In the Beginning

For some time now, I have wanted to do something more with my knitting. Naturally, I didn't know what it would be; I just hoped that I would know it when I saw it. Being a blogger B.R. (Before Ravelry), I have been around for awhile, even if I haven't posted as often as I should have. It has always been nice to see my blogging friends doing so well in their new knitting endeavors: Franklin with his first book of knitting cartoons, Carol with her books of oh-so-fine patterns and hand-dyed masterpieces, Joe and Ted starting the Men's Knitting Retreat franchise, and Sean who left the corporate world to buy his own LYS.

I had thought about opening my own yarn shop, spinning and dyeing my own yarn, even designing patterns and creating a book of my own, but these options just didn't feel right. So, with all of these thoughts in the back of my mind, we went up to the cabin last month and ran into some friends at the Harvest Festival. They mentioned that the partner of one of my old rugby teammates had opened a men's store and that I should check it out. Well, I went and discovered that he was selling pretty high-end stuff, cashmere and merino sweaters mainly, and asked if I could knit like this. I said that I could knit him anything he wanted and he requested some hats and scarves to fill some gaps in his inventory. He had been open for only two weeks and had 5 days to get product in, so he hadn't had the time to think things through completely.

"This is it!", I thought. We came home and I ended up with a logo, business cards and a temporary website on the very first day. And so, my adventure began...