Logo

In order to sell yarn on Ravelry I need a logo. Before Dad printed out nice business cards for me I was using a fairly cute sketch that I figured I'd use for that (since it's *mine* unlike my avatar and business card picture) but hadn't really pursued it. Eldest Kidlet had an assignment in her Business & Marketing class to advertise an existing company so of course she chose the studio since she needs the practice. She has distinctly improved on my original sketch with this

Now I need to find out how to copyright it or whatever is necessary to make sure that we retain the rights to it since I think it's absolutely perfect.

Now we wait.

I filled out and filed the paperwork for my DBA (Doing Business As) license on Thursday and am now the *official* owner of the Knit'n Kitten Fiberarts Studio name. The hardcopy of the license should show up in the mail in about a week.

Now that my Etsy storefront is open I'm also waiting on that lovely first purchaser. I get a fairly steady number of views every day (especially after a new listing) but suspect that many are from the same people. I have evidence that not *all* are though, so that's good I think.

In the meantime, it's been awhile since a post had a photo so I now present my spinning wheel.

Shop open!

Knit'n Kitten Fiberarts is now open for business. Actually, it was officially opened on April 15th but I've been spending the last couple of days getting items posted. There are only a few items right now as Eldest Kidlet needs to get pictures of more but I plan on having about 25 items up by the end of the month.

Sorry about that

I'm afraid I get distracted by the minutia of life and details like blog posts end up getting skipped.

Most of the time not writing for the last few weeks was spent getting ready for a sale on the 5th of April. I sold several items and a couple of skeins of yarn as well as giving out a number of business cards. Although it didn't bring in very much money it was a chance to get the Knit'n Kitten name out and, really, I hadn't expected to have any craft sales until this coming fall and winter.

While sales weren't as brisk as I would have liked, I did get a lot of weaving done. I completed the first scarf on the warp I'd put on the night before and got a good distance into the second on the same warp. I learned from my somewhat-too-long grey scarf weaving and this time actually paid attention to the warp length so I could tell when in the warp to start the second scarf.

My spinning wheel is on the far side of the table (a tiny portion of the wheel itself is visible below the loom) but I got to spin for awhile in the afternoon and there was one little girl who kept coming back to watch and would bring over other kids each time. I even let her raise and lower the levers of the loom as I wove. Hopefully she will get a chance to learn more from someone if she continues to be interested.