Back from Yarn Heaven!
Hi everyone,
Just a small note to let everyone know about the great time I had at TNNA this past weekend. It really is almost yarn heaven when you walk into the convention center and all of those yarn vendors are there with yarns and samples and everything. Oooh! I almost get shivers!
I spoke to many yarn companies and will be getting some yarns in from Be Sweet. The company’s best seller is their [Magic Ball][1]. A magical combination of mohair, ribbon, boucle and magic of course that is used alone or in combination with their boucle mohair for shawls or scarfs.
Fiber Isle is another company I made contact with. This company specializes in buffalo yarns and is located in Canada. An incredibly soft and supple yarn for shawls and wraps. I brought a sample back for the Natalie and Laura to see and feel.
There were also some books to buy with so many interesting patterns (have you every seen a knit carrot?). I am sooo excited about them arriving. And you getting to see them!
In fact I am excited about it all.
Peggy
So much yarn, so little time!
Hi,
well I write this blog entry from my room at the Hyatt in Columbus, OH. No, it isn’t a vacation, to a yarn and fiber person it is as close to heaven as you can get. This is time for TNNA. What’s a TNNA you may ask? Well, I’m glad you did. TNNA stands for The National Needlearts Association and every June they have their largest trade show here in Columbus at the Columbus Convention Center. If you can image the Dean Dome filled with every yarn company, accessories company, knitting bag company and every other item you could think of in one location for you to look at and check out, and of course feel all the lovely, luscious yarn then you can imagine what this is like.
But its not all fun and games. Retailers also have the opportunity to take crochet, knitting and business classes that will help them improve their business. Tomorrow night “The yarn group” will present a fashion show with what the hot fashions will be this fall. Inquiring minds want to know. LOL
I’ll post again before I leave, but I am soooooo looking forward to all the new yarns and goodies to bring back to the shop!
Talk to you soon,
Peggy
June Sales
Hi,
Just a short update to remind you that for the month of June at Common Threads we will be celebrating the fantastic, special summer days of the month of June by putting our Lantern Moon needles and all of our Sublime yarns on sale for 20% off. Plenty of reasons to stay busy during the lazy days of summer.
Peggy
Facebook addicts?
Okay, I know many people love Facebook. That’s all you hear about on the news. My daughter uses it, my son uses it, and a lot of other people have to use it or it wouldn’t get so much news coverage. On the television we see the evening news anchor telling us to follow us on Facebook, many e-mails from different companies are encouraging us to follow them too.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my computer. But the thought of being glued to a computer screen to find out what a news reporter is doing seems a little absurd. If it was family that lives in another state I’d sign on tomorrow, but so far I can’t find any of my Florida family that has signed up. Of course, they could be using aliases. So for right now I’ll know that my daughter had to get up at 4 am with my granddaughter, or that my son is fixing dinner for the family. Now that’s a message that I love to read about.
Peggy
