Socks Made On 88

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Saturday, 12 January 2013

A grand ole day at the.....

Well what a grand ole day we had at our market appearance today!
They just get better, and better... We have new customers, old customers, returning customers with friends, people dropping by just to chat, an elderly man pulling up his pant leg to show me his socks that he is so proud of, customers who bought socks for Christmas telling me their stories of how they tried them out sledding, and on and on and on all in a very good and positive manner.  This all makes our day so pleasurable as it is like one little community or village with personality and character galore.  Our product, our socks, fit in so great, and are very nicely being received.  This makes us very happy and MrB a happy cranker!  We got wonderful comments on our signs too, they worked our very well and the colours could be seen a mile away doing a great job advertising for us and pulling the potential buyers in closer.  Almost had the barter system going too...I had to chuckle as I had never been approached before with this option, have to see if he returns and I will make MrB make that final call if it arises again!  I just can not rave enough about the people to who attend this market.  It makes me excited to get up at 5am, get ready and head off the to the market to set up for a 7am start.  We get there, and it seems that both MrB and I are very much in a our happy place!  So this was our appearance we added to make two this month, and it was a success.  Oh and I forgot, we also got a custom order for knee/thigh highs and I sent pictures to the client and she picked our her own yarn colourway.  I am just a smiling inside and out, and now it's soon time to stop market mode and get into relax mode!  A good evening to all out there, and have a very pleasant weekend.

MsB from Socks Made On 88

One of our new signs in action today!  It is BRIGHT and you can not miss it!
 

Friday, 11 January 2013

Pippy's Holiday Specials

Well I call this pair of socks my Pippy's Holiday Specials.  I knew when MrB got the yarn that I would be having a pair of them for myself.  These will be perfect for me to wear around Christmas time, Valentine's and of course CANADA Day too ( the colours of our flag).  I think that these will be the pair of socks that I take to Cuba in the spring also, as they will represent me from Canada and the Cubans just love Canadians.  I can sport them hiking, walking, biking or if I just need a pair of socks momentarily in my running shoes being a tourist, as I do wear my Socks Made On 88 socks all year round, hot or not here, there or anywhere!  They will make their debut to the market in February, the weekend before Valentine's Day! 

MsB from Socks Made On 88


Wednesday, 9 January 2013

2013 cranking/knitting for market

Well MrB's cranking/knitting has begun for the market for this Saturday!
We needed a bright coloured pair in all the women's sizes to put on our rack.
Here is a women's size 6, 7, 8, and 9.  I LOVE this yarn, it is bright and colourful yet it has nice solid earth tones in it as well.  My guess is that they are not going to stay on the rack long!  Our presence at the market this Saturday is also an increase so we can appear twice in the month of January.  We are looking forward to getting back into the swing of things again.  Here we come, first market of  2013,  and we will be ready and raring with our new signs also!

MsB from Socks Made On 88

Thursday, 3 January 2013

Happy Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday to Socks Made On 88 today!
May year two be just as much as an adventure, with more things to learn, more people to meet and converse with, and more good times upon our horizon.

MsB from Socks Made On 88

Thursday, 27 December 2012

Merry Christmas to Us and Socks Made On 88

Merry Merry Christmas to us and to Socks Made On 88!
These will come in very handy for us at our future Markets and at Show & Sells too!  Thank you very much on behalf of one of MrB's sons', STH :-) who made these for us.  His talents surpassed our expectations and we are very pleased with the final outcome.  We both think the signs are AWESOME, wouldn't you agree?   I did cover up our personal information but basically it says:  Mr. Cranker:.blah blah blah........... 
Ms. Cranky Assistant:blah blah blah.........................
Email:blah blah blah..............................
The other two smaller signs are extra ones, and one that is green and yellow we will use to velcor to the Erl table  when on the move, and other one I have up in MrB's Krankin Kave in our basement.  The signs are all bright and cheery with the colours we have choosen to use which are the colours of  our Erl, Brigadier 88!  No one will miss us when they walk by our display now!  I can't wait to try them out at our first market in the New Year, January 12, 2013!!!!

MsB from Socks Made On 88

Christmas Poll

The Christmas Poll is now closed.  I voted myself too, and I had put as my vote, that a pair was on my wish list.  The actual tally for votes ended up voting the most for thinking that they would not get any socks at all, and that makes perfect sense because they were probably the sock crankers themselves.  Those of you, who did get socks for Christmas I hope you enjoy them whoever the cranker was, as I know they all aim to please!

MsB from Socks Made On 88

All wrapped up for MsB

Remember these?  Well they are a pair we worked hard at together making them from left-overs being conservative in colour.  The customer we made them for choose the other pair having two to pick from.  I had fallen in love with this pair from the very beginning, and they almost sold many times.  MrB scrounched them and they were all wrapped up under the tree for a gift for MsB!  Yahoo for me as I am now the proud owner of these socks which I think are fabulous!  I can't wait to sport them soon to show them off.

MsB from Socks Made On 88