Renovation Complete!

Happy New Year to you, and Happy New Store to US!
We're really excited to have completed our renovation of the store during last week while we were closed. The new carpet went down, David put in a new ceiling and it is brighter, cleaner and much more easier to get around.

Here is a quick photo tour of our brand new Sage Yarn:

This is the view from the front door:
The first yarns in front of you are the sparkly novelty things but you quickly move into lace weight and sock yarn. All of the yarns are grouped according to their thickness to make it easier for everyone to find substitutes for the yarns listed in their patterns. All of the worsted yarn is in the same area, all of the sock yarn is together, and so on.

Here is our new cash wrap/counter:
The display case houses our enamel buttons, Lantern Moon Sock Stix needles, and the Debby Ware kits right now. It is on the opposite wall from where it was before! It will be easier for us to greet you when you come in and you can come in and browse without bumping immediately into the register.

Here is the view from the register where we would be standing:

In the center of the store we have a garment rack like you would see in a clothing store. While we still want to have things on display hanging on the walls we all felt it was very important that we got a bunch of our samples down where you can touch them and pick them up and try them on. Behind the garment rack you can see the Encore and Galway is still in bookcases but it won't be there for long. We got our display units in the mail today and they will go on the shelf this week. They are more shallow than the bookcases and will open up the space even more.

Here is an example of a yarn display:

There are rainbows everywhere! This section in particular is part of the DK section. We've tried to arrange all the yarn so it is more spread out and thus easier to see. When it's all piled on top of each other you can barely make out what is what, let alone make a decision about what you want to buy! So we hope this helps make your shopping easier and more enjoyable.

On the to-do list:

• Signs! We are keeping our signature labels with gauge, fiber content and yardage information and adding in informational postings. I also want to put a selection of patterns on display with their correspond yarn.
• Displays! - My mom set up the new window display but I have yet to hang everything up on the walls. I have a pile of poor, neglected socks waiting to be hung with the sock yarn. It will be done over the course of this week.
• Education! Classes will be scheduled for March and beyond in the next week and posted on the website. Now that we have more space we will be setting up more classes and advertising them. Let us know if you have any requests.
  
• Events! I have many ideas about events now that we don't have to move the gifts out of the way to hold them. Keep tuned in here and to the newsletter for news!

Well, that's it for today! I hope you'll get to stop in and see us soon. There's a sale coming up (good excuse to come check us out)

SUPER BOWL SALE
JAN 30, 31, FEB 1
Details: The usual super bowl sale, everything's a bargain!
With special GRAND REOPENING surprises....

See you soon,
Jen