2010 February 11 | Suzanne Earley

Since announcing the sale at my shop, I have sold a ton of fabric.

Seriously. A ton.

But hardly any yarn, and I just haven’t been able to understand. I thought it was a pretty good deal, but…maybe it wasn’t a good enough deal.

Well, tonight, I had an idea in my head and I wanted to check on a yarn color, so I toodled off to the online shop to look at what I have.

And there was only like 2 yarns in that category. Now, I’m pretty sure there are more yarns in that category in the shop, because I stare at it every time I’m in the shop, so I decided to poke around the rest of the yarn section to see if maybe the yarn I was looking for was misclassified.

There was barely any yarn in ANY category. Seriously.

Color me mystified.

So, I went to poke around the admin side of hte shopping cart. Yup, there was all of the yarn in the list…why wasn’t it showing up in the shop????

*Bad words*

Somehow, nearly all of the yarn had gotten marked as having Inventory Tracked, but the product quantity was…a big fat zero.

*Bad words*

This is not something where Suzanne accidentally checked a checkbox — we’re talking over 150 individual products. I suspect I know when it happened, but I can’t explain exactly WHY. Exactly why or how doesn’t really matter, but oh heavens.

Here I sit, imagining the people who have clicked through from Ravelry, or from the Google ad, or from the sale notification, wondering why I’m touting the yarn I sell, when it didn’t appear that I actually sell any yarn besides a few skeins of Opal sock yarn and Black Cascade 220.

*Bad words*

So! If you are a knitter, or know a knitter, or want to just look at some pretty colors of yarn, guess what! The yarn is now showing on my site! And it’s 30% off!

Yarn at Knots & Bolts

Many of you have probably been thinking “Isn’t Suzanne a quilter? Why isn’t she sewing or quilting or anything?”
Well.

Let me tell you. When your former sewing room looks like this:

And you soon-to-be former master bedroom looks like this:

Is it any wonder that there is absolutely zero sewing going on? It’s so much easier to pick up this:

And find a comfy spot to sit and just knit.

I did actually finish a customer quilt, but I still need to take pictures. I’ve also still been handling shop orders and bookkeeping and registering last minute students for my feather class. And feeding dogs and boys and husbands. OK, just one husband. And painting. I actually did almost all of the 2nd coat of paint by myself. I made Mark do the brushing around the edge. And..making sure that boys have Valentines and treats and drinks for their party. At the last minute, of course.

I hear some fat quarters calling my name. I’d better go see what they want. I think they want to be folded. Anyone want to come help?