#54 Interview with Interweave Knits Katie Himmelberg

I just posted the interview with Katie Himmelberg. We talk about pregnancy, picking suitable yarns for projects and what drives fashion trends. She was so kind to give me some of her time, however I am not sure if I didn't talk more then she did and that is not good in an interview. I think she may be a little on the shy side...or maybe exhausted....which is so understandable. I sense that Eunny, Lisa and Katie work really really hard...and that putting out magazines is an exciting and exhausting career.

I need to figure out how to get my ame out there to LYS's across the country. Even though I had good success at TNNA, bottom line was that I probably only pitched to about 25 people and I sold to 14 shops....it was really easy to sell patterns once people realized there was this great trunk show they could also get. But once that booked out through August of 09', it made it harder to sell.

So, now I have decided to offer a trunk show of my own that can be booked through me. Good idea huh? Samples sell patterns AND YARN. How man times have you walked into your LYS and seen a finished item and though I really want to knit that (or not). Trunk shows rock. Contact me if you want to give your LYS a flyer, you might wina free pattern from me if they actually order!

I can't wait for Interweave Knits Fall comes out. Of course I hope that those are inspired to knit my sweet little wristlet do so, however I think I truly truly might have to knit a cardigan i saw in there...I take that back, I think a more realistic thing for me would be one of the awesome vests....wait until you see the two really awesome vests...I feel inspired.

#53 T freakinNNA

Hi! Still here at TNNA...one more 1/2 day to go. I just am putting up a podcast to tell you all about it. Classic moment happened on my way back to the hotel. I was walking the 8 city block walk from one Hyatt to the other Hyatt and am crossing the street holdling the two books I scored for free today, More Big Girl Knits and Sweater Renewal...and the streets are just empty except for random groups of women here and there...I am cradling the books and my cell phone is pressed to my ear and I am chatting with my husband....and two women are walking by me going the other way and one of them has a big smile on her face and is looking at me and says 'thats our book!' in a split second I realized the two women were Jillian Moreno and Amy Singer, so I flashed the front cover of the book (it had been facing in) and gave her a big smile...the front cover has her on it..and I kept walking and talking to my husband.

Can you imagine how I wanted to turn around and walk with them and whisper in Amy's ear how I hope she will pick my submission for the Fall Knitty and that she rejected the cutest Martini Bag and that it was funny because just after that Interweave decided to publish TWO (not one but TWO) of my designs....but I kept walking and talking to my husband cause you know what...we are all working or relaxing after working and it just wouldn't of been appropriate...and I get it and I am part of it yet not.

#52 It all blends together.

Is it that way for everyone that works at home...and who's husband works at home....and who has kids at home. Or is it something about when you knit for work and knit for fun and knit for sanity?

I talk about:
Toothpick Optional



Patternworks

Noni Bags

5 more days until I go to TNNA.....eeeekkkk...YAYYY!!!!!

Want a job in knitting....how about as Nora Gaughan's assistant....



Design Assistant:

Berroco Inc, a major importer of hand knitting yarns, is currently searching for a design assistant. (Berroco is Located in Uxbridge , MA – approximately 1 hour by car from Boston, MA, 35 minutes from Providence, RI)

Duties to include:
• Designing of hand knit and crochet garments for woman, men and children
• Writing newsletters and fashion copy
• Social, fashion and trend spotting
• Working with national knitting magazines
• Domestic and international travel for trade shows

Requirements:
• Hand knit design experience
• Ability to knit, crochet, and sketch
• Profeciency with Mac and PC including layout, drawing, spreadsheet, & internet
• College degree

Compensation:
• Salary commensurate with experience
• Benefits

Contact:
• Please submit resume by e-mail to Norah Gaughan, Design Director
ngaughan@berroco.com

Knitters start your engines.....

Vroom Vroom idle idle idle idle...that is where I am...in idle. I have done most of the vroom vrooming and though there seems to be daily work and changes within the idling...I am just waiting to get to TNNA and see how it goes. I am also trying to figure out what all I need to do if I truly am going to get a booth at Stitches. Have you been to Stitches? What would draw you to a designers booth...what catches your eye when you are there? Do you usually go there just for the yarn?

Special Episode of She-Knits Podcast Part II of Lessons Learned While Knitting First Garment
I think ShrinkyKnitter is so funny, love her Lessons Learned etc. The last part will be aired mid-June. Next She-knits Podcast episode will just be me.

I submitted again to Knitty......idle idle idle idle...I love the design I submitted and hope they do too...one never knows...and if one did then one would go by a lottery ticket.

Work work work work

Not complaining...just saying. Everyday I learn something new that I should do to make things better and often it entails going through every pattern and making a change. Now I am trying to figure out how to use the Intuit software Simple Start 2008 and doing detailed little things like assigning each pattern a product number...it sounds inane but its all these little things that take so much time, that will in the end save me time... however you know what is frustrating... SO FRUSTRATING...I have NO TIME TO KNIT...urgggggg.

Again, aren't I lucky that this is what I am complaining about? I need an assisatant...and for that matter I need a chauffeur...and a cook and a laundress, oh and another two sets of hands....and if I am going to put it all out there I could use a trainer too..........and my own jet.

A girl of simple needs.

Is She-Knits at your LYS? See the growing list here!

U.S.A.

CALIFORNIA
Green Planet Yarns - Campbell
Lori's Frames Fibers and Frills - Alpine
Michael Levine Inc. - Los Angeles

COLORADO
Green Valley Weavers - Colorado Springs
Knit Knack - Arvada
Knitters Kove - Colorado Springs

Needle Rock Fiber Arts - Telluride
Purl N Pottery Too - Cedaredge

String - Highlands Ranch

GEORGIA
Strings and Sticks - Ellijay

ILLINOIS
NeedleDee - Flossmoor
Prarie Arts and Fibers - Grayslake
Village Knit Whiz - Glenview

INDIANA
Knit Stop - Indianapolis

KANSAS
Newton Beadery - Newton

MASSACHUSETTES
Metaphor Yarns - Shelburn

MICHIGAN
Thread Bear Fiber Arts Studio - Lansing

MINNESOTA
3 Kittens Needle Arts - Mendota Hts.
All About Yarn - Coon Rapids
Amazing Threads - Maple Grove
Between Friends - Brainerd
Bonnie's Spinning Wheel - St.Cloud
Crates of Yarn - Fergus Falls
Gallery of Dreams - Alexandria
Monika's - Park Rapids
Sheepy Yarn Shoppe - White Bear Lake
Silver Creek Cabin - Buffalo
Sister's Scrapbooking Shop - Cloquet

MISSOURI
MisKnits - Kansas City
The Yarn Center - Hamilton

NEBRASKA
Personal Threads - Omaho

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Yarn and Fiber Company - Derry

NEW JERSEY
Woolbearers - Mount Holly

NEVADA
Pioneer Yarn Company - Minden

NEW YORK
Cornwall Yarn Shop - Cornwall

NORTH CAROLINA
Baskets of Yarn - Charlotte
Silver Threads and Golden Needles - Franklin

OHIO
River Colors Yarn Studio - Lakewood
The Yarn Shop - Columbus
Yarn Cravin' - Perrysburg

OREGON
The Web -Sters - Ashland

PENNSYLVANIA
Switzer's Countryside - Seven Valleys

SOUTH DAKOTA
Knotty Knitter - Mitchell

TENNESSEE
Yarn Patch - Crossville

TEXAS
The Hen House - Spring
Lone Star Quiltworks - Bryan
The Tinsmith's Wife - Comfort
Twisted Yarns - Spring
Whirled Fibers - Duncanville


WASHINGTON
Apple Yarns - Bellingham
Yorkshire Yarns - Lakewood

WISCONSIN
Loops and Links Yarns - De Pere
Main St. Yarn Shop - Hartford

WYOMING
Dancing Sheep - Casper

CANANDA

BRITISH COLOMBIA
Beehive Wool Shop - Victoria

QUEBEC
Effiloche - Montreal

VANCOUVER
Maiwa Handprints - Granville Island


UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON
Stash Yarns - London

50 at 50

She-Knits podcast #50 (isn't that my jubilee podcast?) is an interview with Lisa Shoyer who is senior editor of Interweave Knits, editor of Knit Scene and co-editor of the special issue of Interweave Felting Issue. I got to bug Lisa for an interview as I was in the process of knitting up my projects that are going to be in the upcoming Interweave publications (am so excited I still can't believe it). Hope everyone enjoys it!

I am, as mmarker (on Ravelry) put a flaming ball of creativity....well I know I am at least a flaming ball of something. I do feel on fire with trying to get ready for TNNA whilst trying to really get everything going with my wholesale business. I keep thinking of more and more and more bags....I haven't even touched other knitting...well actually I am knitting one other kind of thing, but thats for a Knitty submission...yes....once again I am putting myself in that position again........

Here is the new girl in town, her name is Jane and she is far from plain, a little slip stitching heaven from a mother of seven. Jane is available as a pattern or kit.