Category Archives: Knitting

September Calendars are UP!

And look! They are even early!! I think somehow we all hit upon a theme for this month. Can you tell what it is??? Hummmmmm. Enjoy!

better late than never! July 2010 desktop calendars are up!

Sorry they are late! With the holiday and all…..y’all know how things go!

Enjoy them!!

June 2010 Desktop Calendars!

You can surely tell that we’ve been bitten by the summer bug  by the shots taken this month! Hope you enjoy them! As always we love to hear which one/s you take! Thanks!

Big Shop Update & Customer Appreciation Sale!

Slowly but surely I’ve been completely restocking the shop.  Now that the Namasteis all restocked I decided to have a small sale! For the next three days, everything in the shop is 10% off. I would like to thank each and every one of you for your business. Scout’s Swag is just about to celebrate its 4 year anniversary and I would like to celebrate with you! In the 4 years the store has been opened, there have been 3,368,077 unique visitors. That’s a lot of people! So thank you again for your continued support.
A few new items are in the shop if you haven’t seen them already. The newest scent from Soak - Unleash is here.
The Circular Cases from Namaste are super cool if you haven’t seen them:

The Laguna, the Monroe, the Zuma the Hermosa and all of the Namaste accessoriesare all stocked!

A few other items that have been recently stocked:
As always I thank you for your continued support! If there is anything you need and it is out of stock please contact me and I will order it right away.

April 2010 Desktop Calendars!

Whoops! I have been so busy I forgot to put them up here! Sorry! Here you go.

Sign-ups for Yarn Club 2010 & New Calendars!

It’s that time of year again! Time for the FIFTH year of Scout’s Swag Sock Club. However, this year it is going to be called……Scout’s Totally Awesome, Radtastic, Superfantabulous Semisolid Yarn Club. Since many people do not knit just socks with my fantabulous yarn I figured it was time to rename the club. With this being the 5th year of the club I decided to put a spin on it. Not only will the colors be gorgeous semisolids from yours truly, but there will also be swag prizes for a lucky few, some free pattern suggestions and discounts on patterns that can be knit with the club yarn from some of the top designers out there in craft-land. Amy Singer, Kate Gilbert, Wendy Bernard, Rosemary Hill, Lisa Shobhana Mason and Miriam Felton are just a few of the participating contributors!! It’s really going to be a super fun club this time around with lots of cool swag. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP!

As I mentioned last year, I have tried my hardest to keep the prices down but the last two years I have continued to be hit when USPS increases their shipping prices so I had to up the price by just a few dollars so I don’t lose money. I wish I had control over this but if every year the shipping prices increase, I need to increase the club prices as well, to cover shipping and Paypal fees.

This year there are 80 spots available. The spots available are as follows:

  • 6 Month Subscriptions ($170): 56 Spaces
  • 3 Month Subscriptions ($85): 40 Spaces
  • 1 Month Subscriptions ($32): 24 Spaces

To help the signup process move smoothly, and ensure that everyone gets a fair shot, a lottery draw will be used. I am also opening the lottery up for longer than 48 hours so no one misses out this time. Starting today, March 2nd, you’ll be able to cast your name into the hat for one of the spots listed above. The signup form will be up until 6 PM MST on Friday, March 12th so make sure and submit your name before then. There is a definite chance I will make the club bigger if the response is bigger. Last year I allowed over 100 spots…..so it just depends! Bookmark this page as it will be where the signups are.

To signup, simply enter your Name, E-Mail Address, and select the spot you are interested in. If you’re a member of Scout’s Indie Swag Round 4, then click the checkbox marked Round 4 Member. All existing members who sign up will be entered into the drawing twice. We will be checking this against the current member list, so please do not check that box unless you are truly in the club.

This year there will also be a box to check if you live outside of the US. There are additional shipping charges if you do. For each month you sign up the charges are roughly $12.00 more for Canada and $14.00 for any other country. For example if you live in England and get a 6 month spot you will need to pay an additional $84.00. I will only mail Priority Mail because with First Class you do not get tracking. I would hate for anything to get lost overseas and not be able to track it. Unfortunately the USPS rates go up every year and I have no control over this expense. I wish I did!

Please note that signing up on this page does not guarantee you a spot in Round 5 of the Indie Swag Club, it just puts you into the random drawing to determine the winners. Also, please don’t signup if you aren’t 100% sure that you want to join. Another point I would like to make is that anyone who signs up for a 1 month spot also takes the chance of getting yarn in ANY one of the following months. April, June, August, October, December, February. So there is a definite chance you won’t get your yarn until February 2011. I know that seems like forever away and want to make sure you understand that! Also, yarn is mailed the last week of each one of these months so you usually get it the by the 1st or 2nd day of the following month.

Once the signups are complete, the winners will get an e-mail, along with a Paypal Invoice for the cost of the membership. Then you can sit back and wait for your awesome yarn! Good luck everyone!


March 2010 DEsktop Calendars are here!

Simply click on the link to the larger image, right click and save to desktop!

We hope you like them!

One Final Hurrah!

My good friend Wendy, of Knit & Tonic, has a little blog post you might want to go and read. Something about 10% off right now when you purchase more than $15.00? Just go read it…..
In order to make room for newer products I am discontinuing a few items in the shop. All Haiku Bags are now 20% off as well as all Pick Up Sticks Patterns & Kits. They make GREAT Holiday gifts!
There are a few items that have been restocked just in time for last minute holiday shopping:
As always I thank you for your continued support and I wish you all a very happy Holiday season!

New Namaste Colors & a Sale!

I spent last week updating the shop with a huge order from Namaste. I know that many items will sell out immediately so please don’t worry because I can place another order right away and will have it within a week. Namaste has made everything they currently sell in the color red. There is the LagunaHermosaZuma,Buddy Case, Mini ClutchCozyMini Cozy. Pshew! Lots of new stuff! Here are a few images of them so you can see how gorgeous they are.

Also, Namaste brought back their Binders! These will be ordered on a custom order basis. If you would like one, simply email me and I will place an order immediately and get it to you as soon as they arrive.
In order to make room for newer products I am discontinuing a few items in the shop. All Haiku Bags are now 20% off as well as all Pick Up Sticks Patterns & Kits. They make GREAT Holiday gifts!

There are a number of other items restocked in the shop so make sure you poke around and see everything.

As always I thank you for your continued support and I wish you all a very happy Holiday season!

August Calendars! And a Winner!

First of all I apologize for leaving y’all hanging on the contest. I was hoping to have pictures for you but I need to go to Village Wools and get more yarn to finish my…….. Fetching gloves! So Emy sister, you win. I’m also going to give a gift certificate to Kelanie because I also printed off and brought yarn to knit Clapotis too. I didn’t actually knit it, but I am ready to as my next project. Kate promised me I could call her if I didn’t understand the pattern so I thought I would give it a go! Thanks to everyone for playing. There are some really beautiful patterns listed I hadn’t seen. As soon as I get the rest of the yarn I will post a picture. I actually only need yarn for the thumb on the second one and finished it TWO MILES from home. I almost cried! So now I need to get one whole ball of yarn for like 12″ of yarn. *le sigh*

In other news, it’s August? Um wow. I can’t believe that July is over. Really? School starts in 20 days. I actually thought it was much sooner so my kids aren’t in camp anymore which doesn’t really help in the productivity front for me. Oh well. We’ll just play around at the pool and enjoy the last little bit of summer I guess. Hope you have all been having a good one. We just got back from San Diego so these calendars were inspired by my trip. Sorry there isn’t a yarn one….hope you’ll forgive us. I promise next month there will be. But I do think these are nice and summery! Enjoy.

Simply click on the picture you would like to use as a desktop calendar and it will take you the larger size for download. Then you just right click it to set as a desktop calendar. Actually I have no idea what you do for Macs. Is it the same thing?

get me to knit and you win something!

Seriously. This is a contest. Spread the word!  We are leaving to go on vacation this week. I will be spending about 24 hours in a car total plus a week at the beach. I think I need to knit something. Yes. Me knitting something.  I think maybe it’s time to knit a garment? I actually still have the yarn to knit Poppy. I know right? Pathetic. I can’t even remember the last time I knit something. I think it was this hat back in January!  I need to be really inspired. We’re talking like, get my rear in gear and make me want to run to Village Wools to buy some yarn. I actually really like Shobhana’s Kimberly….but what else is super cool out there?

So….if you are the person to inspire me to knit something on this trip you will win a $50.00 certificate to the shop! Maybe I’ll do a few other smaller prizes too. You have to link me to the pattern in order to qualify. You have TWO DAYS! This contest ends on Thursday morning at 8:00am so I have time to go get what I need. Please please show me some cool stuff! And…..GO!

Also, there will be no shipping from JULY 17th-26th!!! If you buy anything during that time it will ship on the 27th. And check these new colors from Namaste. If you want to pre-order anything let me know.