In 2004 Chris Anderson, then editor of Wired magazine, wrote a book entitled The Long Tail – “why the future of business is selling less of more”. It was an observation of a business bell curve that showed how a few very popular items are bought by a lot of people in a relatively short […]
It is slowly warming up and luckily today was quite bright, my other luck was…. Dion from Sheepish Knitworks 1. Luckily two sets of shelves that I moved from one room into another, at the office, fit against the wall. We are really re-arranging things a little – for more luck, of course! 2. Also
When was the last time you paid $565.00 for a snowdrop bulb? Well, apparently, this is the price that an e-bay auction fetched for Galanthus plicatus – a very special (and expensive) cultivar of the more common Galanthus nivalis, which is pictured here. Follow the link for the whole story. Actually I wrote several blogs
I’m going to do a week’s catch up & then I’ll be back on track, as my daughter has gone back to university and I have one less person in the house to cook & clean for etc…etc.. So I should have blog time! A week’s worth of luck was… 1. My friend, Arlene, dropped
I’m still playing catch up with my lucky days and here is the update.. 1. Luckily JM posted to my Facebook wall that National Knit in Public Day, June 11, 2011 is also National Yarn Bombing Day, so I decided to post about it! 2. Fortunately, although it has turned cold again -15C some days,
Want to stage a “Yarn Bombing?” These are great events which can be promoted on Facebook and Twitter and/or in your local media – newspaper, radio, TV. They bring loads of traffic to your store and create a lot of excitment and anticipation!! Yarn Bombing Just select a day – National Knit in Public Day is
Sorry, I’ve had to do a bit of catch up because….. 1. Luckily, I’ve been busy since my daughter arrived home for reading week from Halifax. 2. She requested a dinner of tacos & tortillas. We haven’t had this in ages and it tasted great!! 3. It was again a balmy +10C, we could really
Sagittaruis Shawl from Queen Anne’s lace It was warm to-day – close to 10C. Here is my luck while waiting for Spring….. 1. I went to a midday meeting wearing a sweater – no heavy winter coat – what luck! 2. Sagittarius is blocked and fortunately, I like it! Now onto Pisces or maybe Gemini!
Today it was about 5º or 6ºC – so mild – so lucky and…. 1. I managed to get almost all of the Queen Anne’s Lace patterns up on Patternfish. I have been meaning to do this for a long time! I just had a lucky spurt of energy! CN Tower – Toronto 2010 2.
It has turned cold again today – but sunny, luckily and today…. 1. I had a nice chat with the 28-year-old at the office – lucky to be able to connect for longer than just “ships passing in the night.” 2. Several shipments came in and patterns went out – I do like the regular
