The New Shop is Ready and The Move has Started!

Today the first truckload of fixtures and yarn left the old shop and moved into their new home on Dixie Avenue.  It was like a huge exhale and I can finally breathe easily again.  With the help of my dear Shop Angels, dozens and dozens of bags and cases of yarn and tools and needles were transported around the corner and await being placed onto shelves and walls. 

The space feels amazingly spacious and open.  The light is wonderful and the two huge windows are such a pleasure. 

The walls and floors are freshly painted

and there is just a little cleaning of the unpainted Terrazzo floors in what will be an enclosed classroom/meeting space.
  

 Down the right side, past the new cash desk, there is a long section of display space leading to another smaller enclosed room

 that will be a work space for me where I can keep my projects separate from the shop goods.  I really love this!


 Beyond, there is a yet another room which will be an office space for keeping all the files and catalogs and all the paper that accumulates.


A few other big pieces from the barn at the farm will be moved tomorrow and then the restocking and creating the space will begin.  For me, that is the most fun part of all. 

Happy Holidays From My Family to Yours

 

Making a little holiday music

 

The girls enjoy their new chew toys

 

David enjoys his new little second cousin, Tommy

 We all enjoyed a  beautiful holiday dinner at my sister's house

Small Biz Saturday Sale!

The shop will be Closed all day Friday.

Sorry folks. I just cannot deal with Black Friday. I’ve never liked the frenzy of it.

But I know that many wait for it in hopes of finding some goodies on sale.

My compromise is to do a Sale on Small Biz Saturday instead. There will be yarns, kits and accessories on sale, including:

• Portland Tweed 30% off (stock only)
• CEY Sprout 30% off (stock only)
• Aslan Trends Artesanal 20% off (stock only)
• FrogTree Alpaca Sport and Melange 20% off (stock only)
• Frog Tree Origami Sweater Kits 30% off (stock only)
• Misc. odd Knitting Kits 20% off (stock only)
• Reya Sock Yarns 25% off (stock only)
• all Single Patterns 25% off
• Namaste Bags 10% off (stock only)

Spend $50 in one non sale yarn purchase, you will get 10% off 

 on that yarn.

There may be some other items on sale as I go through the inventory.

All Sales are for in stock items only. No special orders or prior sales or holds. No combining with other coupons.  All are final sale.

The shop will open at 10:00 am  as usual for Saturday and will stay open until at least 6:00 pm

Thanks! Hope to see you here on Saturday!.

Lighting Up Old Town Elizabethtown Kentucky

My little shop, for now, is still located at 29 Public Square, Elizabethtown

I think I must hold the title as the Tiniest Yarn Shop in Kentucky but  it is also the Friendliest and it is fully stocked and ready to serve your Holiday Knitting needs including Lessons, Gifts, Gift Certificates, Kits and of course, the best yarn around at the best prices for all budgets.  Come and visit.

You Have Shown Me Your Hearts

I am feeling so thankful for the wonderful friends that have shown what 'being there' for a friend means.

This weekend's Open House was a huge success despite all the drama of not moving at the last minute.  I could not have pulled it off without the most wonderful group of friends and supporters I have ever known.  Kay, Claudia, Ron and Keith, Amy, Cheri, Yvonne and RoLynn and, of course, Alan.  You all were there, despite having deploying sons, major surgical procedures, ninja turtle body braces, horrible divorce issues,  driving hours to get here, taking days off  from your own work and cheerfully staying 'on hold' to move heavy furniture and then moving it back, packing, unpacking and then restacking shelves, bringing me coffee and a smile, words of encouragement and hugs and so many seemingly little things that are so meaningful to me. You all nurtured me and pulled me through, and away from what to me, felt like the jaws of death. (I said it was my drama!)



And I cannot ever say enough about the faithful and supportive customers who came out to rally and brought or sent all their other friends to the shop, too.  The words thank you, just do not cover it.

Namaste! I am humbled by your sheer 'goodness' and generosity of spirit.

There is No Place Like Home -- Dorothy

And home is still at 29 Public Square, Elizabethtown, Ky 42701

It was enticing, the beautiful space, with it's brick wall, columns and huge display windows but it seems it was only OZ and yes, a Wizard blowing smoke and whistles.  It was not real and not meant to be. 

And so, the big move did not happen and will not happen but the result is that I've had an opportunity to rearrange the whole shop, clear out the unneeded stuff and the shop SEEMS bigger!  The back room is now fully devoted to displaying all the beautiful new yarns and accessories that have come in.  More are due in today.  It feels all fresh and new and I hope you will all love it as much as I am.  I will be working on it more today but the shop is OPEN again....and 

The OPEN House is ON for Friday and Saturday...

Come out and see!  I have received some fabulous Door Prizes and giveaways from Classic Elite and Cascade.  Everyone who comes in will get a ticket for the big drawing tomorrow afternoon.  And every purchase get's you another ticket into the pot...so you have two chances to win some really special prizes and there will be freebies for the early birds while they last!

The Shop is Moving to a New and Spacious Location

It was just 7 short months ago that I had the guts to open a small Wool and Yarn shop in Old Town Elizabethtown, KY.  I'd always dreamed of having my own business and i knew that it would be 'shop'. A small place where people would gather to create.  And so it is!

If you've been to the shop, you know that it is 'cozy'....it is quite small.  I've loved this shop and I am so proud of it.  It has been such fun to come here every day and just play/work at what I love.  It has been something that I created from the stuff of my dreams and it will be hard to leave its safe walls.  In these short months, I have met the most wonderful people, spinners, knitters, crocheters and even a tatter or two.  So many have told me how happy they are to have found the tiny shop and that they love coming here.  And I have loved being found.  It is so gratifying to see the looks on the faces when they come in.

But as the shop has gotten more popular, the space seems to have gotten smaller.  The time has come to move to more spacious quarters.  The opportunity was offered and after a long time pondering what it would do to my small dream, I decided to go for it.  Although there were many delays, once the decision was made, the new shop is finally ready and I will begin the move to the new shop tomorrow, November 2 and the shop will be closed.  It will be the first time that I will be closed on a week day. But there was no way to avoid and so it must be. I hope to be open again in the new space on Wednesday. I will be just around the corner at 110 North Main Street. Park in the back as usual and look for the canopy over the door:

or the BIG WINDOWS on North Main Street:

Open House Weekend:

Come visit the new shop during our weekend Open House celebration on November 5 and 6.

Lots of treates and activiteis are planned including Door Prizes, Special Trunk Shows from Alchemy Yarns and Classic Elite, New Yarn Selections from JoJoLand, Mango Moon, Frog Tree, O'Wool, and Cascade.  New Cottage Rovings from my Paula Rover,  more spinning fibers and blending materials from Ashland Bay and Ashford plus Knitter's Looms, Drum Carders and Fiber Processing Supplies and Dyes.
I am very proud to also include the wonderful collection of Primitive Furnishings and Folk Art by Kathy Anthony of Sugarbucket Antiques.  Kathy will have a special section within the shop to showcase her hand made Christmas and Winter Ornies which she has been hard at work on in between hand building her own Log House.


Come check it all out.  I'd love to see you!

Sweater Class Full House

 Tonight is the first night of the First Sweater Class held at th shop. The class is full and I even had to turn 1 away just because of space limitations.

Even with the cozyness, everyone is concentrating and enjoying learning the formulas for developing a pattern to their own personal measurements. Martha Richards is not only an experienced knitter and experienced teacher (among other things), she is also funny and engaging. We are planning more sweater and larger project classes for the future. Can't wait till we can hold them in THE NEW SPACE!....:-)

Too Hot to Knit with Wool? How about Cotton Bamboo? Lacy Alpaca? or Fresh Linen?

Something I hear now and then is that folks don't like to knit in summer because of the heat.  This seems to be a state of consciousness because, if we are the lucky ones, we have the ac blasting indoors during these steamy days.  I think what we mean is that we don't like to WEAR knitting in summer.  Because traditionally, knitting is thought of as only for cool weather garments.

Now that there re so many beautiful lightweight and cool yarns available, we can be knitting cooly while creating these just refreshingly lovely tops and accessories.  Choose to knit in Pima Cotton, Cotton Bamboo or Linen for a fresh feeling while knitting and wearing.

Just in time, a new shipment of CEY Heron Island:

This high quality pattern collection booklet features nine warm weather designs, all with intriguing stitch details.  Here are just a few to tempt you back to summer knitting:

The Heron Island Collection is normally $15.95.  This month, on sale for $12.00....and remember the additional savings detailed in the Classic Elite Trunk Show and Sale apply to this pattern collection when purchased at the shop with any sweater quantity yarn purchase of Classic Elite Yarns including CottonBamboo, Firefly, Premiere or CottonTail. 

(All photos in this post are courtesy of ClassicEliteYarns)