Jumping in...

The whirlwind of summertime.

I feel bad for my lack of posting, but what it really means is that  I have had my mind, hands, and feet feverishly occupied in the shop, as well as with family in and out from fishing.

I refer to it as "The Grand Juggle".

Boxes in the shop hallway means new merchandise is here.  Dwindling boxes in the hallway means new merchandise is out on the shelves an tables. 

As the shop takes on its summertime persona, a full bulletin board of classes and activities means preparing, planning and gathering around the upstairs table for frequent craftfests and knitting circles.

In the midst of this comes a desire to participate in an activity seen in  Shelly Kocan’s Blog, South of Ultima Thune.   Shelly is the Yarn Artist and creator of Snow Capped Yarns,  one of our beautiful lines of locally dyed yarns.  I have been wanting to participate in something she has been doing, Weekly Love, and though my work is piled in piles upon piles and lists upon lists, if I don’t just jump in, I will blink and another week will go by.  The project comes from HERE.

Amidst the busy ness, I am jumping in and although so much is personal, so much this time of year is woven into shop life.

A week of gratitudes

SATURDAY

Planning

Preparing

Picking

Painting  with daughter Nelly, the soon to be bride.

SUNDAY

REST

Plan

Punch
Paint (even if just a little)

MONDAY

A room full of knitters and the sweet sound of the hum of voices in conversation in tune with the click of needles in motion

TUESDAY

35

through storms and calm seas

still afloat

WEDNESDAY

Alaska Fisherman Yarn

Materialization of the wisp of a notion.

THURSDAY
twofold

dreamy project shown from Christa


time together

Shelly and Snow Capped

Shelly's soft touch permeating her lovely skeins of yarn
Thoughts of those delightful hand dyed hanks venturing out into world into the hands of knitters
Beauty and function intertwined as they reach  their final destination.

FRIDAY
Loving hands of parent and grandparent helpers and the voices and creations of the children as they gather round the Net Loft classroom table.

And there you have it.

There are all sorts of  happenings stirring about in the store this next week, including yarn releases from Snow Capped and Skeins in the Stacks, complete with parties and give aways. Details also for the Alaska Fisherman Yarn on the way, but just wanted to take time at this moment for “the list” before I missed the deadline AGAIN, and always good to stop everything, take a breath and count our blessings, and  acknowledge those grateful moments of daily life.  Join in if you get a notion.   "Weekly Love"  Even if you don’t post it online, it's nice to just take a moment to jot down a weeks worth.  I could have filled pages and pages as I stopped and thought of all the daily gratefulnesses of this past week. 

Hope you have time for a crafty break. Come see us if you’d like us to help with that.  We invite you  to  climb up the Net Loft staircase,  and escape for a Net Loft craft break via any of our many classes or for our drop in times.

Note the following dates you won't want to miss.
SNOW CAPPED RELEASE  (in shop and online)  In shop Wednesday July 10, 7 pm.  On line, live with newest yarns, 6:30 pm Alaska Time same day.  We will be having an online GIVEAWAY so stay tuned.

SKEINS IN THE STACKS  Saturday in shop at 3 pm.  Online dates to be announced.

SHOREBIRD Needlefelt Workshop   9 am Saturday July 13.  We are repeating this workshop from the Shorebrid Festival due to customer requests. There are a few spots left, so if  you are interested you can register easily right online or at the store.  Simply select "Needlefelting" from the drop down menu if you register online.

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Always love seeing you walk through "the door", whether it be here in the shop or here on our screen.

Love  to you this summer day,
Net Loft Dotty