January 6, 2007

Into the Wild Blue Yonder (almost)

I’m off to San Diego to go to market. Well, I will be if the fog ever clears so my flight can take off. I get to visit with my mother for a few days before the trade show starts, and then I get to take classes with some of my favorite teachers — Valentina Devine, Brandon Mably and Shannon Oakey.

It’s always exciting seeing this vast hall filled with yarn, and a bit overwhelming too. I learned early on that the only way to conquer the feeling of overwhelmedness (is that a word?) was to have a plan and a budget. So I come armed with statistics and wish lists and a budget and I usually do pretty well.

Speaking of wish lists, if there’s something you’d like to be able to find at Yarn Expressions, let me know. This is the perfect opportunity for me to look for it. I’ll try to post from San Diego, and maybe even share a few pictures.

See you when I get back!

4 Comments

Filed Under: Market News

January 4, 2007

New Books

It’s here! The new Knits from a Painter’s Palette from Koigu Wool Designs has arrived. Maie Landra is a creative genius known for her modular designs and wonderful sense of color. new books!

There are some old favorites in here, like the Oriental Jacket and the Charlotte’s Web Shawl, and some new designs to get your fingers itching to knit this year.

We’ve also received Nicky Epstein’s latest — Knitting Beyond the Edge. This book continues her series of collections of decorative finishes and contains a number of intriguing ideas. She has a whole section on interesting necklines that I like very much.

Baby Knits Hats & Booties is just plain cute. Its patterns are created by three well known designers — Edie Eckman, Bonnie Franz and Debby Ware. These matching sets for noggins and tootsies (that’s the subtitle of the book) range from easy stripes to colorful argyle to the set I’m going to make called Sam the Man.

If your New Year’s resolution is to knit more, you’ll find plenty of inspiration in these books.

1 Comment

Filed Under: What's New?

January 3, 2007

Up and Running

The secure server is now fixed and orders can be placed by clicking on the secure order form button at the top of the page. Thanks for your patience!

A Work in Progress

Happy New Year! As you can see, we’ve added a blog feature to Yarn Expressions’ website. The changeover, however, has caused a few small problems. The most obvious of them is the order form — it seems to have gone missing. The ISP folks are working on it, but for the meantime, if you need to place an order, give us a call. The toll-free number is at the bottom of the page. Hopefully we’ll have this all ironed out in a few hours.