Knitting Shops
Yea! Brooke has made me an official contributor to the blog now. I'm going to talk about knitting today.
Well, two more, of the 31 + yarn shops within a 20 miles radius of our home are closing. One I'm particularly sad about because it carried the full line of Blue Sky Alpacas yarns, which I absolutely love. The Portland market is saturated with yarn shops and I've been anxiously awaiting the fallout of that saturation. Wanting to own my own yarn shop for a while now, I've completed due diligence on two shops for sale in the area. Neither are the right purchase for me, which makes me frustrated.
On the bright side, I'm learning a lot about starting up a needlework shop of my own. I can see myself owning my own business in about 10 years, after the kids are more grown, and the homeschooling has taken off. I really couldn't imagine putting them in school so I could pursue my business goals.
I'm going to continue teaching and selling my designs at the Yarn Garden. I'm adding other needlework to my repertoire. I just began cross-stitching and I'm loving it. There are so many more fibers to choose from across the needlework spectrum. Silk on linen is my favorite for cross stitch.
I'm in the process of updating my website. Those pictures of me are about 3 years old, I have many more patterns to add, and more class listings. This fall at Yarn Garden I'll be teaching two classes. One is sweaters from the neck down and the other is for these sweet little Russian Satchel's. The pattern for these will be on my website soon.
Well, two more, of the 31 + yarn shops within a 20 miles radius of our home are closing. One I'm particularly sad about because it carried the full line of Blue Sky Alpacas yarns, which I absolutely love. The Portland market is saturated with yarn shops and I've been anxiously awaiting the fallout of that saturation. Wanting to own my own yarn shop for a while now, I've completed due diligence on two shops for sale in the area. Neither are the right purchase for me, which makes me frustrated.
On the bright side, I'm learning a lot about starting up a needlework shop of my own. I can see myself owning my own business in about 10 years, after the kids are more grown, and the homeschooling has taken off. I really couldn't imagine putting them in school so I could pursue my business goals.
I'm going to continue teaching and selling my designs at the Yarn Garden. I'm adding other needlework to my repertoire. I just began cross-stitching and I'm loving it. There are so many more fibers to choose from across the needlework spectrum. Silk on linen is my favorite for cross stitch.
I'm in the process of updating my website. Those pictures of me are about 3 years old, I have many more patterns to add, and more class listings. This fall at Yarn Garden I'll be teaching two classes. One is sweaters from the neck down and the other is for these sweet little Russian Satchel's. The pattern for these will be on my website soon.
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