You really know how to make a girl blush. All I can say is – Thank you! Thank you! What a great response to  the club! I am truly over the moon. Hope you are as excited about it as I am.    There are just a few spots left……

On another note – have you tried these? Wow. Yep….. my new best friend today. Ok. I’m going back to bed now.

FYI~ There has been a small shop update.

Sign ups are open – Here you go!

Read with Me,

Watch with Me,

Dream with Me,

Knit with Me.

Plucky Classics – a yarn club.

Every  three months will be based on a different classic movie, author or book….Which classics? I’ll reveal the classic before each  three month cycle. The first cycle will be Jane Austen. You know how I love Jane. And these will not be any of the colorways I’ve had available in my store. These are brand new, for club members only. I also plan to have exclusive patterns available and other fun things. Stay tuned!

The first five members  that sign up for  a three month membership will receive a Plucky Classics T-Shirt or a Plucky Classics Tote Bag. I will contact you to let you know if you were one of the first five members and you will be give your choice of sizes for the T-shirt  or a tote bag.  

So, tell me –  how do I sign up?  

Subscription sign-up’s will begin tomorrow, March 25th at 6:00 p.m. EST and will be kept open until Friday, March 28 at 9:00 p.m. EST. For this first round there will be 50 spots available. 20 one-month subscriptions and 30 three-month subscriptions.

The following subscriptions are available:  

• 3 months – United States $85

• 1 month United States – $30

• 3 months International –  $100

• 1 month  International –  $40

• 3 months Canadian – $90

• 1 month Canadian – $35

When will my yarn ship? And how do I pay for it?

Payment will be due on the 20th of every month  (this will pay for the next months yarn). For example –  If you sign up tomorrow for a one month subscription, payment of $30 will be due at that time and your yarn will ship on April 25th. If you sign up for the three month subscription tomorrow, payment of $80 will be due and your  first shipment will be April 25th.  Please remember that your subscription will automatically renew every month or every three months (depending on the subscription you chose) unless you cancel ahead of time.

I know there will be questions, lots of questions. So, please ask away.

***Edited to add***

Krysten asks a very good question: Which base yarn will I use?

For this round I will be using my 80/10/10 Merino, Cashmere, Nylon blend. It’s delicious.

Words to live by, don’t you think?  

March 21, second day of Spring…. Under winter storm warning until 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. The bench on our patio was bare this morning.

This does not sit well with the humans or the canine.

On a much, much brighter note: The.Best.Cookie. It was all I could do to stop eating and snap a picture. Mr. Plucky and I went to Whole Foods and I snagged a macaroon, sadly, just one, as I was so not planning on falling  in love. Went to the Whole Foods  website and, sadly, there is no recipe available. Does anyone? Anyone? Have or know of a recipe for something similar?

Chocolate Chip Macaroon from Whole Foods

Oh yeah, I was giving away yarn to the person who left the 2000th comment, wasn’t I? Curious?   Becky  - Congratulations! Please contact me and I will make arrangements to send you your prize.

• Pattern: Another Top Down  and I’ve mixed it up a bit. Put the sleeve stitches on waste yarn and decide what to do with them once the body is finished.
• Yarn: BSA Skinny Cotton – Mallard

Bob was moritifed. “You don’t know how to do Algebra????? Sure you do. X + 1 =???”

Ok. So  apparently  I know very basic Algebra.

• Pattern: No Purl Monkeys
• Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug  -  Vincents Apron
• Verdict so far: LOVE.

Everyone, meet Carol – Carol, everyone.

Maxx New York  Sonata Satchel (from the !!clearance rack!! at Nordstrom in Seattle). Had to have something to carry  all that yarn home in….

Dee  always has fun questionnaires. Here are my three things and, please feel free to play along.

Three Things That Scare Me

1. Rodents
2. The unknown or what if’s (sometimes I just think too much)
3. Airplanes

Three People Who Make Me Laugh

1. Gavin
2. Mr. Plucky
3. Sam (I know he’s my dog, but seriously, he makes me laugh – a lot!)

Three Things I Love

1. A pedicure  
2. Farmers Markets
3. Watching an old movie while knitting or dyeing yarn

Three Things I Hate

1. Bananas (with all my heart and soul I hate bananas)
2. Raw meat (won’t touch it)
3. Computer trouble

Three Things I Don’t Understand

1. Unreasonable people
2. Hedge Funds
3. HTML (would very much like to learn)

Three Things On My Desk

1. Yarn
2. Back issues of Martha Stewart Living (thank you Mary!)
3. A Zeiss Microscope and eye pieces

Three Things I’m Doing Right Now

1. Listening to iTunes
2. Wishing for warm weather
3. Making plans

Three Things I Want To Do Before I Die

1. Go to Europe
2. Have a successful small buisness
3. Live in a tiny cottage by the sea (or at least stay in one for a while)

Three Things I Can Do

1. A back bend
2. Dye
3. Remember alot  of very random, odd    and obscure bits of information

Three Things I Can’t Do

1. Touch my tongue to my nose
2. Alegbra
3. Eat a banana (nope, can’t. Physically incappable).

Three Things I Think You Should Listen To

1. Your Dad (or suitable parental unit or subsitute… you know, someone you are certain has your best interest at heart)
2. Wait, Wait – Don’t Tell Me on NPR
3. Frank Sinatra

Three Things You Should Never Listen To

1. Your insecurities (one of these days maybe I will take my own advice)
2. A Naysayer
3. Hmmm. Must give that some thought.

Three Things I’d Like To Learn

1. To bake good bread
2. To speak French
3. To Sew

Three Favorite Foods

1. Ice Cream
2. Grilled Asparagus
3. Soda Bread from Paddy Coynes  (now if I could just figure out how to get some from Tacoma….or the recipe). Anyone know of a good soda bread recipe?

Three Shows I Watched As A Kid

1. Little House on the Prairie
2. Family Ties
3. The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (of course I was too young to stay up that late so I would sit in the hallway and watch from there…).

Three Things I Regret

1. Saying things I shouldn’t have – especially in anger or frustration
2. Missed opportunities
3. Wasted time

Yesterday’s cryptic post? Don’t worry, I won’t keep you guessing for long. And, on another note, I’m getting really close to the 2,000th comment… Now, we all know what that means. Yep, free yarn. The person that leaves the 2000th comment will receive a skein of plucky yarn.