Tag: the yarn office
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The Future of The Yarn Office
I know it’s been a while; I think of writing (and things to write about) and then I put it off. But today I made an important decision: I’m letting all my etsy listings expire and am closing down The Yarn Office on etsy (my studio space at home will forever be The Yarn Office).…
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The Week July 17-July 23
Last week: Begin knitting the commissioned shawl. One of the yarns has already arrived and I can get started on the first part of it before the second skein arrives. Done. The second skein arrived last Monday, so there was no lag time or head start at all. I’m roughly halfway through it, maybe a…
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The Week July 10-July 16
Last week: Carry on with Aranami/Imanara. Check. Finish the pinks in the Fox Embroidery project. Almost! I have four more small things to embroider with pink. Spin for Tour de Fleece every day. Check check check check, etc. I’ve surprised myself by getting a little into it too, so my spinning mojo is coming back.…
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Digital Pattern Sales: etsy woes
I’m starting to think selling my patterns in my etsy store, The Yarn Office, was a bad idea. Ravelry is so great in how they handle patterns that I just somehow took for granted that etsy would behave in a similar way, but no, it doesn’t. Let me explain … A good friend of is making…
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Birthday
Today’s my birthday – yay! I get to eat as much cake as I can! And also reflect on what’s happened in a year … I’m in such a different place mentally; last year I was still recovering from something that happened in January and still struggling with drinking. I took my last drink in…
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Spring Cleaning
Yesterday I tidied up part of The Yarn Office, my work/studio space (and the name of my etsy shop). I used to occupy the room in our house known as the office but outgrew that several years ago and took over our formal living room. One of my sons called it “The Yarn Office,” which…
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The Yarn Office, The Post Office, and Fleece Washing
Over the last week or so, I’ve been super-busy. My knitting friends have been encouraging me for a long time (trust me: for at least a year) to start a shop, if not a brick-and-mortar yarn shop, then a shop on etsy, or really, someplace online. A brick-and-mortar yarn shop seems like a pretty high…
Little Golden Notebook 