Will the Rain ever stop?... and baby and hats!

It seems like early spring instead of late spring!  Rain Rain Rain and rain some more!  

We did have a market last Saturday but with overwhelming amounts of RAIN and perhaps the time of year for us, it was not a good market for us!  It was the not the market day for sales, but it was there at this market.  We really do think our sales are going to show a slow-down at this time of year, season.  We are confident that we have decided to appear only once a month for July, August and September.  This probably will not be our norm.... next year I am thinking our break will be June, July and August.  The reason we have included September in this years once a month appearance is because I am going to be a Granna-to-be and will be needing to travel to Toronto, Ontario early September or before. Mid Sept. I will be meeting my other son and gf also in Toronto for a little mini family reunion.  He lives in Northern Alberta and I saw him last June, This will be a super exciting time so I do not want to be worrying about preparing for a market.  I know purely selfish reason, but a very good one!  

MrB has been busy this week experimenting with baby hats, sizes and making them from left over yarns that are our odd ball left overs that will not be used for anything else.  I am very impressed with them and really love them!  Sharing a pic here to show you just how adorable they are.

Baby Hats made from Left overs, Good Karma Yarn and other yarn from friend Alison!

MsB from Socks Made On 88

Close Call

Freshly cranked, and washed socks drying on the line!

Oops close call, looks like a bird visited us while MrB and I went indoors!

 

 

 

 

MrB and I have been spending much more time outdoors on sunny days.  MrB brings Brigadier 88 out for some sunshine.  They have a merry old time knitting away together.  I have been sitting at the deck table doing embroidery.  This is what we came back to, while going indoors for a break.  Apparently a bird visited us while we were gone.  I got MrB to check Brigadier and the cranking on the Erl, as that would have been a disaster.  All is good, thank goodness.  And our friendly bird did not get the socks on the line either!  :-)  You all know what I will be doing tomorrow morning before we head outdoors again.  Ok I hear some of you snickering!  Well I must say MrB got his quota done all ready for this week, working on stock piling pairs for the fall and Christmas season, and made some more soap sacks for the markets.  All is just ducky, or should I say all is just birdie, or all may have been a little bit shitty!  LOL

MsB from Socks Made On 88

Rain or Shine?

Well, do I even have to tell you!  It was RAIN again, as we do live in the Maritimes and it is our typical spring weather.

Not sure though if our sales today reflect the rain or the time of year...
We will probably not be able to pinpoint that until we have done another year to see the comparisons,  and track the weather, to see if it is actually the weather influencing the market flow and actual buyers.

It was a slow day indeed for us today!  But it was also a very slow day today for many of the other vendors.  So this tells us it may be the weather!  From today onward we have decided to track the weather with our tracking that we are doing with sales, sizes, colours etc.  We only had one other day slow like today and on that day it was a very miserable day with pouring rain.  Rain seems to be a big factor in our sales and was a topic amongst many vendors saying they have tracked the days of rain occurring and their sales... so this is what prompted us to do the same.

We will be at the market again in two weeks time.  And then we will be there again June 29th!  This will be a BIG day for the vendors and also for the market goers.  Big Changes happening June 29th,  to bring our vendors closer together in a more even flow, occupying less space.  The vendors are very excited and look forward with much anticipation of things happening in a very positive way.

Just a reminder that we will be attending the market after June 29th, once a month for the next 3 months, July, August and September. The dates will be the 4th Saturday of each of those months, being:
July 27, 2013
August 24, 2013
September 28, 2013
Look for us to frequent twice a month again in October, 2013.  That's the plan, Stan!

The market schedule is always posted on our website and updated regularly which can be found at:
http://sockson88.wix.com/socks-made-on-88 
So you can always bounce on over there to check it out at any time...
Thanks, MrB and MsB

posted by MsB of Socks Made On 88         

Ribbed Where's Waldo?

Pretty in pinks and purples!

Reproduction of first Pair of Socks sold at our very first market!

Just adding this picture to have on record on my blog!

We can be twins, twice over!

Both MrB and I have a pair of socks that are gold and also a pair that are orange!  Won't we just look ducky as twins if and when we decide to wear them the same time!  They are bright, they are cheery, they definitely make a colourful statement!

These are the latest ones, that I just kitchenered this morning, washed them and they are now drying.  Note they are not drying this close to the fire, that was only staged for the photo for this post of the blog!  But when they are dry, they will be going into MrB's sock drawer!  I am betting that these socks will get lots of wear this spring, summer, fall and even winter months.  MrB now loves bright socks decked out on his feet!


MsB from Socks Made On 88