this means is that the subscription to the club will be for as long as you want it. Payment will come out in full for each 3 month allotment. Payments will come out the same day as you signed up (First initial payment will come out when you sign up and then every third month until you unsubscribe)

What this does is make it much easier for me to keep track of paperwork, and it also alleviates the need to keep signing up for you guys. You can stay in as long as you like!

2. Each quarter will include the following - 1 Black Striped GothSock, 1 Non-Black Striped GothSock and 1 Gothling. Each quarter will include at least 1 luxury base yarn. Luxury bases are the OhMyGoth Cashmere or the Gilded with Silver. The other 2 months of each quarter will be an assortment of merino, BFL, or a surprise yarn base of my choosing. I will also be including swag from time to time but not every month. I want the emphasis to remain on the yarn itself.

This club will start July 2010 and run for as long as you want.

I do try to get club yarns out the first week of the month. Sometimes this can't happen because of family and kids. I will *always* keep you notified if I'm running behind.

Now for the links:

USA - $108 billed at sign up and again every 3 months

CANADIAN - $110 billed at sign up and again every 3 months.


INTERNATIONAL- $114 at sign up and again every 3 months

WA state residents please add 9.5% sales tax. (Tax will not automatically be added through paypal and you will get a second invoice from me for it. Sorry about the inconvenience but it's the only way I can make it work! I will be sending your invoices very soon after everyone has signed up. )

*IMPORTANT NOTICE* If you change your address anytime during the club or change your paypal information, email me directly. Paypal does not inform me of changes, only cancellations which can occur even when you are just changing your bank info. If you need me to mail your package to a different address, you must give me sufficient notice and email. If not, I will always send to the paypal address in your original subscription sign up.

All the above links will remain active until all spots are filled. Once they are filled the links will no longer work and will tell you that all items are sold out. I will send out notices every 3 months if there are any spots available and inform you of them here on the blog. If you aren't already signed up for the newletter please sign up for it in the upper right side bar!! You'll get shop update news and other info for upcoming events.

Shop Update Colorway list for May 22 Noon PST!

The colorways that will be in tomorrow's update are:

OhMyGoth: Cheshire Cat, White Queen, Red Queen, Business Time and Romantic

Merino: Blue Ballz, Evil Laugh, Strawberries on Acid

Gilded: Velvet Goldmine, Barbiegoth

Gothlets (200yd heel and toe skeins) of black in OhMyGoth, Merino and Gilded

Make sure to check the SHOP tomorrow at noon PST for you chance to get some of the above yarns! Thanks!

Shop Update Saturday May 22 at noon PST!

Okay guys...now that sign up news is out there (check the last post for more details about the club signups!)

I've also managed to get ready for a shop update for May 22!

I'll update here when I get all my colorways done and list them so you guys will have an idea of what will be in this update!!!

Thanks again and mark your calendars for May 22 at noon PST!

Club Sign up News!

IMPORTANT CLUB SIGN UP NEWS:

It's time to start getting ready for the next club sign ups! There are a few changes to the club so please make sure to read through everything first!

Things that will be changing in this next club are these:

1. I will be billing quarterly for the club and membership will now be perpetual for as long as you want to stay in. What this means is that the subscription to the club will be for as long as you want it. Payment will come out in full for each 3 month allotment. Payments will come out the same day as you signed up (First initial payment will come out when you sign up and then every third month until you unsubscribe)

What this does is make it much easier for me to keep track of paperwork, and it also alleviates the need to keep signing up for you guys. You can stay in as long as you like!

2. Each quarter will include the following - 1 Black Striped GothSock, 1 Non-Black Striped GothSock and 1 Gothling. Each quarter will include at least 1 luxury base yarn. Luxury bases are the OhMyGoth Cashmere or the Gilded with Silver. The other 2 months of each quarter will be an assortment of merino, BFL, or a surprise yarn base of my choosing. I will also be including swag from time to time but not every month. I want the emphasis to remain on the yarn itself.

3. The price will be $108 for US residents for each quarter, $110 for Canadian and $114 for International residents for each quarter.

This club will start July 2010 and run for as long as you want in!

Open Club Sign ups will happen here on the blog on Monday May 24th at 10am PST. There will be a link for a paypal subscription (for quarterly payments) there that will remain active for as long as there are spots available. As soon as the spots are full the links will be disabled. The next round of openings (if any) will happen again in August and every 3 months there after.

So make sure to check back here on Monday May 24th at 10am PST for you chance to get into the GothSock club!

Thanks and club news soon!

Thanks for the great updates and I will be working on club sign ups soon.

Check back for more news for club openings and sign ups for Mid May.

I'm working on club yarns this week and will let everyone know when the next updates will be after that.

They will definitely include all the new Alice in Wonderland inspired yarns as well as others.

Thanks again!


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Shop Update tomorrow at Noon PST

Okay….this update will have OhMyGoth in:

bruised ego
cake or death
business time
nana’s tea party
ditzy

a few new ones in merino (which I’m sorry…I’ll have pics up tomorrow in the shop but not earler. Sorry!! I’m swamped today)

The White Queen
The Red Queen

Gilded:
Night

next week will have a few additional Alice colorways (Cheshire Cat!! ) but I’ve ran out of time for this one.

and some different colorways as well ( I should have pics up next week for sure)

so there ya go. I also have some MCN lace that will peek in there as well :)

So I’ll see you all tomorrow at Noon PST!!!

Shop Update April 17th & 23nd!

Hi everyone! Mark your calendars for 2 shop updates! The first will be on Saturday April 17th at 12:00pm (noon) PST.

The second will be later that week on Friday April 23 at 10:00am PST.

I will be doing some new Alice in Wonderland colorways in these updates as well as some tried and true favorites.

I will also be including the first release of the first club exclusive yarn I ever did. It's called "Night" and is based on the poem by Percy Shelley. It will be a Gilded GothSock. I'll have pics up as soon as I can for a preview.

Soon I'll have club sign up news for next month. Thanks for looking and make sure to mark those calendars! Thanks!

Hello spring!

I will be doing another shop update in a week or so...right after I get all the club yarns outta here!

The next update will have Alice in Wonderland inspired yarns!! I super excited about them.

So check back in a few days for more info on the time and date of the next update!!

Thanks for looking :)

~Stephanie~

Colorway list for March 20, 2010 update

Sorry it took me so long to get the list posted up but here it is! I will be listing things at random throughout tomorrow. But when a colorway goes up…that’s all I have of it. So grab it if you see it :) Here’s the list:

OhMyGoth Cashmere GothSock:

Bruised Ego
cake or Death
Green Eyed Monster
Business Time
Nana’s Tea Party

Gilded GothSocks:

Dripping Rubies
Velvet Goldmine
Serenity(new not-a-goth colorway)

100% Merino GothSock:

Puddle Stomping
Little Mermaid
Blood & Tears
Evil Laugh
3 weeks later

Gilded Gothlings:

Black Ice
Bloody Valentine (new Gothling colorway)

100% Merino Gothlings:

Ocean Deep
Kiss the For Me
Wicked
Opium Den

Okay…I have a shit ton of cashmere on it’s way to me which includes sock weight, worsted weight and LACE WEIGHT!!! I’ll be doing a Cashmere only update when I receive it.

I will also be doing a themed update very soon. I am going to do it inspired from Alice in Wonderland so keep your eyes open for more info on that :)

So…like I said…I’ll be posting things randomly throughout the day tomorrow. Good luck and I hope this gives more people a chance to get some things. We’ll see how it goes. I would love to hear feedback from people as well since this is the first time I’ll be doing this kind of update.

Shop Update March 15, 2010

BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!!!! Or don't :)

I'm doing a shop update (FINALLY!!) on March 15, 2010. I'll be doing it a bit differently than my usual ones. I am only announcing the date, not the time. I will randomly be posting things in there so that more people have a chance to get some things.

I'm just going to see how well it works this way. If it does then this will be the standard for posting....but this is a trial run to see what happens :)

I don't have a full list of what will be in the update yet. Once I do I'll post it up for you all :)

Madrona Fiber Arts 2010

Hi everyone! Sorry I'm such a horrible blogger. I have been busy dyeing up tons of yarn for this years Madrona Fiber Arts which I'm a vendor at. I will have tons of colorways with me in both wool and cashmere blend!

I will be trying to hold back some yarn and set some new GothSocks out each day. Hopefully this will help a little to avoid the empty shelves at Sock Summit again :)

So if you're in the area please stop by and say hi.

*** Also important notice***

This show will have a price increase for all Merino based yarns. This will become a standard. However at the show I'm including the sales tax in the price of yarn so I don't have to deal with any small coins etc

The prices for the yarns are as follows:

Merino GothSocks - $28
Merino Gothlings - $26
Merino Worsted - $20

I still feel like this is a very reasonable price for my GothSocks. THere is a LOT of work that goes into each individual skein to make it stripe. Prices for the OhMyGoth cashmere blend will remain the same.

Thanks so much for understanding and I really hope to see a lot of you at the show!

~Stephanie~