For the Love of Yarn

Thanks to my friend Nevada for snuggling up with a heaping helping of my yarn! As I prepare for my first trade show a few things will be happening in the next two months which are firsts and very exciting in the realm of my business. First of all keep an eye out for Venus Zine in the month of August! My first advertisement will be appearing! Exciting! thanks to all of my friends and supporters for helping me get going! I am hoping that the next few months will prove fruitful! Wooo!

Spent the last bit of my money on yarns to dye for the craft fair, I will be taking personalized orders as well as feature an assortment of new colors and yarn weights! If you get a chance come out to the Pendleton Heritage Fair the Weekend of September 9th and 10th! Please do! I will be sharing a booth with my father's photography business. I know photography and yarn don't really blend together but we are going to make it work! come out and support your local artisans! this craft fair features more than just knit and quilt nuts! There is plenty to do and plenty to look at and it's in historic Pendleton so it's pretty and located mostly through the park. So come and say hey!

Trademark is finally in!

I finally got my trademark paperwork in! Win!

Trade show frenzy!

So I went to my first trade show two weeks ago and my spirits were renewed! I haven't made many sales in the last few months, so I am sitting in wait. I fell in love with the trade show I went to at the Harrison Center for the arts here in Indianapolis!

So I started my search for a trade show I might be interested in. I will be doing the Pendleton Heritage fair the weekend of September 10&11, in Pendleton. Super exciting because it's my hometown and I know my way around, also dad and I will be sharing a booth to split up expenses. So now begins the panic to get my stock together. That's going to be the scary rough part!

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New cards on my shop!

So I just recently came up with some wonderful cards with hand knit and crochet items to decorate them with my fabulous hand dyed yarn! check it out!
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Advertising Dilemmas

Thanks to a recent donation to my business I will be able to put an advertisement into the fall issue of Venus Zine! Having an advertisement in this magazine is something I've dreamed about, I just never knew exactly what it was that I wanted to advertise! Business is really slow right now, I am going to guess that is due to the failing economy. I am just thankful that there are places like etsy at the moment, and I have a day job. Otherwise I would not have any way to support myself. I have been posting business cards up everywhere! I can only hope that someone sees them and wants to look at my store!

I need to bust my butt, I have containers full of yarn, but haven't dyed any of it! I need to get on that!

Omg, I totally came across this today on Cafe Press! What a hilarious logo! I love crocheting, I was reading up on it. Did you know more people know how to crochet than knit? And yet the insufficient update in patterns is staggering. I have been so disillusioned with the amount of awesome crochet patterns. I want to be able to crochet cut things, not just doilies and unfortunate looking doll/baby dresses. Any who If you are a crocheter! Crochet today and the Interweave crochet both just put out awesome spring patterns! Check em out!