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@dawn-craig that sounds good to me! I actually really like the idea of setting yourself apart by carrying bases people can't get just anywhere – I think there's a market for that. A lot of knitters would be interested in trying different fibers and blends but a lot of indie dyers only carry the basic merino and merino blends. Good luck with your…[Read more]

I'm totally a “swallow the frog first” kind of a gal. Even with stuff like housework on the weekends – I tell myself to power through the household chores first and then I can spend the whole rest of the day doing fun stuff. My husband likes to work for a little while and then take a break, or to take a break and then work, which drives me nuts…[Read more]

Thanks, Jill. I did have a sale to Hungary yesterday, so even EU-people might still buy my patterns…

I love a blank 6 week grid for planning all sorts of things. It's enough to plan more than a month, but not too big to be overwhelming and 6 weeks is a good amount of time to break a task down into. I'm into function more than decoration, but a twirl of yarn with a crochet hook around the edge would be v cool. Bonus points if the yarn is blue 😉

Good for you @tanja-osswald!

For knitters and crocheters cards that say “Hand knit for you by” or “Hand crocheted for you by” are always popular

I would love some thank you cards with either a knit theme and/or my logo on them for when I send gifts to test knitters/sample knitters or send out prizes. However, I would pay extra if you printed them for me, provided envelopes and mailed them to me 🙂

Personally, I rarely use printables but I would buy things like notebooks, project bags, and postcards with your designs on them, especially if they are crochet or sheep-themed. Or with dragons.
Depending no the price, sheep-themend gifts would be lovely, too. I love swap packages and a yarny postcard is great for those, plus small gift stuff,…[Read more]

There, I've done it. Just two clicks… Now I can see whether the world will end.

Thank you @tanja-osswald. I am revamping the phrasing. I let it sit for a day and am looking at it again and totally agree with you. I think it is easier for me to say no when I make it sounds so businessy, but that is not me so I am going to politely thank them and tell them I am not offering wholesale to online only businesses. I…[Read more]

Sounds sweet enough for me. 🙂
One small thing: Maybe it is just me, but passive sounds overly formal in English. Could you start with “I appreciate your interest”? Or “thank you for asking”?

That was my thought as well @dawn-craig.

@tanja-osswald I just received another request this morning so I want to have a standard response/policy all worked out.

How does this response sound?

Hello,

Your interest is appreciated. From the information provided, your business is an online only reseller. At this time, wholesaling is not…[Read more]

That was my thought as well @dawn-craig.

@tanja-osswald I just received another request this morning so I want to have a standard response/policy all worked out.

Thank you for your help.

That was my thought as well @dawn-craig.

@tanja-osswald I just received another request this morning so I want to have a standard response/policy all worked out.

Thank you for your help.

I am like @amy-crook and @dawn-craig, not a morning person in the least bit. If I try to do work too early, I make mistakes and have to re-do the tasks. So creative or mindless tasks first. But that can backfire, like this week I got into a project and kept saying to myself, “Fifteen more minutes!” and then got none of the work done that I needed…[Read more]

I totally agree, it's very different selling to someone that's going to carry your markers in a store or at shows and someone that's just going to carry them online.

So I've been thinking a lot about this and at first my response to why I'm adding them would have been because I want them in my shop…. not a good reason really. More thought and I realized I want them because I want to carry bases that people can't get just anywhere… I also want to carry the regular ones but maybe I should scale them back.…[Read more]

I'm like Amy… first thing, if it's actually in the morning needs to be mindless stuff like rinsing yarn and such. I just am NOT a morning person at all and trying to do things that use a brain in any way just doesn't work and only leads to frustration.

But thank you for this… I'm actually going to use this idea to schedule my time for next…[Read more]