Saturday, June 20, 2009

Excuse me, but can the rain and the recession please go away?

Summer is not usually my best sales season, but business is so bad right now that June will undoubtedly be my worst sales month in my 5 years in business. I know a lot of yarn stores are struggling right now, and I'm feeling it, too. We're all holding on by 1 ply and hoping that come September, things will pick up again.

But that's all you'll hear from me on that topic today, because there is much to be happy about: new yarns are coming in! Chosen for its economic price and high rating on ravelry, seventeen colors of Berroco Comfort are in and I'm posting them online tonight and tomorrow. Twenty or so colors of Malabrigo Worsted should be here Tuesday, so I'm already looking forward to Fall for many reasons!

In between a little work and listing some things on eBay (Yes! I know! We moved them again and I didn't realize it!) I am keeping busy getting the house set up. June has been excessively rainy here, and so we have been working inside lately. We are almost unpacked and nearly have our "tier 1" priority renovations complete. There is just a small pile of 8 boxes sitting next to me here in the basement. Most of it is books and tools that we need to go through. Also, I need to set up my sewing table because it will soon be time to make all the curtains and seat cushions from my coveted Amy Butler fabric stash. So far the house looks so great!

In between all that, we have time for some fun. This is our flying game.


4 comments:

kayevs said...

Oh, that looks like lots of fun :)
Lots of rain here as well...if the sun comes out you need to look real quick because if you blink, it could go away! Enjoy setting up home!

Bad Hippie said...

Lots of rain in Ohio, too! I think the plants like it, though.

Evan looks like he's having a blast. I hope he's enjoying his new digs. :)

Queenbuv3 said...

Rainy weather is hitting us hard so far this summer. It is summer, right? Rain is good knitting weather. I am still trying to finish a curtain for the window in my bathroom door. Good luck with your yarn sales! I have a huge yarn stash that I am not allowing myself to add to until I use it up : (

I too need to list some things on ebay. We moved about 4 months ago and I had to pack stuff that I knew I was going to sell on ebay but didn't have time to list before we moved.

Sarah said...

My kids loved that game too!