Outfitter Tour - Kauai **PREORDER**
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. This month we're headed to the Garden Island of Kauai!
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The Garden Island of Kaua'i
White sand beaches and dramatic emerald mountains. Kauai has a distinct history from its sister islands. It was the first inhabited of the islands over 1500 years ago, and the only island to successfully resist King Kamehameha.
And if you think Kauai looks familiar, but you've never been... it's probably because it's been the backdrop for countless movies including Jurassic Park, Blue Hawaii, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Indiana Jones. It's a visual feast and remarkable treasure.
Its crowning Mount Wai'ale'ale is one of wettest places on earth with a deluge of 450 inches of rain a year! And its breathtaking "Grand Canyon of the Pacific," Waimea Canyon, is a rusty red and verdant marvel. A little north, is the famous wild Na Pali coast, which finally reopened last year after torrential flooding in 2018. Hiking along Na Pali's Kalalau Trail is a right of passage for both locals and tourists alike. You'll find yourself surrounded by countless native plants, with many rare species growing nearby on inaccessible cliffs. True tropical paradise.

Today the Hawaiian islands remain a hotbed of biodiversity, but they now have 1/2 of the country's endangered plants. Hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians already mastered managing their natural resources and protecting their lands from overhunting and overfishing, but new challenges have emerged. A swath of organizations including botanical gardens and arboretums are coming together, pouring efforts into seed banking, outplanting, and more in a race to save countless plant species. They're underfunded, but they are making a difference!
You can help conserve this treasure by supporting Lyon Arboretum, a leader in this conservation work.
Preorder
Kaua'i Sock & Shawl Kits
For this preorder, we have single skein projects! Choose a skein for either socks or a shawl, and a discount code for one of the featured patterns! One single colorway will be created based on the inspiration photo below... the Garden Island of Kauai! It's February- a great time for a botanical inspired colorway!

**The inspiration photo reflects what the colorways will be, NOT the featured projects. Only one discount code is included per kit. Patterns are NOT included in kits.**
Options:
Choose the yarn base of your choice. Single skeins are $1.50 off retail price.
Featured patterns:
Choose one pattern discount for use on Ravelry through February! We worked with our featured pattern designers to offer discount codes just for you! The discount varies by pattern. You'll receive your coupon code by email within 2 business days after your purchase.
Knit Socks: Lyne Socks (25% off code)
Knit Shawl: Drops of Joy (30% off code)
Crochet Shawl: Artfully Simple Angled (free/no code needed)
Inspiration image photo credit: Cristofer Jeschke & Georgia de Lotz
How it Works
Our inspiration photo guides us in creating new colorways and pairing with patterns. Preorders are open until the 15th. Preorder pricing is discounted from our standard retail prices. If kits 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 15th.
- Colorway created, and its photo posted around the 22nd of month.
- Pattern discount codes sent by email within 2 business days from purchase.
- Preordered yarn orders ship near end of month.
Please know the colorway will be an interpretation of the photo, and not color-matched!
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.