But I Still Haven't Seen a Moose!

Thanks to everyone who emailed and shared in the excitement of the upcoming Harlot event. I've made the registration link live on the previous post. Just remember - if you are registering a group of folks, we need everyone's name and contact info. There are lots of details to still be coordinated and we want everyone to be kept in the loop.

In the excitement of all things Harlot, I completely forgot to post pictures from our event with Wenlan. This was one of those events that we knew would be fun and not overwhelming, but we had no idea how AWESOME it really would be. For those of you who missed it - shame on you! It was simply one of the loveliest events. Wenlan was charming and funny and entertaining and very informative about her life as a fashion designer. We learned a lot about her view of garment construction and saw how beautiful her garments are when worn. Most importantly - how beautiful they are on different body types! Here are a few pics:

The ultimate star of the day has to go to Milan:

She wouldn't pose for me, but for Jackson and Jonathan she was workin' it! Thanks to our friends at Classic Elite for making this event happen and to Wenlan for making the trip up from NYC.

That's it for events for awhile - at least in-store. Next up for us is Stitches West! The show is this weekend, February 22-24 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Show hours are 10-6 Friday & Saturday and 10-4 on Sunday. If you are already registered, there is a special shopping night on Thursday from 7-10pm. We will be in booths 701-709 and 800-809. That's 10 booths full of yarn, garments and lots of fun and inspiration. We've got 14 folks in tow with us - the biggest contigent we've ever brought west. Be sure to stop by, say "hi" and stock up on yarn at incredible savings! We're especially excited to be brining our own Valley Yarns with us again, including our brand new Colrain Laceweight. We'll have most of our garments with us as well.

Lastly, we took a quick weekend trip up to Maine with the boys. It was part business and part family escape. It's been so crazy here that we just felt like we needed to hang with the kids before taking off to California. What's wonderful about what we do is that no matter where we go, there are knitters:

This wasn't the only sighting we had, but the only one I was able to capture.

We took the kids to Delorme where we saw this:

Jonathan is a huge geography fan so he thoroughly enjoyed this visit. We also visited here:

I know it needs no further explanation.

The only disappointment of the weekend comes from Jonathan - he never did get to see a moose :)

Can't wait to see all of our West Coast customers later this week (and Teri from Hawaii - please bring warm weather Teri!).

Kathy

Win Some and Lose Some

Well, our beloved Patriots did not come through for us. They were simply out played. Congrats to the Giants and all of their fans. There was much sadness here - Jackson went to bed in tears and Jonathan, who had fallen asleep during the game, got up on Monday morning, asked what the score was and when I told him, burst into tears, ran back to his room and flung himself on his bed and pulled the covers over his head. A hard lesson in losing was learned.

Not all is lost - hope springs eternal as they say and if not that, a mother's determination to limit crying at 6:30am on Monday morning is without bounds. For one thing, spring training is nearly upon us so the boys have come to terms with the loss and are gearing up for a great season here in Red Sox Nation.

For another, we had a great celebration at WEBS on Sunday afternoon during our "pre-game" festivities:

Many thanks to our special guest, Mary Beth Temple, author of The Secret Language of Knitters. Charming as always, Mary Beth entertained a packed house with several excerpts from her book. Rumor has it there was serious snorting of water. . . . . .

I love our Super Bowl Event - everyone just comes and spends time together, working on projects, socializing and relaxing.

I am always tickled to see the spinners join in the fun too!

We were demonstrating the Schacht Flip Loom, which is a WEBS staff fave. It is a great way to dip your toe into the weaving pool. The loom is inexpensive, compact and easy to use. It's great for using up stash yarns or venturing into some of those coned yarns we have. Tons of possibilities and if you find you love the loom but want to be able to do more, there's our Weaving I class. We'll be offering a class this summer featuring the Flip, so if you have any interest, come into the store for a test drive and certainly watch for our class brochure coming this April.

Thanks to Gail and Leslie Ann for getting this organized!

Thanks also go out to everyone who has sent along well wishes for new adventure into the world of beading! We've been working this week to get new inventory into the store and plan to open this coming Monday, Feburary 11th. We'll be at the old location until April 1st, but we encourage everyone to come on over to the store and meet the great staff!

Finally, our next big event is this Saturday, Feburary 9th. Wenlan Chia, knitwear designer and author of Weekend Knits and Big City Knits will be at the store to discuss her yarns, her designs and all things fashion. This is an incredible opportunity to spend time with a 7th Avenue fashion designer! She just had her show at Bryant Park in NYC this past weekend as part of Fashion Week and less than a week later, she'll be at WEBS! I had the chance to meet her at TNNA and Wenlan is lovely and friendly and really looking forward to spending time with us so I encourage you to make every effort to join us on Saturday. Please be sure to register here so that we have enough chairs and of course food and goodies! A special thanks to our friends at Classic Elite Yarns for making this event happen!

Kathy