Okay this isn't funny any more! Where on earth is time going anyway? According to these dates, it's almost been a year since I have blogged anything!
So, where to begin?
Of course I don't have time to catch up a whole year, but here are some things that really stick out in my head.
I always want to talk about what happens at the yarn shop table when the gals come to knit and crochet. You just never know what is going to come out of their mouths next and I think it really is therapy for us all! Even new comers to the group soon realize that the yarn shop is a good place to come and relax and just let your hair down and sometimes let your gaurd down too. We often say, "What happens at the Yarn shop, stays at the yarn shop"! Friday evenings spent at College Hill Coffee where we eat, listen to music, drink coffee and play with yarn and Saturday morning group thereapy are my favorite parts of running a yarn shop.
Most recently we have talked about what unlikely friends that we are. We would not have met anywhere else and become such fast friends, all because we have a common thread that has woven us together. Another worry of mine is that I would not want to appear cllickish to any one that walked into the shop. All you have to do is sit down at our table and we will snatch up and call you our own before you even get your needles out! So don't ever be afraid....yarn people are the most loving, accepting, giving people you will ever want to meet, or maybe it's because we are just like you!
At the end of March, but I say April 1st , we celebrated 1 year at the new shop and 5 years of selling yarn! Those that know me know that I started out with a cabinate full of yarn to start my yarn store with. I was already a craft shop with a couple of ladies , but have now evolved into a full blown yarn shop! It really does amaze me how far I've come and give God all the glory!
In June, Kandy , one my yarny friends, and I , went to Maine on a knitting cruise on a schooner! Wow was that amazing! What an adventure and I had someone really cool to share the experience with! Maybe one day when I have time I will write more about this trip and post pictures!
In October we had our annual Central Kansas Yarn Shop Hop! Wamego, Manhattan, Abiline, Salina, McPherson, Newton, Hutchinson, 2 shops in Wichita and iYarn in Winfield were involved this year. This year was my 4th shop hop and in charge of the Grand Prize and hosting the after meeting where we draw for the prizes.....which is tomorrow!! My whole year kind of revolves around this one event, but I am getting old and it's a lot of fun, but also exhausting, but this is what I live for....
So, when the meeting is over tomorrow and all my guests leave for their home towns, I will begin ripping my shop apart to transform it into a winter wonderland, for next weekend is Christmas Open House.....ALREADY!
So, if the year is a circle, it's spinning and picking up speed...then, I'm praying for speed bumps!
Until next time.....hopefully it won't be another year!
Susieknits
