Loose Ends
I have some business to take care of with this blog: Announcements and things we have been up to.
Things we have been up to:
We have all been designing and knitting like crazy to come up with a slew of new hat patterns for all of you for a special February promotion, which will start next week. Here are two I have been working on: an adult Como roll brim hat and a children’s Kureyon roll brim hat. These and MANY more will be available next week – watch for your newsletter.
Announcement 1:
On Monday February 1 from 2-8 pm we will have Linda Cortright in the shop. She is the founder and publisher of Wild Fibers Magazine. (If you haven’t seen it, you don’t know what you are missing. Published here in Maine and about all things fiber; Amazing Photographs!) She also founded Keep the Fleece as a celebration to honor the United Nations International Year of Natural Fibres in 2009. She started a project called the World’s Longest Scarf in 2009 to promote the importance of natural fibers by creating the world’s longest scarf made from natural fibers. It is now nearly 1000 feet long! Each row in the scarf represents one dollar donated to Heifer International which provides fiber animals to poor families to enable them to become self-supporting. She needs help sewing it up!! SO she will be here at the shop with all these yards of scarves and we need recruits to come and help stitch them together. Come if you are local, call a friend or two; it should be great fun. At the very least, read up about it. It is a great cause for fiber awareness.
Announcement 2:
I have finally gotten Michael to agree to a blog post for all the weavers out there! (I simply talked him to death until he had to agree. He called me a car salesman and I tried not to be offended.) He is starting with one post a month and I have warned him he may need to do more depending on interest and feedback. He will have his own spot on the homepage where you can click and get right to his post which is called ‘Advancing the Warp’. He will be talking about what he is working on, what he is planning and answering FAQ’s from weavers and anyone else who has one! Be sure and tune in….
