I owe you a big blog.....

Here's Classy from Dream in Color - lined up all pretty on the shelves!

Smooshy arrived today and is updated on the website! I'm pondering getting in Fatty for the shop (and online?) - it's the Dream in Color bulky and the sample I received today is gorgeous!

Here's part of the sock yarn room - this little shop is stuffed with yarn! Pure heaven if you ask me??!!!

See how brilliant my dad is? He made the peg board for me to hang up all the needles and notions!

This is half the SnB room - the other half is a mess at the moment but doesn't it just make you want to sit down and knit!

And here's the progress on my Lizard Ridge - I have 24 colors of Kureyon in stock all ready for our Lizard Ridge KAL which starts on Wednesday, September 5 at our first SnB.

I've really put this aside for the moment in favor of knitting shop samples - right now I'm working on a Dream in Color top down raglan for me which I cannot wait to finish and wear -

I've got a new line in the shop that I'm pretty sure will be available online as well. You can read about it here. Here's the scanned shade card - 4 new amazing yarns that support a valuable cause - it just doesn't get any better! Did I mention there was baby llama? No.....oh and did I mention Jane Ellison did a whole pattern book showcasing this entire collection? ........ I probably didn't mention that each and every skein is under $10 CAD - this is a winner in more ways than one!

Opening Day Details

Tuesday, September 4th

10am

Free gift with purchase!

Free coffee (Tim Hortons's - what else???)

Free Timbits

(Timbits would be the centers they take out of the donuts to make them donuts for my American friends!)

I'm still kickin!

It's Sunday and here I sit in the office of my little shop - my computer appears to be working and I do have email. Quite a feat though - Bell Canada sends you a box and says it will take just 15 minutes to hook up high speed internet - not true! Two phone calls to tech support and 4 hours later we have internet. Urrrr!

Everything is really coming together - I'm tired, tired, tired but happy. We have lots of time now until September 4th for finishing touches - and more yarn!

I have a dilemma and keep wavering back and forth on it - should I have the whole store inventory online or just socks and lace as usual. Some days I think just keep the online as it is and feature some of the instore stuff from time to time and then of course, there are other days where I think it should all be online. My big concern is that I can't like the online inventory with the point of sale system because it's hugely expensive to do that but I do have my sister working with me full time and so (most times!)feel confident we can manage the inventory manually. So....what do should I do - what would you like me to do? I'm curious to hear your thoughts.

I was going to post pictures - but a police officer just came to the door and said the street is closing for a parade and I don't want to get stuck here until after 4 pm - pictures tomorrow, promise!

Contest Winners

Three blog readers guessed the exact number of Classy skeins to arrive! I can't bear to draw for a winner so all three win a free skein in the color of their choice!

The winners are..................

Heddy

JLB

JC

with guesses of 240 skeins!

Email me at connie(at)pickupsticks(dot)ca to claim your prizes!

The move is going well - the store looks better and better every day - today the computer goes so I will be working more often up in Bradford. Right now, I feel like I'm in a mess because the yarn is up there and I'm here.

Yarn Harlot

Yipee! The Yarn Harlot is coming to Aurora - care to join in the fun? Email Nancy (President of York Region Knitting Guild) to reserve your spot! Email her at: nmcinnis(at)aci(d0t)on(dot)ca

Here's the details:

Tuesday August 21 at 7pm Aurora United Church, Basement Social Hall. 15186 Yonge Street, Aurora.

See you there!

We're getting there...

Here's Greg and the Home Depot guy loading up more shelves - I'm still not sure there's enough but I won't tell Greg!

Here's Blue Sky Alpacas - I'm starting with Worsted Hand Dyes, Suri Alpaca, Bulky Naturals and Bulky Hand Dyes - once this started to happen then I got really excited -

Here's Noro - Kureyon and Silk Garden to start - I'm still loving my Lizard Ridge blanket and can't wait to get our KAL started!

I almost went to the wholesaler's again today - I was at my grandmother's and it's just about a block from there but I controlled myself. I have more than enough to fill the shelves - and there's still more on the way! My Dream in Color is due in this week and it will be put up on the website. There will also be pre-orders for the Tulip baby sweater - no sense in winding kits if I don't have to.

My grandfather's antique desk is too big for the space I wanted to put it - now I'm not sure what to do with it. Greg's aunt came by with the offer of a microwave and coffee maker - good, good, good!

I'm tired but excited - very excited!