Nothin’ to see Here

So, I spent my day working at the new LYS! Yup, excited about that one. I’m signed up to teach a few classes there, and this week they asked if I’d like to work a few weekends so the owners could take some days off. Would I?

The shop was pretty busy, but i did get around to knitting about three rows on this:

Nothin’ But a T-shirt, soon to be a beginning sweater class at the shop. Knit in Gedifra Mayra. Fun stuff–90% cotton with a bit of synthetic somethingorother. Formed into a tiny i-cord, giving the cotton some stretchy. This shop is carrying some yarns i hadn’t heard of before–lots of Gedifra and Ella Ray. I’m liking them quite a bit.

So i got to talk yarn all day, and someone paid me for it, and I can’t imagine a better way to spend a Saturday. I’m really loving this shop, too–and I hope not just because they offered me a job. The store is light and bright–white and pink walls, pink amy butler prints covering the sofa and chairs, several areas set up for sitting and knitting and talking and learning. They’ve also done a good job of getting fun yarns in prices that fall between the more pricey store down the street and the chain stores. Did i mention that the Fort now has two yarn stores? We went from 1 to 0 to 2 in the past 6 months. And I think I’m kind of liking 2 better than 1, because it means we get more variety, both in yarns and atmosphere. Although my loyalty to the store that pays me is growing quickly.

And, when I was teaching earlier this week, I was excited to realize that I could tell my students to stop by the shop anytime during the week if they needed help. At classes I’ve taught elsewhere I’ve given out my e-mail and some pamphlets with illustrations, but neither is nearly as helpful to a beginner as 5 minutes with another knitter.

They offered to pay me in yarn or money. And i was very proud of myself to turn away the yarn. I think I need the money more than the yarn. Especially since I’ve got a t-shirt I need to finish before I think about any more purchases.