I have a confession to make. I’m a stalker. I stalk yarn shops on all my social media accounts. I love seeing all the different personalities in the shops, all the different locations, all the different yarns, all the different patterns. I already blogged about my trips to Tolt and Churchmouse. I’m so glad I … More My Daughter Went to London & All I Got Was …….
Sitting down to start this blog post kind of blows my mind away. Why? Well, it’s the last one of 2017. I don’t know about you, but this year flew by very fast. So much happened for me as I’m sure it did for you, too. For me, I focused on improving my Etsy store … More Look Back, Move Forward
Ideas are a funny thing. When you first get them they sound great and have great and grand potential. They can be easy to come up with and can easily vanish if you don’t write them down quick enough. However, the thing that makes them funny is trying to to carry the out. I found … More Not as Simple as I Thought
When we bought our first home in 2009 I had no idea how much time I’d end up spending on the public trail just across from our neighborhood. On good weeks I end up taking my dog, Willow, for walks at least 3 – 4 times. On bad weeks, when it just rains all the … More Trail Of Art
Today was the day the wall hit hard. To be fair, I did get up pretty early so I could swim some laps and then I took my dog for a short walk. I really needed to get back into some sort of routine. I didn’t push myself very hard, but the wall still came. … More Accepting the Spoonie Life
Have you ever just happened to meet the right person by chance at the right time and which leads to a whole new adventure? Three months ago while I was working at Ben Franklin I helped a customer pick out some yarn for a sweater she wanted to make. We got to discussing yarns and … More Taking A Spin On A New Adventure
It’s been a very busy, crazy first few weeks of 2017 so far and is already flying by. My car already has a new windshield (thanks to a small chip and cold weather), my fence has a nice gap into my neighbor’s yard (thanks to our nice wind here) and I’ve finally opened an Etsy … More Never Stop Improving
What happens when you put a yarn addict in the same room as a yarn rep? Well, last week, after two meetings with two different yarn reps, I found out. Tuesday afternoon was a meeting with a yarn rep from King Cole Yarn. This company, based out of England, has been around 80 years. It … More Must…..Control…..Urge
If you listen really closely you can hear a squishy, sloshy sound. What is it and where is it coming from you ask? It’s coming from my tiny brain deep inside my spinning head. I was finally able to sit down with my store manager and nail down my new hours (still part time), discuss … More This Is Your Brain on Retail
One thing I know about myself and my knitting is that I always want to improve and learn some technique I’ve never done before. I think it stems from not wanting to be bored. Don’t get me wrong, I am totally happy with a mindless garter stitch project I can do without thinking about what … More Small Projects for Big Gains
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