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If the suggestions you have here don't work, email Katie of Yarn Love or Cate of Infinite Twist or Ana of Toil and Trouble (just email me for their addresses, if you need them), as I know they all kees bases + colorways in stock and could (probably) get some to you in time. (Also, both Infinite Twist and Toil + Trouble have told me they are…[Read more]

I would just leave off the candy, as I don't want grubby-handed kids touching my stuff! 🙂
As for the conversation, a non-confrontational way of handling it would be to go out in front of the group that was talking and say “hello” to passing people. And/or move more of your stuff from behind them, out to the front corners. The minute someone…[Read more]

You've got such good feedback here, Karen!
I just spotted this post (written by Starshipper Stephanie!) about her club and thought of you: http://whileshenaps.com/2015/01/subscription-club.html

This is so good to hear Libby! I think of you as a story teller and someone who is genuinely interested in people so its really interesting to hear you mention both those things here.

@kathleen419793 I'd be interested in working with you on the yarn front. I think my Camelot base, which is a blend of merino, cashmere, and nylon would make a nice sweater. (I've been wanting to make one for myself in that base). One skein is 435 yds. I can dye two skeins for your in whichever colorway you'd like as early as tomorrow (which would…[Read more]

Hi Kathleen,

I have a 3 ply fingering weight yarn. The yarn has 2 plies of wool and 1 of alpaca. So there is a soft heathery look. It comes in skeins of 450 yards so you would need 2 for your sweater. This is a millspun yarn from from my farm. I just got this back from the mill so I have yet to dye a lot. You can look at this listing…[Read more]

Hi Libby *waves*

I am really interested to see what answers you get on these questions!

For me personally I queue or fav patterns that I am planning to knit at some point and purchase as I cast on.

I think its important to be keep putting content out whether its a pic on IG or popping up in someones inbox so you are not forgotten. I know for…[Read more]

So, Sasha and I are going to work something out yarn-wise for a future project, since the yarn deadline of “before 1/15/16 so I can show it on Episode Two” isn't going to work this time.

@lisa1588548 or @riin249410, might you have 800yds or so of fingering weight yarn (wool or wool blend) you could get to me before January 15th that I could use…[Read more]

thanks! i would love a search box that went in the hovering nav bar, I use forums differently than most people so don't worry. I had found that search box so I'm happy that it is logical in location!

Oh I know the number of plugins. trust me! I'll see your count and raise you. (note: i don't understand poker).

I can honestly live with the…[Read more]

@tanja467710 Re: Jumping to last unread reply – I am open to suggestions if you know what will make BBPress do this! (I avoid all forums everywhere but here, other than just to see what other people are using, and Rav is the only place I've found it, but I would LOVE to find a solution!)

So…I'm the BIGGEST fan of using your name (married or maiden). Even difficult to spell or say. Or heck, how about just “joeli”?
You can use “Joeli Knits” (I would skip the possessive because it's hard to remember!) as a blog name or a “brand name” (like, the “publisher” of your patterns)…but I think the more your work is tied to your name,…[Read more]

@tanja467710 – The link to the welcome page is in the footer of every page on my site – just scrollllll down, then look to the left, at the very bottom, it says “Are you a Starship Captain?”
But also, there isn't a “log in page”, you can log in from any page on the Starship (if you are not logged in, you'll get the “Log in now” message). So it's…[Read more]

I'm going to vote for Joeli Knits for your change because some of those other names have the exact same problem as Joeli's Kitchen, in that they won't make sense to people without an explanation. Plus, it's got the same initials, which will help some people to link it to the old you! (I am, of course, not a knitter, so grain of salt etc)

@mindy663159 Wow, congrats! That is huge, to have reached a point where your biz is really contributing to your future.

Testing a reply with @-mentions:

@wendy-cholbi is one person, @wendy1244726 is another, these should both be links.

Copying and pasting from my Intro thread on the old site and updating where it's needed.

Hi! My name is Mindy Wilkes. I design knitting patterns. Most of my designs are shawls, but I'm slowly starting to branch out into other things. I live in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio with my husband and our two kids. We've lived in Cincinnati for a while now,…[Read more]