I Can't Believe

Posted by Gwen on Thursday, November 11, 2004 with No comments
I can't believe. That is my husband's favorite saying whenever I remind him about something coming up in the ver near future that he has forgotten about even though I told him about weeks before -- sometime several times!! Well, I can't believe that we are already in November, staring down the throat of the holiday season with 2005 nearly upon us. I also can't believe that it has already be over a week since I last posted!

Time flies when you are busy. The past week I have been focusing on writing up new classes for the Knitability Reps for the Spring and finalizing details for the Knitting Teacher's Retreat. All of the new information should be up on the website by the end of the weekend. I am REALLY excited about this year's retreat! Last year we had a blast and I was very pleased with our first effort, but I think we have made substantial improvements for this year and hope to sell out!!! Check out our retreat page for more information (after the weekend)!!

I love designing classes, but man is it a lot of work. Most folks just don't understand the amount of prep work that goes into preparing a class for the first time. Single session classes take 20 - 40 hours to prepare, multi session classes usually run at least 40 hours and often much more. We obviously do it for love, because it can't be for the money!!!

Learning New Stuff

Posted by Gwen on Tuesday, November 02, 2004 with No comments
So if you are like me, you love to learn new stuff. Sometimes it comes easy, sometimes not, but regardless, the excitement of expanding knowledge is always worth the effort. But the question arises, what kind of learner are you?!?!

I am a "doer-seer" learner. I learn by doing and by seeing others do whatever it is that I am supposed to learn. I can learn by books, but it is not my favored method. People who teach themselves how to knit just by reading a book AMAZE me.

So today I have been learning a new program (to me) and unfortunately are learning mostly by trial and error combined with some reading when I get really desperate!! So far, I think I am making progress, but I would probably be a lot further along if I just knuckled down and paid for a class!!! So how much money is my time worth?!? Always a hard question to answer. But knowing me, I will give it a try again tomorrow!!

Back to Blogging

Posted by Gwen on Thursday, October 28, 2004 with No comments
So I have been away for a while and I always miss blogging, but it still seems to happen. It is kind of like forming a good habit, they seem to be harder to make stick than the bad habits. Why is that?!?

So I have been teaching a bit more lately (which I LOVE) but unfortunately that leaves me less time for knitting. Between teaching and the biz -- I have been staying pretty busy. Unfortunately this gets me a bit disorganized and a little disorganization seems to go a long way. So...tomorrow is clean up and get organized day so I can be more productive next week!!!

It is so hard to believe that it is practically November, that the year is almost over, the holidays are just around the corner! I guess time really does fly when you are having fun!

Note that the Leather and Lace is done -- I will try and post some pictures soon. It's debut occurred at Stitches East and I am very pleased with the final outcome. Thanks to Sammi and Paul for helping with the fringe or it might not yet have seen the light day!

AAAACK!!

Posted by Gwen on Thursday, September 30, 2004 with No comments
Playing catch-up...Getting ready to leave for Stitches East...Feeling a bit overwhelmed...Not able to focus...ACK!!

Don't expect much until I get back from Stitches East...but then?!?!

More Gifts!

Posted by Gwen on Friday, September 17, 2004 with No comments
Look at all the cool things that I got from my Secret Pal!



I actually got it a day ago, but haven't had time to take a photo, which was really a problem since I wanted to dive right in, but then you all couldn't see how cool my Secret Pal is! So for those who can't tell or aren't familiar my package came with the following:
  • A very nice note -- paper on the bottom
  • 2 skeins of angora -- pink and orange (very fun)
  • Blue Berry chewing gum -- small package in the front
  • Look -- it is chocolate with fillings (Japanese import)
  • Koala's March -- in the hexagon box -- chocolate creme filled cookies
  • Lush - blue box with the sheep -- which is something wonderful for the bath

I can't wait to try a bit of everything -- all such decadent fun!!