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May 03, 2004
The New Knitting Shop
I promised last week to blog about the new knitting shop in town, Knit One Purl Too.
This is a momentous occasion for me - I've had a minimum 45-minute drive to the nearest knitting store. Now I've got one about 15 minutes away - zero minutes away if I happen to be running errands in that part of town.
A knit-shop owner in another small town mentioned to me that you need a minimum population of about 70,000 in order to be successful with a knitting shop venture. Well, Longmont's population is edging toward 80,000 so we're certainly overdue to get our shop. I had even toyed with a bit of my own entreprenurial spirit, wondering what it would be like to own and operate a knitting store. Well, the truth is I would really suck at it so it's a good thing someone else has taken this on.
The shop is in a strip-mall type of location (coincidentally, it's owned by my husband's father's second cousin or something like that.) She's got a nice selection of yarn suppliers (Rowan and Brown Sheep, to name a couple) and some good supplies. She's also catering to the spinning and weaving crowds.
When I popped in last week, I scoped out the joint and bought a couple of balls of sock yarn. She had her grand opening a week ago Saturday, but I missed it because I was tied up with soccer games that day.
I'll be anxious to see what kind of knitting community might spring up around this venture.