i couldn't stop smiling yesterday. marilee and i walked the dogs around the pond and just kept hugging each other. she has a daughter and 3 grandsons in the usa so this is huge for her. everything feels a little different now.and now for a few "milestones" of my own. on etsy you can go into "shops" and mark them as favourites - this way you have a record of the shops you like and want to return to. some time back i decided that i would give a gift to the 500th person to "heart" my shop (thanks for the idea from beth at whorlingtides) well, it happened on the weekend and i invited denise from virginia beach to go into my shop and choose a gift. this was the skein she wanted. and then sunday i sold my first item (my "chanteuse" skein) overseas - to ali in leeds, u.k. - all my other sales have been in north america. last night, before going to bed, i checked my emails and had sold "matisse in tangiers" - a skein i had listed that morning, to a woman with a central park address in nyc and i felt a little overcome thinking that just over a year ago i had picked up a skein of yarn at purlsoho in nyc and thought "i have to learn how to make this!" all things seem possible...
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People know the real deal when they see it, whether it is Obama or your gorgeous yarn! I looked at your Matisse yarn about four times yesterday but didn't buy it....and now it's gone. But isn't that the perfect way to keep your customers - begging for more!
Awesome!!! You're such an inspiration...
Congratulations!!
She chose a stunning skein. I love how your yarns have the same sense of color that all your other fiber arts share. Continuity is a good thing. Cograts on all your successes. You inspire....
i'm happy to see that i'm your first overseas customer. i am very much looking forward to receiving the yarn. i bought it (aside from the fact that i loved it) because i saw la vie en rose for the first time the very evening before, so i thought it must be fate.
i am a student and when i have time am taking orders for hand-knitted products. i'm recording everything i make and sell in the hope that when my degree is finished (only a few more months) i'll be able to set up a website and sell things a little more regularly. i love the idea of having something hand-made from start to finish and as such have started using hand-made and dyed yarn. the thought that you have handmade something in your snow-topped house in canada that has traversed in a parcel to my victorian terrace in leeds and been pieced together stitch by stitch is all very cosy and lovely. if you like i'll send you a photo of the finished product.
many thanks,
ali in leeds, uk
Oh how fantastic! Congratulations!! So inspirational! I'm *just* learning to spin... Your yarn is so lovely - it's your astonishing color sense coming through, of course. Brava!!!
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