Thursday 13 May 2010

Enough?

You knew I had enough wool stashed away to open a shop, well now I have enough knitting for my stall at the village market on Saturday. I've really enjoyed making these small items even if I haven't enjoyed labelling everything with fibre content and washing instructions. Now I'm not sure whether I have enough or too much, here's what I intend taking though I will try and arrange everything a little more artistically on the day
About 6 pairs each of men's women's and children's socks, 3 pairs of baby socks, 5 scarves or neck warmers and half a dozen pairs of hand warmers. I've made a sign with prices, I feel it should be clear how much things cost and my items certainly don't fall into the category if you need to ask you can't afford. I've made a little montage of items in action, printed out a sock size chart and packed a tape measure to clarify sizes, I have some float money for change, not much more I can do except keep knitting. I'm wondering how I'll feel if I don't sell anything but as some one said to me you aren't selling now so you'll be no worse off, well £5 for the stall but I can stand that. Meantime I didn't show you the little cardy I made for my great niece Amelia, here she is now 6 months old and modelling her 4 ply cotton top from the Patons Sugar and Spice book. Her mum is delighted with the cardy and thinks it will get lots of wear. Pity my family is so far away they could come along on Saturday and make my stall look busy, I'd especially appreciate the support from Amelia my happy little satisfied customer.

17 comments:

  1. Oh, Amelia looks so splendid. As soon as I saw her I thought she'd be about Rose's age and now I have to knit that cardigan for my gorgeous girl, too. :-D

    That's a fine pile of knitted socks. I hope they're suitably appreciated and if not, I'm more than willing to poke a few people with my dpns.

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  2. Love the socks!

    Why don't you open a Folksy shop on line for selling your socks? I'd love a pair of hand knitted socks but I know it'll be a long time before I could knit my own. I'd definitely include a pair on my birthday/Christmas present wish list.

    I'm intending opening my own Folksy shop at some point. There's also Misi but Folksy seems to be the one I hear of most often.

    Amelia and her cardi are both beautiful.

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  3. Wonderful socks! Wish I was there! And the cardy is lovely, and the model even better!

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  4. What a gorgeous little Munchkin!! I could eat her!! She models her cardi very well. The socks look great. You need a friend to start a bit of a stampede for these and they will go like lightening. Good Luck. xxx

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  5. I wish I could buy too!! Have you thought about selling online? I would buy some socks that I can see in the picture!! The light green and peach socks! If you would like to give me a price I'll buy those! I'll pay postage of course.

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  6. Sell lots of socks and have fun at the village market on Saturday.

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  7. Oh Amelia is looking gorgeous!
    Good luck with your stall hunny....fingers crossed x x x
    Well done...

    Hugs
    Karen x x x

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  8. Wow! You have been busy! I hope that your stall does well. How much are you charging? I would struggle to work out a price. Lovely little cardigan too.

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  9. That is a lot of wool! What a wee cutie Amelia is :)

    Thanks so much for your comment on my blog x

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  10. That's a really lovely cardi! Love the colour choice too. Think I might have to and find the pattern book. Your goods all look very inviting. I'm sure you'll sell plenty. Hope the stall goes well! Ros

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  11. ohshe is just so gorgeous. such squeezable cheeks.

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  12. Good luck with the stall. (You've obviously been very busy building up your stock). Amelia looks very pleased with her cardi.

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  13. Good luck with your stall. I hope your not selling yourself too cheap, as I know just how much knitting a pair of socks takes.

    I love your knitting,

    Mandy

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  14. Amelia looks simply darling, Jenny! And what a lot of knitting you've got done for your stall. Hope all's well!

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  15. What a fantastic array of your wares, you have been a busy bee. It looks wonderful, I'm sure you will sell out, fingers crossed :-) Good luck for Saturday!
    Amelia is adorable!

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  16. Great range of goodies for sale and I love your model! Very cute. I say take Amelia with you modelling her lovely cardi and your stall will be packed out.

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