The following Denver Craigslist ad in the “denver craigslist > community > volunteers” section (I didn’t link to the ad itself since those links are temporary) was brought to my attention on a Ravelry forum:
Knitter or Crocheter Needed To Volunteer at Yarn Shoppe (Denver)
Date: 2010-01-09, 5:03PM MST
Reply to: see below
Yarn Shoppe in Tamarac Sq Mall Space #206 seeks a volunteer for two days a week for 4 hours each day.
Requirements:
Senior Citizen, or Student is preferable.
Must be able to knit or crochet during shift 11:00am – 3:00pm.
Must bring own project to knit or crochet to work with you.
Must be able to sit down for several minutes at a time.
Must be able to greet customers in a friendly manner.
Must be able to write up sales receipts.
Must be 100% responsible and dependable for shift.
Must be able to multi task.
Must have high integrity and an honorable character.
If interested, please email resume to: yarnshoppestudio@aol.com
WRITE YOUR NAME and the word RESUME in the Subject line.
Junk, sales, and inappropriate emails will NOT be opened and read.
I replied to the forum poster with:
Shame on whomever is trying to get away with that. Obviously the poster is going to profit from selling yarn, so he/she should pay someone to man the store. The person is not even offering to provide the yarn to demonstrate with. Most definitely tacky. I really hope nobody would agree to do such a thing.
Seriously, I know we’re in hard economic times and all, but let’s get real. People’s time is valuable and if you can’t be there to run your own damn store, at least pony up a few dollars for the person you want to do so. The part that particularly got to me was the “Must have high integrity and an honorable character” line. Obviously a character trait missing in the poster.
I did a little more research and I’m pretty sure I’ve got the general idea about what this woman is trying to do with this store. I just don’t agree with the mentality and definitely won’t be spending any of my money there.
If you’re on Ravelry and have searched the pattern database for dishcloths, more than likely you’re see the awesome patterns designed by Kris of KrisKnits.
Today she announced that she’s going to be hosting a monthly Dishcloth KAL (knit-a-long to the uninitiated) on her blog. She’s going to post 10 lines of the pattern 6 times a month and at the end of the month, if you’ve been knitting along, you’ll have a completed dishcloth.
Tomorrow I’ll pick up a ball of cotton and cast on. Should be fun!
Sorry for the extended absence.
2009 was not a good year for me in many ways. I’ve noticed that it wasn’t particularly good for finished craft projects, either. I think I’ve frogged projects more times that I ever have. As I look at my WIPs on Ravelry, I’ve only almost completed one in the past year (I’ve still got ends to weave in). My Macbook sleeve felted poorly, but I haven’t tried to make it better yet. I’ve got a felted bag that needs to felt and sew the handles on. Other than that, I’m not close to finishing anything. Even the Christmas stockings I was making for Marcus and myself didn’t get finished in time – they’ll have to hang on the mantle next year.
I didn’t work on any other crafts, either. I’ve got lots of projects in many different mediums underway, I just could’t seem to work on any of them. Even my web design (for this and my other site) has slipped. My dissatisfaction with my job has been a major culprit. I’ve also let myself get addicted to the Internet again, so I spend way too much time on Ravelry, Twitter and Facebook that could better be used crafting. Then there was my Animal Crossing City Folk addiction on the Wii that lasted for many months.
I’m starting to snap out of the funk I’ve been in for so very long and the creative juices are starting to flow. I’m hoping that I’ll have many completed crafty items to show off in the coming year. Also, I finally want to get a decent design put together for this site.
While I was on vacation this last summer (both times we went to the Dakotas), I kept being drawn to beaded necklaces. I don’t know why. The first time we went, I couldn’t afford the one I wanted. The second time, I couldn’t find one I liked. That got me to thinking that I could just make myself one exactly as I picture it.
Since then, I’ve been looking at all the bead sections and seeking out bead stores. Add to that that wonderful crochet bead bracelet I wrote about a few days ago and now I seem to be fixated on beads. I’m doing my darnedest not to go on a crazy, out-of-control bead buying spree. There are just such wonderful beads out there. I keep wondering if there is any way I can make money from this craft.
I’ve written before about how craft crazes are cyclical. Everybody and their cousin is beading right now. Eventually, beading stores will go the way of scrapbooking stores and be few and far between. Do I want to venture down this road or am I already too late? So far I’m keeping my head and not going off the deep end. I have to keep reminding myself of all of the craft supplies I have and my promise to myself not to buy more until I finish up a few things.
I wish my crafting passion wasn’t so darned fickle.
Excuse the default theme here. Turns out the theme I’ve been using here since last January had some coding bugs in it and it kept crashing php on our webserver. While I look for a suitable base theme to tweak, I’m going to stay with the default Wordpress theme.
Now that Marcus finally isolated the problem with our web sites (I’ve been telling him we had a problem for months), maybe I’ll actually post more. Oh, and I do have a finished object to show finally. Just need to snap a couple of pictures later.
