Last Sunday was quite a day. We had two designers, Lisa Ellis and Sandy Payne, in who gave free demonstrations. Sandy demoed how to incorporate beads into our knitted projects and Lisa showed us how to do "twining".
Who knew there were so many things yet to learn as a knitter. One would think after over 50 years of knitting, I would know it all. Hardly. Both techniques that were shown Sunday I have never done, but I certainly plan to incorporate this into my future knitting.
If any of this sounds interesting to you and you would like to know more, both Sandy and Lisa have agreed to teach classes in our shop giving a more hands on approach to what they showed us in their demonstrations.
They say you are never too old to learn, so I am embarking on a new and exciting endeavor. Beth and I both signed up for the Master Knitter program. We are expecting our materials in the mail any day and we can hardly wait to get started. I suspect that I'm going to find out that there is a whole lot about knitting that I don't know, but when I get "really smart", stand back. I'll be a knitting fool.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
My Special Daughter
Two days in a row. Only nineteen more days and this blogging thing will be a habit.
I would like to brag just a little. I think I have the coolest daughter in the world. I read Beth's latest blog and I was so impressed. First of all, I think she is an amazing writer, I always enjoy reading her blogs, but this blog was special.
As Beth mentioned, last Friday we attended the memorial service of a very special lady who was important to so many people. Beth's remarks moved me to tears. Her capacity to express thoughts that so many of us seem to be unable to put into words is truly remarkable.
I would like to tell you about some of the things that makes my daughter unique, but she would most likely have a few words for me (she does have a few faults after all and voicing her opinions to me can sometimes be one of them). Beth has a big heart as many of our customers can tell you. She has been known to drop everything to lend a helping hand to someone in need without giving it a second thought.
So today, I would like to say what I don't say nearly enough --- Beth, I love you and I am a lucky lady to be your Mom.
I would like to brag just a little. I think I have the coolest daughter in the world. I read Beth's latest blog and I was so impressed. First of all, I think she is an amazing writer, I always enjoy reading her blogs, but this blog was special.
As Beth mentioned, last Friday we attended the memorial service of a very special lady who was important to so many people. Beth's remarks moved me to tears. Her capacity to express thoughts that so many of us seem to be unable to put into words is truly remarkable.
I would like to tell you about some of the things that makes my daughter unique, but she would most likely have a few words for me (she does have a few faults after all and voicing her opinions to me can sometimes be one of them). Beth has a big heart as many of our customers can tell you. She has been known to drop everything to lend a helping hand to someone in need without giving it a second thought.
So today, I would like to say what I don't say nearly enough --- Beth, I love you and I am a lucky lady to be your Mom.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
OH, HELLO AGAIN
I see the last time I posted was October 24th. Anyone want to take a guess as to why it took meso long? It's that old password thing again. I put all my passwords on my PDA so I would never forget those gruesome passwords again and, what do you think happened then? I moved all my passwords to a protected place on my PDA which of course requires a password. You can probably guess where this is going.
Well I'm actually smarter than that. I wrote the password on a piece of paper so I couldn't forget. Then one day shortly after carefully saving my PDA password, I decided it was time to clean off my desk and away went the piece of paper.
I'm happy to report that all of my passwords are still safely locked away from me on my PDA. So back I go to Beth with my hat in my hand begging her to please just one more time figure out how I'm supposed to get onto my blogsite.
I'm trying to figure out what the lesson here really is, and I have come to the conclusion that I should stop cleaning house.
A lot has been happening at The Yarn Stash since my last blog. We completed our first full year as yarn shop owners and so far, so good. By far, the best part of the business is all the new friends we have made. How could Beth and I be so lucky?
Now we are looking forward to 2008. We have started off the new by bringing in a new line of wool for our shop. It is Shepherd Wool and we have the entire collection. It is so nice and all 70 colors look so pretty on the wall.
In March Beth and I are very reluctantly boarding a plane (neither one of us likes to fly) to Chicago to attend the first ever conference for yarn shop owners. We have no idea what to expect, but we both agree that getting out of town for a couople of days sounds like great fun.
As we learn more about what to expect in Chicago, I'll keep you posted. OK, I know what you're thinking. If I don't post any more often than I have been, my next post will probably be after we get back. Very funny! HAHA!!!
Well, all of you smarty pants out there, I'll have you know my New Year's Resolution is to is to post more often. So there.
Well I'm actually smarter than that. I wrote the password on a piece of paper so I couldn't forget. Then one day shortly after carefully saving my PDA password, I decided it was time to clean off my desk and away went the piece of paper.
I'm happy to report that all of my passwords are still safely locked away from me on my PDA. So back I go to Beth with my hat in my hand begging her to please just one more time figure out how I'm supposed to get onto my blogsite.
I'm trying to figure out what the lesson here really is, and I have come to the conclusion that I should stop cleaning house.
A lot has been happening at The Yarn Stash since my last blog. We completed our first full year as yarn shop owners and so far, so good. By far, the best part of the business is all the new friends we have made. How could Beth and I be so lucky?
Now we are looking forward to 2008. We have started off the new by bringing in a new line of wool for our shop. It is Shepherd Wool and we have the entire collection. It is so nice and all 70 colors look so pretty on the wall.
In March Beth and I are very reluctantly boarding a plane (neither one of us likes to fly) to Chicago to attend the first ever conference for yarn shop owners. We have no idea what to expect, but we both agree that getting out of town for a couople of days sounds like great fun.
As we learn more about what to expect in Chicago, I'll keep you posted. OK, I know what you're thinking. If I don't post any more often than I have been, my next post will probably be after we get back. Very funny! HAHA!!!
Well, all of you smarty pants out there, I'll have you know my New Year's Resolution is to is to post more often. So there.
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