update
Things have been going really well at the yarn store. Even with it doing well, there still have been long stretches of time where it was slow. I don’t mind this because it gives me time to knit, work on the books or corral the children. (The kids did great on Friday, by the way, probably mostly because it was fairly slow until Jim picked them up at 3 and I was able to devote most of my attention to them.)
I’ve been surprised at what has sold the most… the one and only novelty yarn that I bought. It’s a nice novelty yarn (GGH Esprit), very fluffy and soft and I bought it to make baby blankets. I just find it’s sales funny because every yarn rep I’ve talked to has told me that Novelty is OUT. I guess it’s not THAT out.
A couple days after the lovely Malabrigo came in, I also got a shipment of some beautiful hand dyed yarn, very similar to Colinette’s Point Five. The colors are perfect and this will work perfect for the every popular two hour hat. Today Be Sweet should arrive and because the store is closed on Monday, I will be obsessively driving past the store from the hours of 10 and 4 to see if the UPS man left me a package.
Several people have been asking about the online store. It’s coming along… S L O W L Y. Jim is just so busy at work that I’m thinking of hiring someone else to build me a website! Although I’m not sure I can bring myself to pay someone else. In the meantime, I can do mail order if there is anything anyone wants.
Now, I’m going to go enjoy my day off by doing things like laundry, dishes and grocery shopping.
Category: yarn store 4 comments »
August 7th, 2006 at 9:09 am
Hey Allison,
I haven’t yet told you congratulations on all of your progress! It’s really exciting to read about what you’re doing.
About the novelty yarn: from my experience of working in a knitting store, there are always going to be a lot of people who like to do the “just garter stitch” scarves. You might consider getting some yarn with interesting texture and color to appease that type of client who doesnt’ want to think while they knit! They might as well buy it from you rather than Michael’s….
August 7th, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Sounds like things are coming along nicely. *smile*
As for the website, pay someone else, really. My mate is a programmer as well, and it has been over a year since my website was anywhere near functional because he is either busy working or busy getting in what little relaxation time he can in our hectic lives. Just a suggestion from someone who has been there. Plus when there is something not quite to your liking you won’t feel as bad having an employee or independent contractor do the work over that way you might feel about having you husband do “extra” work. A website is not something you should have to “settle” for. Be a perfectionist, it’s your right Also, someone who is getting paid for a task tends to care more about the work quality and speed than a volunteer, no matter how much the volunteer cares about you and your dreams. *smile*
August 7th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
I’m so happy that everything is going so well for you at the store. :)
August 8th, 2006 at 9:43 am
I guessed I missed hearing you were going to have an online store – how cool!
Glad everything is going ok. I am so jealous that you get to fondle fancy yarn to your heart’s content!