wildflowerknits

Going from website work to shopping cart and blog- I got all my passwords mixed up and haven’t been able to get back onto the blog! I was just about ready to uninstall and start over, when I fumbled my way here…

Finally- I’m back just in time for the 4th. Hope everyone has a relaxing one! We’d planned a trip back to see my dad, but Zel’s recent trip to have her wisdom teeth removed may have caused interference. I’m waiting to hear if we have the all clear or if she needs more time to heal…

I’ll miss seeing my dad; but if we stay home I’m already planning my projects!

I’ve been on the phone most of the morning checking on y’all that seemed to be in the path of the storm- or answering the phone to those checking on me!  The shop and my home were both out of range so we were very fortunate. My heart goes out to those less so. Please let us know if you need anything…

Sheila, I’m still waiting to hear from you…

Since I’m running the shop myself this summer, I’ve decided to shorten the hours a bit allowing me some time to do all those necessary things that never quite get done. You know- the grocery shopping, the dr appts, running kids here and there, knitting, designing, etc, etc.

 I have a great group of volunteers you see in the shop from time to time, but it’s asking a lot of them to give up their precious time to accomodate me all summer long! So…here are the summer hours, beginning June 3rd and continuing through mid-August (when school starts back up again). Basically, I’m closing an extra day of the week, Monday, and everything else stays the same.

Tuesday, Wednesday: 10am to 6pm

Thursday: 10am to 8pm

Friday: 10am to 4pm

Saturday: 10am to 5pm

Sunday, Monday: closed

Thanks in advance for your support..

-Kennita

Next week I’ll be out of the shop and off to my annual market to see the newest and the greatest for the fall. Please let me know if there’s something you’d like for me to  look out for!

My loyal group of volunteers will be manning the shop: De McGlashon, Vicki Buel, Kathleen Oldfather and Lori Archer will all be helping out - and maybe Renee, but I know she’s out looking for a summer job, so she may not have as much time to give.

I’ll try to send reports from the market this year.  For the first time I’ll be travelling with my little mac so updates will be sooo easy … Y’all know how much I love my mac!

Almost forgot to post this, I’ve been so busy working on the shopping cart, which if you are on the mailing list you’ll know it went live earlier this week…

Wildflower will be hosting World-Wide Knitting in Public Day on June 14th.  It’s going to be a busy day here at the shop with a dye workshop and our sock club meetup, but the more the merrier.  Come to the shop to meet up with other knitters, crocheters and either stay here or set up outside- or move out in small groups to surrounding coffee shops- it’s up to you!

Well, May 1st has come and gone and the shopping cart is still waiting to go live.  With any luck, it’ll be ready in the next couple of days.  All the designs are ready now- just working out some details and will let everyone know when it’s a go.

Mark and I made great progress this week with the shopping cart.  I’m hoping to get it running by May 1st.  We’ll be starting with just a few of the yarn companies up first.  Right now we’re working on Brown Sheep, Noro and Knit One Crochet Too (that favorite yarn of mine- Ty-Dy- is due in this week with 3 new colors!

The other part I’m working on is getting all my designs into downloadable pdf form and that should be ready by the first of May, too.

We had a great start for the sock club today. I’ll try to post some pictures next time (if someone can just remind me to take them!)- I get so caught up in the moment…

For those that are signed up this month, I’ll start a ravelry group soon and send you all invites.  For those that haven’t signed up, but want to- just reply here and let me know!  

I’ve just spent the past month working on the newly revised website, www.wildflowerknits.com, and there’s still a lot to do.  Mark and I meet every Monday night and this week we’ll focus on getting the shopping cart up and going.  Had to take a week off to devote myself to some design work- looking forward to getting back to the geeky stuff now. Of course, all I could think about that last week of intensive computer language was getting back to knitting and designing.