
Outfitter Tour - Great Lakes **PREORDER**
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The Outfitter Tour
Welcome to the Outfitter Tour! We're outfitting you with kits that thoughtfully combine colorways with suggested patterns. Whether you want to knit or crochet, we have you covered! We're creating new colorways and re-envisioning patterns as we explore and share more wild places with you across the country.
Stop 5
Lake Superior
It's hard to appreciate the immensity and power of Lake Superior. Alone it accounts for 10% of the entire world's fresh surface water. It also encircles 450 islands, including the remote Isle Royale National Park. Few swim in the lake's perpetually icy cold waters, but its countless miles of surrounding rivers and waterways are ripe for canoeing and kayaking. The lake is well known for its stormy nature, fog and sudden squalls, which have strewn history with hundreds of shipwrecks, more than half of which are yet to be discovered.
Millions of acres of National Forest surround Lake Superior, and help conserve native plants and animals including black bears, moose, gray wolves, loons, a wide variety of fish, and plenty more. An immense effort for decades has been managing water pollution and removing many invasive aquatic species. Perhaps the most notorious invasive animal is the sea lamprey, fittingly known as the "vampire of the Great Lakes" that nearly wiped out all native lake trout. It took many years, but thanks to the USGS in partnership with other organizations, the trout has finally been restored to the lake! The work is far from over though. It's a complex and ongoing effort, because the ecosystem is in a delicate balance and many invasive species, including the sea lamprey, can't be completely eradicated. It sometimes hard to appreciate, but we can't imagine the Great Lakes without this fantastic work!
Preorder
For this preorder, we have one colorway projects. Featured is Joji's Storm Shawl, perfectly fitting for Lake Superior! One single colorway will be created based on the inspiration photo below...

**The inspiration photo(s) reflects what the colorways will be, NOT the featured projects. Patterns are NOT included.**
Options:
Choose the yarn base of your choice. Single skeins are $1.50 off retail price.
Featured patterns:
This month we have the following suggested patterns:
- Knit Shawl: Storm Shawl 1 skein of fingering
- Knit Socks: Speckled Socks 1 skein of fingering
- Crochet Shawl: Down the River 1 to 2 skeins fingering
Inspiration image photo credit: Max Bender
How it Works
Our inspiration photo guides us in creating new colorways and pairing with patterns. Preorders are open until mid-month. Preorder pricing is discounted from our standard retail prices. If colorways are popular, we might stock them at regular retail price after the preorder.
We dye the yarn, then post the colorways before your preorders ship. If you don't love it, exchange your preorder for store credit before it even ships out! More happiness- zero waste!
Here's the preorder schedule:
- Preorder available until the 19th.
- Colorway created, and its photo posted around the 22nd of month.
- Preordered yarn orders ship near end of month.
Please know the colorway will be an interpretation of the photo, and not color-matched!
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Once again, the ladies have created a gorgeous colorway. I look forward to the Outfitter Tour inspiration pic and reveal every month and I’ve not been disappointed yet. The only hardship is trying to decide which base to order each month. As my husband knows, this is an automatic yarn order for me every month. I think I’ve tried pretty much all of the available yarn bases by this point and they are all so soft and squishy.
MERINO TWIST
Fingering 4-ply
400 yards
100% Extra-fine Superwash Merino
Sock kit includes 1 miniskein of custom coordinating colorway/80 yards in Deluxe Sock.
DELUXE SOCK
Fingering 4-ply
400 yards
85% Extra-fine Superwash Merino
15% Nylon
Sock kit includes 1 miniskein of custom coordinating colorway/80 yards in Deluxe Sock.
SIERRA SOCK
High Twist Sock/Fingering 2-ply
400 yards
85% Extra-fine Superwash Merino
15% Nylon
Sock kit includes 1 miniskein of custom coordinating colorway/80 yards in Sierra Sock.
SILKY MERINO
Fingering 4-ply
400 yards
75% Extra-fine Superwash Merino
25% Mulberry Silk
CASH MERINO
Fingering 4-ply
400 yards
80% Extra-fine Superwash Merino
10% Cashmere
10% Nylon
DK MERINO
DK 4-ply
210 yards
100% Extra-fine Superwash Merino
- Mulesing-free & humanely sourced fiber.
- Studio is smoke-free & pet-free.
- Hand-dyed in Southern California.
We use minimal packaging, and 100% recycled & biodegradable mailers, in an ongoing effort to reduce waste and single-use plastic.
SHIPPING
Processing time! For in-stock items, we'll get your order in the mail within 3 business days.
Shipping time! At checkout, choose between: USPS first class shipping (2-5 days) & USPS priority mail (1-3 days)
Shipping Cost is based on weight and is calculated at checkout.
Canada: Any customs or import duties are charged once the parcel reaches its destination. These charges must be paid by the recipient of the parcel.
RETURNS
We want you to be happy! Maybe the color isn't the perfect match for your project, or it's just not what you envisioned. Return your purchase for any reason within 2 weeks. Items must be unused, in the original packaging, and in the same condition you received them.
Contact us and we'll email you a return shipping label free of charge! Once we receive your items in original unused condition, we will refund your purchase less the original shipping and handling charge. In other words, we pay the return shipping, while you pay the original shipping.
Color accuracy! Please know we do our best to accurately represent colors both with photos and written descriptions. Colorways may vary by dye lot due to the nature of hand-dyed yarn, and also due to your screen display settings.