The news you have all been waiting for! Did you notice the name of the sock club is different? That’s because I decided for Round III to make it just a sock club BUT with a cool little twist. This time there will not be Indie Swag to go along with each exclusive colorway. As much as I’ve loved working with all of my Indie peeps it’s a lot of work for everyone involved and I need to simplify things for this year. I have a lot going on and I would rather open up a few more spots and dye some more yarn and keep it all a bit more streamlined. So what is the twist? Well, every other month for the yarn, I will randomly select one of the club members to collaborate on a colorway and name for the yarn! I think this will be really cool to work with six of you over the year to create some hot new colorways to eventually add to the gallery. I wanted to do something different than anyone else is doing and I really think this will be fun. I also really liked the idea of keeping the prices down and taking out the Indie Swag part knocks off quite a bit of money. As you can see below, I also give discounts if you sign up for 3 months or 6 months.

So the details for this round. It will be a bi-monthly sock club where you the first month of yarn will be mailed out the last week in April. (then again in June, August, October, December, February) I will do what I did last year with the lottery. It’s the most fair way for me to allow people to get the very few spots I have for my club. Right now I am going to say there are 40 spots BUT I might make it 50 depending on how many people want in.

The memberships will be offered as follows which equals 40 full spots:

(these prices do not include international shipping which will be a separate charge)

34 (6-month) subscription for $160

6 (3-month) subscription for $80

12 (1-month) subscription for $30 per month

If you want in, please only sign up for ONE spot. We will delete your name if you sign up for all three spots. Also, to clarify, if you get a 1-month subscription, you will be chosen to receive yarn in only one of the months in the club. You might be chosen for February 2009 so be prepared to wait if you choose one of those memberships! Once we close the sign-ups, the program will then randomly pick the people for the club. For current club members? If you want in again, Adam is making the program enter your name in two times so you have a better chance to get in this time. With such a small club, it’s honestly the only way I/we can think of to make it fair for everyone.

I know. You want to know when you can sign up. Monday, March 10th will be the date for the sign up. We will put it up at 6:00 MST. (8:00pm EST/5:00PST) Make sure you sign up with an email you use for Paypal as I will bill you as soon as we pick the club. We will allow sign-ups for 24 hours. And there you have it. The new Indie Swag Club will be selected. The first shipment will be mailed out in the last week of April. Once you receive your Paypal Invoice you need to pay that within 24 hours. Otherwise I will give your spot to the next randomly chosen person. I ran into problems last year with some people not paying right away and I really don’t have the time to repeatedly email people to get them to pay. I don’t mean to sound harsh but this whole thing takes a lot of time to do fairly and properly!

Please let me know if you have any questions at all. I know a lot of people want to get into the club and want to make sure you understand everything before you sign up! As we get closer I will give you the proper page to bookmark for when it goes live.

I need a nap after that. So who’s in for Round III!?!?!