Carpet Bags

One of the stops at TNNA was to see Megan at St. Clair Designs. We have three new Carpet Bags in the store.

Bev tried really hard to take the brown bag home with her but I fought her off. I think this might be the one I want.

These bags are sewn by Megan-not in a factory and her father makes the oak handles for her.

There were more goodies in my suitcase. Shawl pins from Jul.

Tendril Fermoire

French for closure, this pins work with knitted or woven fabrics. Handmade in white bronze with semi-precious stones.

We received a shipment yesterday with more Coat of Many Colors kits from Mountain Colors-this is the cover jacket of the knit Swirl! book.
I showed this from Columbus but here is a larger picture. The Clematis colour way. I like this one too!!

Tonight we are heading to the parents for the last minute 'to dos' in the house. Tomorrow night will be their first night sleeping there.

I have no personal knitting to report. I didn't take anything with me to Columbus because I knew there wouldn't be time. Last night I was way too tired. Maybe this weekend there will be some pictures from my needles.

Pictures from the past

We are going to have some visitors in the store tomorrow. The DKC (Downtown Knit Collective in Toronto) are coming on a bus trip. 54 knitters are arriving at 9am. Sarah, Cathy, Beth and I will be waiting with goodies. Cathy worked yesterday to help me get ready. The shelves are straightened. Model garments are hanging everywhere.

I needed to find a few patterns on my Mac this morning. While searching for the patterns I scrolled through my pictures. Here are a couple that I really like.

Roko as a puppy. He was so cute back then. He was so well behaved back then!! Roko loves sleep and can fall asleep anywhere-obviously-his head is in the water bowl.

Roko has recently discovered his voice. He doesn't bark but he likes to talk.

My Silk Garden Multi-Directional scarf. I love the colours. The scarf is hanging in the store but you might not recognize it because it is covered in shawl pins.

How about Survivor? Erik getting voted off was amazing. He was so arrogant at tribal council!! I hope that Russell playing his immunity idol will pay off. The previews show him in trouble next week but I don't buy it. The show will be very boring with him voted off.

I showed pictures of the new red bags from Namaste-Laguna and Zuma. They are here!! I don't need another bag but...

It's time to set off for work. Have a good day-it is bright and sunny in Ancaster today.

I'm Back

The tent sale wiped us all out. We finished at 1pm on Saturday and then packed up the remaining yarn and put it in storage. Sunday afternoon was a write off-I missed most of the Nascar race because I was sleeping. Yesterday was catch up day-bank, post office and pedicure. Today I worked in the store. My Noro cardigan is done except for the last few ends to sew in which I will do when I have finished this. Beth will take a picture of me wearing it at the show.

Tomorrow morning we leave bright and early for Columbus, Ohio.

As you know I like to have pictures in my posts. Here is a small sampling of the bags that Offhand Designs will be previewing at the show.

This is Larisa who owns Offhand Designs with the new Gatsby bag. The fabric is called Warwick. As you can see the bag will hold a lot of yarn or it can be used as an overnight bag.

This is a new fabric called Ritz. I can't wait to see this bag in person on Saturday!!

Larisa has all the bags made up in all the available fabrics. It is very hard deciding which to buy because I want them all.

Maude is one of my favourite bags. This new fabric is called Plaza. I wonder is she will make me some pillows in this fabric because they would go great in my house.

The hotel in Columbus is supposed to have free Internet and Beth will have her laptop so I should be able to post while away. We aren't supposed to take pictures on the show floor but I will find a way to get some.

Rearranging again

It's almost 6pm and I should think about going home soon.

Cathy volunteered to help me today getting the store back in order. We almost finished-tomorrow I should be done. While we were unpacking boxes we moved things around-what did you expect?

In the midst of my mess the mail man showed up with five boxes. HELP!! Namaste, Blue Sky Alpacas, Fiesta La Boheme, the summer Interweave Knits and another box that I haven't looked at.

The cover garment of the new spring/summer Vogue is knit in Blue Sky Alpacas Skinny Cotton. We were out of this colour but it's here again.

It's now 9pm and I have finished the families tax returns and can continue with my post.

There is a problem with my outgoing email server so I couldn't email the pictures to myself and finish the post at the store. These have been downloaded to my Mac.

Part of the mess after I emptied my truck on Monday.

This is more of the mess.

Dream in Color Classy lived at the front door for some time but now we have some scarves and scarf yarn. One of the many changes we made today.

Namaste

I just received an email from Namaste to announce their newest bag. It is called Newport (the middle bag). I will be seeing the actual bag this weekend. I knew about the bag because it has been advertised in a trade magazine but I didn't want to let the cat out of the bag too soon.

Peacock blue is the new seasonal colour (and will be available in all 3 bags). I hope to have these bags in the store in a couple of weeks.

My day has been crazy. Up at 8am for the workers (who didn't show up). I did some work here at home, did some running around and then went and helped Beth at the warehouse. I came home because the electrician was supposed to be here at 3 but now I find out he isn't coming either. Now it is off to Suds to have my truck washed and cleaned out inside and then to the nail salon. Unfortunately all workers are supposed to be here at 8am tomorrow.

It's Pink

The new Knitter's Satchel from Jordana Paige is pink. On Ravelry this morning, Jordana wrote that the new colour (and out of stock colours) would be available in a couple of weeks. I have already ordered the pink so I am guessing we should have them in about 3 weeks.
The lining is very pretty. Very girlie. :)

Knitting Bags

A shipment of bags from Offhand Designs arrived yesterday afternoon. I was going to post about it then but 3 posts in one day would have been way too much.

This is one of the new fabrics for spring-Cosmo Bloom. It looks fabulous in the Zhivago Weekender as well as the Zelda Grand below.
I am currently carrying around a Zelda Grand bag. LOVE IT. I have the back and one front of my lace cardi in it along with extra balls of yarn. It doesn't look big but you can fit lots in it.
This is Hip to be Square. The colour was available in the fall but we didn't bring it in. I don't know why because the colours are great-browns and rusts. Because it is last seasons fabric, it might not be available for too much longer.

I just sent out a store newsletter and in it I talked about Jordana Paige's Knitters Satchel. There will be a new colour coming out on Friday. You can enter to win a free bag - hurry -it has to be done by Thursday night. Edited to add Sorry-I didn't read the fine print-you must be a US resident to win. I put in an entry and it took my address so I assumed Canadians could enter as well.