I can share the news now....Ewe Knit Kits is expanding!...we're moving a few doors down and doubling floor space. We'll have a nice area for classes and a "library", 2 check out stations and more shelves to fill up with yarns. And only 2 doors down from the deli/bakery!
When you hear "knitting is back in" you can believe it....well knitting scarves anyway. On Saturday we had 4 people working (not teaching, mind you, helping select and ringing up) and we could've used another body for a few hours. Whew! And it's like that every day I am told
April 1 is our target date.
Oh and check out the site ....Ewe Knit Kits for details on the Knit-A-Palooza!. There's a button that will be kept updated. Contracts are pretty much signed and booklets are being put together but look for no more than $350 for 3 days/4 nights of classes and shopping(price includes meals). Hotel room not included in the price.
I did get the rest of the yarn for Sally's Favorite Summer Sweater. The open work for the back is finished and pressed. I've decided to knit the front open work before moving to the opaque section. I think I'll stand a better chance of remembering to change from size 5 to size 10 needles every row!
Did Nicole look in the mirror before she left home? Nicole you're too pretty to be overshadowed by clothes.
Monday, January 26, 2004
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
It's been a long time....
...and now I have a moment to post. Been rather busy at mortgage paying work. Lots of meetings and training and general work stuff.
And my car need brakes....$$$$$.
Optically Delusional is in the pile to be frogged. Yep, ripped back into little balls of soft merino wool. It's hedious. And I knew that ...the longer I knit....the more I disliked it. I have the back and both fronts completed. This past Sunday I pinned it together and pretended it would look great once I tried it on. It looked worse. Still love the yarn though.
I also frogged the Lily Chin shawl. Can't remember the name of the pattern. One of those that say's it's "easy". And I'm sure it is, just not a very interesting pattern results for all the markers and counting I'm doing. The sock yarn I used in a brown/tan/black will be reused for the Little Leaf Shawl from Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book #3.
Which reminds me...I placed an order with KnitPicks last week. A few skeins of Jamieson Spindrift to try out and a few books, one of which is Knitting The Old Fashion Way.
The only project currently underway is a seed stitch scarf out of Manos
So on to my next sweater project...Sally's Favorite Summer Sweater from The Knit Stitch. Pulled a skein of King Tut cotton, color 13 which is what I'd call a marine blue. Am knitting an extra large swatch and so far so good.
Finished up a Felting Class at Ewe Knit Kits this past Saturday. It was a 2 Saturday class. 2 of the 6 students that signed up actually showed up and we picked up one lady who happened to be in the store shopping on the 10th. I let the students choose their project. 1 hat, 2 totes. Fingers crossed all felts well.
Speaking of Ewe Knit Kits, it's been beyond hectic. Every week a sales record is being broken. Not complaining, you understand, but the stuff that's flying out are the novelty yarns. Seldom do I sell yarn for socks that will actually become socks. Now I did sell I skein of Lorna's Lace Helen's Lace to a woman who also purchased a Jamieson Pattern Book. We have 12 students in our "Beyond Scarves" class....make a baby sweater...so hopefully they will want to knit something besides scarves.
Staff meeting tomorrow night to discuss the upcoming Knit-A-Palooza in mid-May. I'll keep you updated.
Scooter Girl and Redhead boy are off to Hollywood.....good on 'em!
And my car need brakes....$$$$$.
Optically Delusional is in the pile to be frogged. Yep, ripped back into little balls of soft merino wool. It's hedious. And I knew that ...the longer I knit....the more I disliked it. I have the back and both fronts completed. This past Sunday I pinned it together and pretended it would look great once I tried it on. It looked worse. Still love the yarn though.
I also frogged the Lily Chin shawl. Can't remember the name of the pattern. One of those that say's it's "easy". And I'm sure it is, just not a very interesting pattern results for all the markers and counting I'm doing. The sock yarn I used in a brown/tan/black will be reused for the Little Leaf Shawl from Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book #3.
Which reminds me...I placed an order with KnitPicks last week. A few skeins of Jamieson Spindrift to try out and a few books, one of which is Knitting The Old Fashion Way.
The only project currently underway is a seed stitch scarf out of Manos
So on to my next sweater project...Sally's Favorite Summer Sweater from The Knit Stitch. Pulled a skein of King Tut cotton, color 13 which is what I'd call a marine blue. Am knitting an extra large swatch and so far so good.
Finished up a Felting Class at Ewe Knit Kits this past Saturday. It was a 2 Saturday class. 2 of the 6 students that signed up actually showed up and we picked up one lady who happened to be in the store shopping on the 10th. I let the students choose their project. 1 hat, 2 totes. Fingers crossed all felts well.
Speaking of Ewe Knit Kits, it's been beyond hectic. Every week a sales record is being broken. Not complaining, you understand, but the stuff that's flying out are the novelty yarns. Seldom do I sell yarn for socks that will actually become socks. Now I did sell I skein of Lorna's Lace Helen's Lace to a woman who also purchased a Jamieson Pattern Book. We have 12 students in our "Beyond Scarves" class....make a baby sweater...so hopefully they will want to knit something besides scarves.
Staff meeting tomorrow night to discuss the upcoming Knit-A-Palooza in mid-May. I'll keep you updated.
Scooter Girl and Redhead boy are off to Hollywood.....good on 'em!
Monday, January 05, 2004
Year end wrap up
The three weeks sped by faster than I could blink.
The fun times were spent reading, knitting, working at Ewe Knits and hanging out at the house.
The frustrating times were spent wanting to beat my brother over the head with anything handy. So many promises made to mom and none kept. He doesn't see the impact to her.
So I'm back at work and not much has changed. All the training I did in 2003 before moving into the dept I'm in now "doesn't count" so I'm doing a crash course in some training that is required. Of course they send the email out Dec 19th.
Still working on Optically Delusional. The back and left front are done. Now working on the right front which is now to the knit every row stage.
The Shape It Scarf with Gedifra's Scarlet turned out really nice. I ended up making it smaller and used 2 1/2 skeins.
Tried the French Market Bag from the new Knitty. I used Cascade 220. Really turned out small. I should carry the 220 double.
Ewe Knit Kits is having a Knit-A-Palooza in mid-May. Go to the website and sign up for the newsletter for more info. Classes on marketing, designing and knitting are being arranged.
And Tidewater Knitting Guild of Virginia will be offering classes by 2 well know instructors the last weekend of March. Non-members are welcome. Check out the website for info.
I had no idea you can get a marriage annulled so quickly! Wonder if that's the shortest marriage in history?
The fun times were spent reading, knitting, working at Ewe Knits and hanging out at the house.
The frustrating times were spent wanting to beat my brother over the head with anything handy. So many promises made to mom and none kept. He doesn't see the impact to her.
So I'm back at work and not much has changed. All the training I did in 2003 before moving into the dept I'm in now "doesn't count" so I'm doing a crash course in some training that is required. Of course they send the email out Dec 19th.
Still working on Optically Delusional. The back and left front are done. Now working on the right front which is now to the knit every row stage.
The Shape It Scarf with Gedifra's Scarlet turned out really nice. I ended up making it smaller and used 2 1/2 skeins.
Tried the French Market Bag from the new Knitty. I used Cascade 220. Really turned out small. I should carry the 220 double.
Ewe Knit Kits is having a Knit-A-Palooza in mid-May. Go to the website and sign up for the newsletter for more info. Classes on marketing, designing and knitting are being arranged.
And Tidewater Knitting Guild of Virginia will be offering classes by 2 well know instructors the last weekend of March. Non-members are welcome. Check out the website for info.
I had no idea you can get a marriage annulled so quickly! Wonder if that's the shortest marriage in history?
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Commence the count down.....
Counting down the days until my vacation from the mortgage paying job begins.....
Pulled 3 skeins of Gedifra's "Scarlet" from the shelf on Saturday to make the Shape It Scarf from The Knit Stitch for a store sample. It's working up nicely, but I must add that the fibers are doing a number on my hands. And I'll probably need 2 more skeins to finish it off.
The new Knitty is out. I love the French Market Bag and the shawl.
Did you see the ad for the second installment of Average Joe? Too scary for words...and I won't miss a minute of it! Oh and the "the next big superdooper model" show is coming back on in Jan too. I know what I'll be doing!
Pulled 3 skeins of Gedifra's "Scarlet" from the shelf on Saturday to make the Shape It Scarf from The Knit Stitch for a store sample. It's working up nicely, but I must add that the fibers are doing a number on my hands. And I'll probably need 2 more skeins to finish it off.
The new Knitty is out. I love the French Market Bag and the shawl.
Did you see the ad for the second installment of Average Joe? Too scary for words...and I won't miss a minute of it! Oh and the "the next big superdooper model" show is coming back on in Jan too. I know what I'll be doing!
Friday, December 05, 2003
Expect the expected...Be prepared...
Just had an I told ya so moment. Glad she was on the phone. I was able to do my little dance and make a face without her seeing. Has to do with my "mortgage paying job" and the fact that 3 months or so I told my boss she would not be able to move 40,000 customers in 6 mo's time and she insisted she could....she told me today the dates on her project have changed ...her project must be completed before mine can begin because I'm moving the phonelines that her customers use ....so she wants me to replan my project based on the new dates and have the info to her on Monday morning (it's Friday 2:00 now). I'm 20 steps ahead of her. I have a second (and third and fourth) plan already calculated and in a document ready to send to her. I know the business, I know our support units and know what they can and can't do. They're good, but callling and having 40,000 customers do something while you have them on the phone takes more than 6 months time. My fourth plan has dates out into 2005.....
Did I tell you about my vacation? With so many managers this year, each asking me to "postpone your vacation until we get the department back on it's feet" (I was on my feet, they didn't know what they were doing) has left me with 12 days of vacation.....which I have now scheduled for Dec 15 - Dec 31! Woohoo! 3 weeks. My what I want to do list is getting really long.
Played around with some left over Cascade 220 the other night. Using size 10 needles, I casted on 40 stitches and st st for about 2 yards. Then felted. I was imagining a beautiful felted scarf with cut fringe on the ends. Fabric if you will. I almost have it I think.
Result is a yard of material, a bit thicker than I'd like. And the ends flair. But cuts nicely for fringe. Next try will be with larger needles, fewer stitches and not so long in the water.
Optically Delusional back is at the point i can stop increasing and begin working towards the shoulders. With DK wt yarn and size 6 needles you knit forever!
Did I tell you about my vacation? With so many managers this year, each asking me to "postpone your vacation until we get the department back on it's feet" (I was on my feet, they didn't know what they were doing) has left me with 12 days of vacation.....which I have now scheduled for Dec 15 - Dec 31! Woohoo! 3 weeks. My what I want to do list is getting really long.
Played around with some left over Cascade 220 the other night. Using size 10 needles, I casted on 40 stitches and st st for about 2 yards. Then felted. I was imagining a beautiful felted scarf with cut fringe on the ends. Fabric if you will. I almost have it I think.
Result is a yard of material, a bit thicker than I'd like. And the ends flair. But cuts nicely for fringe. Next try will be with larger needles, fewer stitches and not so long in the water.
Optically Delusional back is at the point i can stop increasing and begin working towards the shoulders. With DK wt yarn and size 6 needles you knit forever!
Monday, December 01, 2003
When is black really black?
After the chaos of Friday, I decided to get to Ewe Knit Kits and Yarn earlier on Saturday to finish putting out the yarns and have a few moments to get ready for the day. As I got out of my car at about 9:15 I noticed a woman sitting in her car watching me. Our first customer of the day.
Not as busy as Friday, our Saturday customers came in spurts. It was nice to have the quiet time inbetween to straighten up the shelves, put back needles not wanted and finish marking the sale yarns. During one of the spurts, Beth from Lorna's Laces stopped in. I didn't get a chance to talk to her, but Sherry filled her in on what customers were looking at.
So one of our customers wanted a solid black yarn to carry with some Eros and Eyelash...I think she pulled one of every skein of solid black yarn off the shelves...there are lots of blacks out there let me tell you! She ended up with a sock weight solid Lorna's Laces. It'll be an all black scarf.
Not as busy as Friday, our Saturday customers came in spurts. It was nice to have the quiet time inbetween to straighten up the shelves, put back needles not wanted and finish marking the sale yarns. During one of the spurts, Beth from Lorna's Laces stopped in. I didn't get a chance to talk to her, but Sherry filled her in on what customers were looking at.
So one of our customers wanted a solid black yarn to carry with some Eros and Eyelash...I think she pulled one of every skein of solid black yarn off the shelves...there are lots of blacks out there let me tell you! She ended up with a sock weight solid Lorna's Laces. It'll be an all black scarf.
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