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Shoutout to Fellow Small and Local
Several weeks in to lockdown we are, and we've had a lot of time to dwell on what we miss about the pre-COVID era, the things that make our "shelter-in-place" place interesting. The place where you live is so much more that your actual house and the physical landscape nearby, it's also the people and what they do - all the collective neighbors that make a community a place to call home. We may be slightly biased, but we think a pretty strong argument can be made that interesting communities offer special little businesses like boutiques, unique shops, and a variety...
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Working Hard to FOCUS
Since last blog post our world has seemed to flip upside down (in one short month!). FOR US ALL. Maybe I have found the balance between obsessively reading the New York Times & feeling paralyzed with "what-ifs" or working to figure out the new norm, since a blog is happening. One thing's for sure in the lives of Linda & Sue and our staff and that is all our families are safe in their respective homes - for this we are grateful. Some of the stress for us over the last couple of weeks involved: (a) trying to decide whether to...
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Dishcloth Refresh Exchange
Back in the fall we met Carrie Jensen, the new owner of the yarn shop in Great Falls and we chatted about maybe setting up an exchange of some sort; in February we were in the midst of getting details sorted when the whole COVID-19 situation exploded.....plus now we're all busy keeping super clean.... Anywhooo, kids have returned home, our respective shops are settling into a new mode while we keep an eye on daily news and we are ready to share the plan with you. sign up by April 15 limited to 15 participants we ask that you use cotton...
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Good Thing She's Cute
Here's a funny little dog "tale" about Sophie that her mom Lisa said we could share. Hope you enjoy! Dear Linda and Sue, True knitting story I thought you might appreciate. I'm banging out a version of the Main Squeeze cardigan using Rowan Big Wool in "ice" which I bought from you. I'm working along merrily, knitting in the round. I had nearly worked through my second skein, pulling my working yarn from the inside of the skein and reached the point that I needed to wind it in a small ball. I laid it in my chair. That was...
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