First Shipment

The international packages will ship out tomorrow (Tuesday) and the rest will follow by the end of the week. A lot of people look forward to the surprise of opening a box filled with unknown gifts, so be careful about what you say on this blog or in the Ravelry group. There will be a "Spoiler" thread in the Ravelry thread where we can talk about the package, so if you want to be surprised don't open that thread! Once all the packages have been received we will post an "all clear" here on the blog and you'll know its safe to share photos and talk about the project wherever you want.

Thanks!

Getting Closer...

Can you believe its already July? That means that the first Ram Club shipment is just a month away! So that I have time to dye the yarn and order other little extras, we need to have a final head count soon. So, if you have been thinking about signing up now is the time to do it. Also, please remind your friends that they are almost out of time. We are going to stop taking sign-ups next Wednesday, July 9th. Remember, you can either pay the entire fee up front (and get a discount) or pay in monthly installments. Sign up now, before its too late!!

I am getting really excited and can't wait to share our new patterns and colorways with you guys!

New Poll!

Ravelry Group

Are you on Ravelry? If not, well, why not? If you are, hop on over and join the Ram Club group. See you there!

Designer Profile - StitchStud

Charles is a knitter, spinner, crocheter and a podcaster about fibre. He began knitting when he was 10 because he was inspired by his grade school teacher, a group of Colombian male shepherds who knit, and his father, a different kind of renaissance man, but one with a shared vision for creativity. By 20 he was working in a knitting store, had designed and sold about 10 custom sweaters under his own label, and beginning to spin and weave a little. He put it all away for a few years which spanned his master's degree in language education, getting married, having 2 sons, and many other distractions. About three years ago, he started knitting and designing again, primarily for family and to bust his stash of his dated yarn in favour of new ones full of soft merino, and hand-painted colour-ways. A little over a year ago he started blogging at jigraknits and in the summer of 2007 began a podcast called Stitchstud and His Bride (stitchstud.podbean.com). Charles has often bemoaned the scarcity of men's patterns, but has chosen to stop whining and to get involved in the design arena in order to contribute designs for men. He is very excited to be designing for the Unique Sheep and the Ram Club!
Charles' Ravelry name is STITCHSTUD.

Men Knitting in the News

Just saw this article about the popularity of knitting among men. I like the quote at the end that "asking if it's acceptable for men to knit is as antiquated as asking if it's acceptable for women to vote"

All the Cool Kids are Doing It....

I'd like to compile a list of the blogs and websites of all the club members, so if you have signed up for the club and have a blog/website that you would like listed, please leave it in the comments or email it to me at laura@theuniquesheep.com. If you include a short description of your blog/site that would be even better. Thanks!

p.s. this list of links will be made public, so only send them to me if thats okay with you!