Bad news:
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be attending The Sock Summit. It is a disappointment for us, here at Doodlebirds, and we have tried to make it work, but the military still dominates our lives. We hope to make it work next year.
Good news:
Navy man (the Doodlebirds husband) might be getting out of the Navy very soon! He is applying for jobs like a mad man, and has a few prospects. This means for the first time in over 10 years, we will be a full time family if all goes well!
Bad news:
This job thing may make it so we have to move again.
Good news:
Even if we do move, there will be no more deployments to war zones!
We are open for orders, we are well stocked in all of our yarns.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Saturday, June 06, 2009
It's been a really long time since I updated.
Things got pretty crazy around our house for a while and we had to take a break.
My father has been having heart trouble and after a number of tests, medications and procedures over the course of the last few months that didn't work he was sent in to have a more invasive heart procedure done that seems to have fixed things.
I spent 4 days in the hospital recently as well. Things are much better and I am on the mend.
We also moved again. The family is back in Oklahoma, and we hope this is the last of the moving for a while. The plan is to get back into the studio June 8th, 2009. We have the house mostly unpacked and we are setting up the new studio. We were blessed with a house that has a detached studio. It needs a little work, but it is a blessing for my family to have my "mess" out of the house.
We are going to take a break from the yarn clubs for the summer as we prepare for the Sock Summit in Aug. My friend and pattern writer Melanie will be joining me at the sock summit with her wonderful patterns.
Things are looking up and we are ready to get back to work. thank you for all the support and words of encouragement over the last months. We look forward to a great summer.
Happy Knitting,
Beth
My father has been having heart trouble and after a number of tests, medications and procedures over the course of the last few months that didn't work he was sent in to have a more invasive heart procedure done that seems to have fixed things.
I spent 4 days in the hospital recently as well. Things are much better and I am on the mend.
We also moved again. The family is back in Oklahoma, and we hope this is the last of the moving for a while. The plan is to get back into the studio June 8th, 2009. We have the house mostly unpacked and we are setting up the new studio. We were blessed with a house that has a detached studio. It needs a little work, but it is a blessing for my family to have my "mess" out of the house.
We are going to take a break from the yarn clubs for the summer as we prepare for the Sock Summit in Aug. My friend and pattern writer Melanie will be joining me at the sock summit with her wonderful patterns.
Things are looking up and we are ready to get back to work. thank you for all the support and words of encouragement over the last months. We look forward to a great summer.
Happy Knitting,
Beth
Monday, February 09, 2009
Quick update
We hope this finds everyone well and staying warm as we make this last push toward spring.
We had a power surge, and lost most of the info off the shop PC, and our web host was having issues and our website crashed (a few times) and we lost all our orders from the beginning of Dec to the end of Jan. We thought we'd recovered all the lost info and orders, but it seems we are still missing a few orders. If you ordered during that time and you did not get your order, please let us know and we will get it out to you. We are sorry for any trouble and we have backed up everything and have been backing up weekly in order to keep this for happening again.
The Jan club shipments went out late due to a few set backs. We were waiting on the patterns for this month, and our wonderful designer had some family issues to take care of.
We also had a death and medical emergency in the family that added to the delay. With out going into too much detail, the death was a child, but not one of ours, and a close family member is having heart trouble and we are waiting to find out what the next step is with that.
Everyone in my house is fine, and so is Navy man. We are taking a month off from the clubs to take care of some wholesale orders. We have added a number of retailers and will be adding some new items in the next month.
This month is our 2 year anniversary here at Doodlebirds (I can't believe it's been two years already!). We will be celebrating it next month with some new yarns, colorways and hand made products, and some great sales.
We also have a new "employee" who is taking care of customer service when things get busy around here. That would be Navy man. I guess he isn't really an employee, he "volunteers" his time so long as I don't make him look at too much knitting, feel how soft the yarn is or ask him if he thinks my new socks I just finished are pretty. He has learned very quickly the knitting terms and about the yarns that we carry and about that "dye stuff". I also ply him with baked goods and cookies, so it seems to work out in my favor.
Happy Knitting,
Beth & the rest of the Doodlebirds Crew
We had a power surge, and lost most of the info off the shop PC, and our web host was having issues and our website crashed (a few times) and we lost all our orders from the beginning of Dec to the end of Jan. We thought we'd recovered all the lost info and orders, but it seems we are still missing a few orders. If you ordered during that time and you did not get your order, please let us know and we will get it out to you. We are sorry for any trouble and we have backed up everything and have been backing up weekly in order to keep this for happening again.
The Jan club shipments went out late due to a few set backs. We were waiting on the patterns for this month, and our wonderful designer had some family issues to take care of.
We also had a death and medical emergency in the family that added to the delay. With out going into too much detail, the death was a child, but not one of ours, and a close family member is having heart trouble and we are waiting to find out what the next step is with that.
Everyone in my house is fine, and so is Navy man. We are taking a month off from the clubs to take care of some wholesale orders. We have added a number of retailers and will be adding some new items in the next month.
This month is our 2 year anniversary here at Doodlebirds (I can't believe it's been two years already!). We will be celebrating it next month with some new yarns, colorways and hand made products, and some great sales.
We also have a new "employee" who is taking care of customer service when things get busy around here. That would be Navy man. I guess he isn't really an employee, he "volunteers" his time so long as I don't make him look at too much knitting, feel how soft the yarn is or ask him if he thinks my new socks I just finished are pretty. He has learned very quickly the knitting terms and about the yarns that we carry and about that "dye stuff". I also ply him with baked goods and cookies, so it seems to work out in my favor.
Happy Knitting,
Beth & the rest of the Doodlebirds Crew
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The photos of the studio
Here are the photos of the studio! It is wonderful to have my own space!
We tested out our colors on the doors, but in the sanding, it just didn't hold up so well for the photo op.
We have a peeping Candy. That is one of our sweet rescue pups that resides at our place. She is a little shih tzu poodle mix and she is a sweet girl. She was trying to get to me via the studio window. She was less the thrilled when she couldn't get to me, but she could see me.
We are still moving the rest of the fiber and base yarns in, but I am using the space to work. My family is glad to have the house back and me out of the way in my own little place. There is less dye all over the place now.
Happy Knitting!
Beth
We tested out our colors on the doors, but in the sanding, it just didn't hold up so well for the photo op.
We have a peeping Candy. That is one of our sweet rescue pups that resides at our place. She is a little shih tzu poodle mix and she is a sweet girl. She was trying to get to me via the studio window. She was less the thrilled when she couldn't get to me, but she could see me.
We are still moving the rest of the fiber and base yarns in, but I am using the space to work. My family is glad to have the house back and me out of the way in my own little place. There is less dye all over the place now.
Happy Knitting!
Beth
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
The studio is done!
The dust has settled and the smell of glue, new counters and saw dust and dissipated. The shelving has been moved in, alone with the stove and the rest of the cabinetry. We still need to paint, but right now, that is low on the list. Most of the yarn is on the shelves, the skein winder is set up and everything has been cleaned within an inch of it's life.
The last thing (other then paint) is to move all the dye, posts and other little do dads in and we will be set! I am going to dye the first batch of stuff in our new studio today. My pal Hillshounds will be the lucky owner of the first skein of yarn to come out of the studio.
Photos? Yes, there will be some.
Now, off the dye.
Happy knitting and Holidays!
Beth
The last thing (other then paint) is to move all the dye, posts and other little do dads in and we will be set! I am going to dye the first batch of stuff in our new studio today. My pal Hillshounds will be the lucky owner of the first skein of yarn to come out of the studio.
Photos? Yes, there will be some.
Now, off the dye.
Happy knitting and Holidays!
Beth
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
We have a new studio (almost)
We have been working on a new studio for a while now, but with having a budget which is really, really small, it has been slow going.
Here is the studio in it's current state.
Not much to look at yet, but there in a sink (and a deep freeze).
We have a stove, counters shelves and cabinets that are going in. We also need to change out the 220 plug to match the plug for the stove. We were very fortunate to have all of the appliances and fixtures given to us by family. It is so encouraging to have so much support for my family along with my friends and wonderful customers.
We are going to do a little painting as well. In the next few weeks we should be all moved in and set up. In the mean time I have been hard at work. Business is really picking up! We've added two new retailers and have been getting a good number of inquires from yarn shops and on line stores about our yarn on top of our retail sales from our own website.
We are working on new colorways since it has been a while since we added some. Here is a preview of one in the works.
This is on Finn Top roving still in the pan.
It turned out very pretty. I just wish I had time to spin.
Also sign ups are open for the next 3 months of yarn clubs.
We also have up our Halloween yarns.
Happy fall and happy knitting!
Here is the studio in it's current state.
Not much to look at yet, but there in a sink (and a deep freeze).
We have a stove, counters shelves and cabinets that are going in. We also need to change out the 220 plug to match the plug for the stove. We were very fortunate to have all of the appliances and fixtures given to us by family. It is so encouraging to have so much support for my family along with my friends and wonderful customers.
We are going to do a little painting as well. In the next few weeks we should be all moved in and set up. In the mean time I have been hard at work. Business is really picking up! We've added two new retailers and have been getting a good number of inquires from yarn shops and on line stores about our yarn on top of our retail sales from our own website.
We are working on new colorways since it has been a while since we added some. Here is a preview of one in the works.
This is on Finn Top roving still in the pan.
It turned out very pretty. I just wish I had time to spin.
Also sign ups are open for the next 3 months of yarn clubs.
We also have up our Halloween yarns.
Happy fall and happy knitting!
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Halloween & clubs!
We have added our Halloween colorways to the store and the next set of 3 month yarn clubs are open. 3 month shipments will start again in November! We are coming to the end of the first 3 months, and they were a hit! Wouldn't you like some fluffy mail? Come on over and check out the new yarns and join our clubs for a great surprise every month!
Happy Knitting!
Beth
Happy Knitting!
Beth
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
