What happened there then?

I can’t believe that the past few weeks have gone so quickly. One minute I was about to post about the great time I had at Knit Nation, and the next thing I know it’s been 3 weeks since it finished! I had a brilliant time over the weekend, thanks to Cookie, Alice and everyone else who not only made it possible but so very, very enjoyable. I don’t tend to do shows and so was very nervous about taking part in an event with such a big reputation. BUT it was truly wonderful to meet so many lovely knitters and make new friends or catch up with old ones amongst the other exhibitors. I was joined on the Saturday by my lovely friend, the very talented Georgie Troon who helped me out on Saturday.  I should at this point say particular thank you’s to John and his lovely partner Roy from www.easyknitter.co.uk and Andi from Renaissance Dyer ( thanks for the stories by the way ) who kept an eye on me and made sure that I could sneak out for tea & coffee breaks when necessary.

Since KN I’ve been finishing off another bag design for Knitting magazine and giving the website an overhaul. I’ve steered clear of shopping cart websites up until now but I’ve found the current website doesn’t make it simple or clear enough to order from overseas with regards to adding shipping costs. In addition to this there are now paper versions of some patterns available and I’ll be adding these to the new web shop which will hopefully not only process the orders but also fulfil delivery of the pdf patterns. (Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the technology works). All this should be up and running before the end of the week as there are 2 exciting and very soft additions to ‘Jeanette Sloan’ that after months of anticipation will finally arrive tomorrow by courier ( I’m crossing everything I have here ).

In the meantime the September issue of ‘Knitting’ is on sale and as promised in Ask Jeanette I’ve uploaded a video of the long tail cast on method here

Knit Nation is round the corner!

Well after months and months of anticipation Knit Nation is almost upon us and this will be my first year showing in the Marketplace. I travelled down last year for the Ravelry talk with Jess and Casey and had a quick opportunity to nosey around at the various vendors. There was such a lovely selection I decided I had to do it, so I’ll be there next week.

I was really hoping to launch 2 new yarns at the show but unfortunately there have been delays in production which mean that they won’t arrive in time. Though I’m really disappointed I will be bringing the wonderfully soft Chunky Baby Alpaca, Worsted Spun Cashmere and a selection of my printed patterns as well as of course Collection  One and 14 shades of the Knitglobal 4ply Sock Yarn.

I’ve got together with the lovely Emma at Atomic Knitting to create an exclusive extra gift with purchases over £25.00 plus there’ll be a chance to win a copy of Collection One plus yarn to knit one of the projects. Events like this are a great excuse to catch up with friends and hopefully making lots of new ones so if Knit Nation is even half as good as last year, it will be brilliant.

Hope to see you there

Down in the smoke part 3

Yep, I’m off to London again tomorrow for the Ravelry talk at Knit Nation! Should be interesting to hear from Jess and Casey about how the big beautiful creature that is Ravelry came about and where they see it going. After that there’ll be a few nippy sweeties with Fiona from Bucks New University and Emma K from ‘Knitting’ magazine – I’ll see if I can take a few pics and post when I get back.