The last half of the year has been a whirlwind. But:
The Shop is OPEN!
We had our grand opening on December 15, 2023. The online shop is up (and mostly functional). We are STILL waiting for fabric, but more of that trickles in every week. I spend at least some time everyday working on the listings, but I haven't even gotten to the weaving stuff yet. Honestly a quilt shop with weaving and knitting is probably not that weird (based on some of the questions we've gotten from advertising groups) but it's a LOT of work.
Louët looms are still my favorite, and the company has been wonderful to deal with, very patient with all my questions. We have a David III on the floor for display and it's a dream to weave on. We still don't have weaving threads in stock. That probably won't happen before next year, but we can order from the supplier for a customer. We plan to stock Venne and have an account set up with their North American supplier. I have quite a bit of it in my stash and I have a loom (the David, of course) warped with it so I know how nice it is to weave and soon we'll have samples washed and available for that ever important touch and see test.
We also have (don't ask, but be careful who you complain to about not being able to find their products) Skacel items in our store. I am currently working hard to master the addiExpress Kingsize so I can help people learn to use it. The machines will be available to buy or rent. Which brings me to my irritation of the day - videos. Ugh. I understand that many people love them for learning new things. I find them horrible, too much talking, and it takes FOREVER to get to the parts I need to see and then again when I need to re-see them. This is an old complaint of long-standing, but my ADHD remains unchanged. The only things I can find for circular knitting techniques are videos. I've ordered some books, and I hope they will be helpful to me. But right now, I am frustrated and stymied in my attempts to try ribbing on the addiExpress.
So, dear reader, I hope you will drop by the shop, check it out, and let me know if you have any suggestions.
Happy Holidays and all that. I am looking forward to 2024.
And I will try to post some pictures and words about the addiExpress as I learn to use it, for those few, rare, individuals, who, like me, have an attention span ill-suited to video how-tos.
