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@tara Right now, I have yarn everywhere in my house! My basement is half full of stacking plastic crates shoulder high. I have a 50 lbs box of yarn sitting by my front door, and our tiny spare bedroom is full of skeins in the process of being banded and packed. It's crazy around my house in the fall. But at a minimum, the yarn is all parked behind…[Read more]

I'm happy to donate a pattern. I mostly design socks…I don't know if that will work with your group of makers.

Hi @jill-wolcott, there are some of the same people on this trip as last year. I don't remember what you sent last year, sorry, but if you want to send the same pattern again, that's fine. Or pick another one, it's up to you. Just a reminder that my students are beginner-intermediate level and focus on accessories. Thanks!

@jessica– If you'd be willing to donate one of your small shawl patterns, that would be AWESOME! I looked at your Ravelry page and I think my students would love any of the following: Lane's Stars Hollow shawl, Spirit Lake shawl, Bus Stop, Light the Lights, Almost. I also LOVE your Coronation Shawl, but I know it's a new pattern and you probably…[Read more]

@karen-whooley, Thanks!

Hi @jennie-powell– I'm not just looking for US people. You can ship to the US, right? If so, can you email me a page of discount codes that I can print out and cut up to put in the goodie bags?

Thanks so much for the feedback @karen-whooley! Convert kit are everywhere at the moment and I love what you can do with it but I just cant add another expense right now. I could see a lot of similarities between Mailer Lite and Convert Kit which is what caught my interest. Im working on putting together some content for an email series so once I…[Read more]

Hadn't thought of a headband @mary-roth!

I picked up The Happy Planner a while ago on sale (sold at michael's and… target? maybe?). Because of the move it kind of got put away and forgotten for a while, but now I've got a laptop stand next to my computer that is its permanent home, and I'm trying to get back to using it. Ideally I'd like to reference it in the morning and make a plan…[Read more]

@jill-wolcott rain gear is the one thing left I need to get, and since I know that there's no way I'd go out in the rain without it, I need to make that a priority pretty darn soon! Also, a headband, because my ears seem to be constantly freezing.

Hi @lisa-barnes. I'll send along whatever I sent last time–assuming it is different people?

@mary-roth and @jessica you got mentioned in my newsletter which will hit mailboxes in a couple of hours.

@karen-robinson thanks!!

@katie-franceschi I'm curious too! I work 5 days/week, and I can either do all the dyeing or I can do all the admin, marketing, and other stuff. I just can't do both. That's why I have employees now.

How do you do it?

You got it Tawny!

@jill-wolcott I'd be happy to switch to March – my birthday is that month, and I'm planning to do a Buy One, Give One sale. Always good to get extra traffic near a sale! 🙂

@mary-roth Yes! Come join us!

@katie-franceschi! Thank you so so much for sharing this! I'm going to link it up in next week's email, because I think everyone needs to read it! There's a lot of confusion about profit% in a handmade business, and unrealistic expectations. Thank you for being so honest about all of this!
I LOVE that you keep money in the acct, so you have…[Read more]

Thank you, @tanja-osswald! This is a great way of pushing myself to do things to improve my health and take control of the chronic illnesses that keep trying to takeover my life.

Hi Captains!
I'm looking for someone to take March 2017. I have someone who is not a current Captain–and I have no contact information for her, so I think I need to put someone else into the slot. Here's a link to September's interview, but you do not have to be a fiber-related business. I am interested in your creative business–whatever it…[Read more]