Full Spectrum Yarn Club - January

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Purple Rain

Some colors don’t whisper.
They arrive as a feeling.

For January’s Yarn Club, that feeling is Purple Rain — inspired by the song Purple Rain and one of the most influential artists in my life, Prince.

This colorway begins where emotion lives — expressive, imaginative, and full of possibility.


Where the Journey Begins

Purple Rain feels like the only place this year can begin.

Violet sits at the edge of imagination and emotion. It’s bold. It’s creative. It carries feeling before it carries form. And for a year built around color as emotion, this shade sets the tone immediately.

When this song plays, it creates space — space to feel deeply, to open up, to let emotion exist without explanation. That emotional openness is what shapes January’s color.


Listening With Feeling

When I listen to music, I let myself feel it before I try to define it.

With Purple Rain, the feeling arrives first — swelling, dramatic, and unapologetic. The color follows as an idea: rich violet layered with depth and movement, never flat, never quiet.

This isn’t meant to be a subtle beginning.
It’s meant to be expressive.

Purple Rain invites emotion in its full range — joy, nostalgia, vulnerability, release — all at once. That intensity is exactly why it becomes the opening chapter of the Full Spectrum Yarn Club.


The Emotional Spark

Every journey needs a spark.

January’s spark is emotion — the kind that pulls you in and makes room for what comes next. Purple Rain holds that space. It sets the emotional foundation for the year ahead.

From here, the spectrum begins to move. The intensity softens. The colors shift. The imagination turns inward.

But it all starts here — in feeling.


Why Mystery Matters

This is why I love creating mystery yarn clubs.

The color isn’t shown first — it’s experienced first. The story, the mood, the emotion all come before the reveal. When the yarn finally arrives, that first look becomes part of the magic.

Purple Rain isn’t designed to be previewed fully.
It’s designed to be felt.


January is about expression.
About emotion.
About beginning with your whole heart.

This is where the journey begins.

Ross 💜

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