Knit fluent, some Crochet spoken.
Yes, I know it isn’t even Christmas yet but I just received information about the spring fiber festival in the Dallas Ft. Worth area in April and am dreaming of attending. Is anyone else interested? More information on the Events page.
My rep from Universal Yarn is due in this afternoon and she may have some new spring stuff to show me. I noticed the price list I received from the company recently has a new sock yarn of which I’m hoping to see samples.
Wow, isn’t it nice to see the sun? ok, we had good weather for Thanksgiving but the clouds yesterday made me miserable. The shop will be open for a while this morning; just got word the yarn delivery I was expecting tomorrow is ahead of schedule and will be in this morning so I’m on my way down to open and will probably be there until noon or so.
Update 11/25: Shop will be closed Friday. See ya’all Saturday.
Question of the day is: Will any of my yarn friends be wanting to visit me at the shop this Friday, the day following Thanksgiving, commonly known as Black Friday? The past two years I was open on Thanksgiving Friday but my records reflect zero sales both times and I really can’t remember that anyone just dropped in to visit those days either. So, should I open the shop or stay home and enjoy the company of my grandson & little granddaughter?
I just finished stocking the Panda 100% Bamboo (DK weight; from Universal Yarn); there are four colors: Gold, Mandarin, Jade, & Sky. Three colors of Yummy (DK weight, 100% superwash wool from Universal Yarn): Tequila Sunrise, Storm, & Raspberry Mocha are also now on the shelf.
I’m going to try a bit of an experiment. Since I have an ongoing series of health related sessions which delay opening of the shop on most Thursdays,
from now through December 10 the shop will be open Thursdays (except Thanksgiving Day) from Noon to 7:00.
If you would like to see evening shop hours continued in the new year, I need some support from you during this trial period.
Closed Thanksgiving Day & Friday;
Saturday from 10:00 – 3:00.
Closing early Thursday, December 17 due to family commitment
Closed Friday, December 18 due to family commitment
Open Monday, December 21 through Wednesday, December 23 from 10:00 – 5:00
Open Thursday, December 24 from 9:00 – 2:00.
Closing for year end inventory at noon on Thursday, December 31; re-open Friday, January 8.
I’ll be closing at 1:00 on Tuesday to attend a funeral and seriously doubt I’ll be back in the shop that day.
Yarn Basket will be closed Saturday, November 7 so I can participate in the Christmas Show at Meadowbrook Mall that day.
Tatting needles arrived this morning. Also got a couple of the cotton hankies prepared for edgings. I have the sets containing sizes 3, 5, 7, & 8 and individual needles in sizes 3 & 5.
I’m back on my feet and functioning . . . was on my feet (and seat!) yesterday and made it through almost an entire day at the shop but can’t say I was functioning very well. Feeling much better today. It helps that it is a beautiful fall day, warm & sunny, only the tiniest amount of breeze. Sure hope the nice weather lasts more than a few hours this time.
Itty Bitty Babies
My “babies” and the first pattern book of crocheted clothes patterns for them arrived about 10 days ago and I received word that the holiday clothes pattern books will be in early this coming week. I’m trying to finish up a few other projects before I get involved with dressing a baby but they’re so tempting.
Good news for my friends who prefer to knit: the knitting version of Itty Bitty Baby Doll Clothes is now available for pre-order. It looks like we can expect this book around the end of November, just in time for Christmas.
More new stuff will be arriving next week. The tatting needles should be here about Wednesday or Thursday and I’m hoping the new yarn will get here by the end of the week. The yarn is from a new company and there will be some small balls of 100% wool, some acrylic/wool blend and some 100% acrylic.
Yarn Basket will be closed Saturday, November 7, since I’m participating in the Christmas Show at Meadowbrook Mall on the 7th & 8th. Then on the 14th & 15th the shop will be closed so I can be at the Holiday Festival at the Franklin Community Center.
I may close the shop early today ~ very early in fact ~ since I feel like I’m coming down with a cold and don’t want to share it with you. I will definitely be there for a while though as I’m expecting an important product delivery and need to make some phone calls. I’ve also found over time that if I “give in” to it as soon as the symptoms start I recover much more quickly than if I try to work through it.
Please bear with me ~~ I’ll be opening a bit late most Thursday mornings for a while; don’t know yet just how late but I hope to be here by 10:30-10:45. On doctor’s orders I’m attending some health related sessions on Thursday mornings.
Now for the good stuff: I got in a little more new yarn today plus re-stock for most of my Caron Simply soft; yesterday I received some new pattern books and leaflets; am expecting more yarn about the middle of next week and some baby dolls tomorrow. oooh, it’s like Christmas for me already opening all the boxes of goodies.
And: my daughter is coming in this afternoon to spend the weekend with me so there’ll be some crocheting & girl talk going on at my house the next few days. My grandson will be with some of his friends so it’s just us gals.
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