Stitch Markers are back! With a coupon!

Back in the day, before I was a married lady, I had a store on Etsy. As the wedding got closer, the store felt like a little pressure but nothing I couldn’t handle. Then Canada Post went on strike and it was literally impossible to move my product. So I shut the store down until after the wedding. It’s taken me until now to re-open, but I feel so fresh! Rejuvenated! Ready to pour heart and soul back into the store! And if I’m honest, I really wasn’t feeling that way in May of this year. I was too caught up in all the stuff that goes on around a wedding.

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As a thank you to all you knitters who were patient while the store was closed, and because I love you all, there’s a coupon code! Put in the code ido25 when you check out and you’ll get 25% off your order! This coupon will be live from now until August 25. Why 25? I got married on June 25th!

The bulk of the store will be full of the markers featured above, my Revolutionary Stitch Markers. They don’t snag, they drape nicely, they open so they can be used as removable markers (or locking markers, whichever way you want to look at it), and they come in 12 fun colours and 2 sizes! If you want to try them all, I suggest the Complete Revolution package. One of each size in each colour for a total of 24 markers.

I’m also going to be putting up what I now think of as my ‘old school’ stitch markers – ones made with beads. I went through my bead stash the other day and got all inspired again.

I Love 2 Knit stitch marker set

I’ll note it on the listings, but a lot of these sets will be the last ones I ever make! I’ve used up a lot of the beads, and some were custom, some were limited, so if you see ‘last set’ in the listing, I really mean it! I still have a stash of those knitter beads though. Those are awesome.

Cutting Back

I am really feeling a lot of clutter in my life. I don’t know if I’m suddenly looking at everything more objectively because I was living out of two suitcases for two and a half months.

I’ve been back at home for a week and a half now, and am loving it. I can’t express how happy I am to be with my boyfriend again. :D I’ve been enjoying cooking, being in my own kitchen, cuddling on my own couch, listening to podcasts, sitting at my desk, sorting things out, and all sorts of other wonderful little homey puttering tasks.

I’ve also been weeding things out of my closet, and other places. I shredded a lot of stuff I really didn’t need to keep, have a bag of clothes for donation, and have been checking off recipes from my list of ‘things to make’. It all makes me feel very accomplished.

The other day, I tackled the stash.

Stash!

That’s most of it, there was some on the table behind me too. I took it all out of its drawers, dumped it on the couch, and then put it all back again. But this time, it was all categorized:

My entire stash

Those labels are a new addition, but those are the drawers that have housed my stash for a while now. Notice the bottom one?

Stash Drawer Organization!

I’ve had some things marked as ‘for sale or trade‘ for a while on Ravelry, not really expecting anything to come of that. I put perfectly good yarns in there, yarns I still actually like, but know I won’t get around to knitting for a while. I figured that if someone actually went to the trouble of finding them and messaging me about it, that they obviously want it more than I do, and that it is my duty to send it to them. :) Someone bought 12 skeins of Rowan Denim from me while I was away, right out of the blue, which was great. That inspired me to create this drawer, and put more in that category. Then, to generate interest, I posted in Ravelry’s ISO and Destash group. Lo and behold, I had offers on lots of it (and some double offers!) by the next morning! I’ve got three parcels in the mail already, and am still awaiting payment on some other offers. My Yarnage graph is very happy:

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(Yes, I do keep track of all my yarn in Excel. Every so often I put the day’s total into this separate spreadsheet, so I can see how it has grown/declined. Love Excel!

My goal is to get my stash to under 10km (6.2 miles), and keep it there.

If all the offers I got go through, I’ll be pretty close. I’m also going to be starting a big project once I’ve finished the Clementine Shawlette, so that will help too.

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