It bugged me that I had to leave a blank in my last post on upgrading your “About Us” page by adding someone famous who visits your store. No one came immediately to mind. So I went looking for famous knitters. There are a lot of articles out there on celebrities, who knit. It’s not […]
This is an interesting article published Oct 11, 2010 in the Globe and Mail. Here is the link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/grow/customer-experience/why-you-shouldnt-just-reward-your-best-customers/article1753081/ Be sure to click the 3 headings in the middle of the article to read the full article. If you have ever thought of putting in a customer loyalty program, read this first. Even if you
…Or maybe it’s Aberlady of the Peonies. I have finished Aberlady my 4th sweater from Knitting in the old way and I must admit I really enjoyed knitting it. I even managed to find an attractive model to wear it for the picture. She complained a little – it was about 28 degress celsius at
Finally, I have finished the 3rd in a series of sweaters from “Knitting in the Old Way” by Pricilla Gibson-Roberts. I have discussed my various detours in other posts and will summarize my knitting journey by saying that this sweater may be constructed in a number of different ways. 1. The way I set out
– sounds catchy maybe there’s a song with that title. 1. When I had decided to knit Dunbar for my husband I remembered that he liked very traditional sweaters that were not too long with ribbed bands at the waist and neck. This should not be too difficult; should it?….I measured the “model” did a
Well… maybe just lengthening it. Let me explain. My third sweater from Knitting in the Old Way is a gansey which I am calling Dunbar – after a fishing village on the south east tip of the Firth of Forth where my husband used to vacation with his parents when he was young. We’ve been
….or at least the green natroje. I finished my second sweater from Knitting in the Old Way by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts on St. Patrick’s Day so I am going to call it Irish Diamonds. Sorry I didn’t post it right away. I spent most of the day reading articles about all the changes in Ireland and
Well I have started the second sweater from Knitting in the Old Way by Priscilla Gibson-Roberts. I decided on using 3 strands of Fiddlesticks Knitting lace weight Zephyr which gave me a gauge of 24 sts over 4″. Just a bit finer than DK; but I wanted a lighter sweater. I also decided on the
As promised a post on personalized knitting – the first of many, I hope! In fact I got the idea for the post from my very good friend Brenda, whom I have known for over 25 years and have known as a knitter for 15 years – I know this sounds strange but for the
…among the sleeves with care….or something like that. If sleep does indeed knit up that ravelled sleeve of care, would we sleep better the more sleeves we ravelled, err knit? I say this because I have been knitting and ripping out the same sleeve for the 3rd maybe 4th time. First it was too big.
