Hi there!
Once again it has been a long time between posts, I don't know why, but I haven't really found my blogging rhythm this year, but there has been plenty happening behind the scenes!!
I guess the biggest thing that has happened since I last posted is that I've moved Little Woollie Makes Yarn Store into a proper shop in Hastings, a town not far from my home. I no longer run it from home and it feels much more legit!
It has been a big decision to move into a shop. Would it be the right move? Could I cover my rent? Plus all the other expenses that crop up with a lease? Would I find more customers? Would they buy from me? Would I get bored being tied to a shop all week? There were plenty of unknowns!!
In the end I just decided it was time to give it a go, if it doesn't work at least I will have given it my best and will not die wondering! So the last few months have been a whirl wind of leasing a shop, setting it up, moving everything from home to here, and getting open! Luckily I have an awesome family that have given me a lot of help and been very encouraging and supportive, it would have been a lot harder without them!
So you know what? I am now running a local wool shop!! Yay! I can hardly believe it myself!!
Little Woollie is no longer just an online shop, people can come and give the yarns a squish and see all the beautiful colours in the flesh, much better!! :)
I have to say, I have had so much fun over the last few weeks, setting everything up, meeting lots of gorgeous yarn loving people who all get what I'm trying to do here, it is so good!!
I have a lot more space than I did at home, so I have been busy sourcing new stock and approaching suppliers on my wishlist, so many new things coming into the shop over the next few months, it's going to be great!
So here are a few pics I took of the shop this morning, it is looking nice and colourful at the moment, I really like coming here to work each day!
......my green table and chairs is a nice place to work at, and I popped my 'little woollie' sign up too, it still gets lots of nice comments even though it's looking a bit the worst for wear these days!
....there is pretty much yarn everywhere you look! :) .......
......I am trying to get more patterns in store, I didn't really stock patterns when I was at home, so it has been fun seeing what I can find.
....My dad made me some great peg boards so I could hang up the skeins of Ultra Pima Cotton, I am so happy with how this looks, so good to see all the colours in one glance! there are a few holes where I've sold out of some colours, but I have more stock coming so it should be refilled soon! :)
The shop is at 1/99 High St, Hastings, Victoria, on the Western Port side of the pretty Mornington Peninsula, if you are ever down this way, pop in and say hello, I'd love to meet you!
(One other good thing about working in the shop is that I don't get distracted by home things, so I am trying a new thing where I write a blog post every few days, we will see how it goes! I have lots of things to share with you! )
Have a great day everyone, signing off from Little Woollie headquarters in Hastings!
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