We are home from Family Camp 2011. It was a wonderful week of relaxing up in the Northwoods – probably my favorite week of the year! We were without computers and the internet for the week (well, except for Patrick being able to connect on his Blackberry, but I’m not bitter or anything) so we couldn’t do “real” work. That didn’t keep us from dreaming and brainstorming while we were there. We came home with lots and lots of ideas – some of them even good!
Tomorrow morning, Patrick and I will be taking the wool that we skirted to the mill for processing and spinning. We would like to have that yarn and roving available when the store opens, but that may be stretching it. But, we will have the yarn from local sheep within a month or so of opening.
Before camp, we met with our first yarn rep. Next week, we are scheduled to meet with another rep. We will also be contacting the other vendors whose products we’d like to carry.
And, then, there are all those ideas . . . We came up with some interesting ways to display yarn. We also talked a lot about shop layout and can’t wait to start experimenting with the furniture. It’s going to be a busy, but fun, couple of weeks!
Coming up: Blue Hills Alpaca and Mill, Project updates
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