http://twistedewe.com/notebook The Twisted Ewe is a yarn and needlework shop in Port Townsend, Washington. Taking over an existing business, especially a popular one, and making it your own is a delicate operation. We want to maintain the shop as it exists and keep old customers happy, be we will also be adding custom patterns, expanding our needlepoint section, and, eventually, selling online. Putting all our plans into effect may take a while, but we're game and eager to begin. In the meantime, join us to chat about those projects and the various needle arts that we all love so much. Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:02:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was my bright idea to buy an existing knitting shop rather than try to start one from scratch. To my surprise, it proved easier than I expected, and transpired much faster than we had originally planned. Instead of a one to two year window, it ended up being a ... http://twistedewe.com/notebook/?p=6 I'm working on developing a lace stitch, or perhaps I should say "pattern," based on a traditional one called Fish Scale.  Creating your own stitches/patterns is fun and exciting, but it can also be very frustrating, especially when you have to keep ripping because something has gone awry.  More on that ... http://twistedewe.com/notebook/?p=5 I imagine most people who wander by this blog will be experienced knitters.  But some of you may be like me, either a novice knitter or someone who hasn't knit in so long, they're not sure they can anymore.  Well, for those of you in the latter category, you'll be ... http://twistedewe.com/notebook/?p=4 You know that saying?  Well, for us at The Twisted Ewe, Saturday was that day.  We spent the day with Jennifer, the creator of the shop, looking, touching, and taking possession.  Then there was inventory, and deciding how we want to set up all those pesky information handling operations, like keeping ... http://twistedewe.com/notebook/?p=3