Sweet Georgia's Silk Merino Lace in Ultraviolet. Now available at L'Oisivethé!
I haven't written very much lately about the tea house here on my personal blog. I maintain a blog for the tea house here. And use Twitter and Facebook to post updates of things happening at L'Oisivethé. But lately things have really been taking off for the tea house and it's a part of my everyday life so I should include it in my 30 days. As many of you know, I dreamed of opening my own knit café in Paris. The first year I had L'Oisivethé, I ran only the cafe portion of the business. Trying to learn every aspect and reworking the work processes to my standards. I took my time incorporating the knitting portion of the business. I did market research and contacted potential yarn vendors in the United States and a year and half after I opened my business I received my first shipment of yarn, ShiBui Knits. And 6 months after that my next shipments which increased my yarn stock to include 3 more North American brands, Lorna's Laces, Dream in Color and Sweet Georgia and I'm looking to secure one more at the end of the year. It's a very exciting time at the tea house. Sometimes it's hard to process it all with the arrival of BB happening at the same time.
After I learned to knit, I'd sit around and fantasize about how it would be so awesome to just sit around and knit for a living. I am not an awesome knitter. I would categorize myself as an intermediate knitter who likes to try new things. As much as I love the actual gesture of knitting I love the who culture surrounded by knitting. Someone said something so true at knitting last night, they mentioned that we may not all be friends in real life but because of knitting we have a common interest and because of this common interest we'll always have something to talk about. It's very true but at the same time, I feel like because of knitting I have had a chance to meet people that I wouldn't normally of had the chance to meet and because of that I have made a whole new array of friends that I enjoy spending quality time with. And all this through what I do for a living... I am very grateful for what I have. I thank my lucky stars everyday.
One of the French speaking knitters last night announced jokingly, "Ca ya est! le tricot est à la mode! " according to some major fashion magazines who have declared this lately. We all had a nice little chuckle over that because many of us who have been knitting for years already knew this!
I had such a brilliant time last night at TricoThé. I felt really priviledged to see this part of your dream coming together, to see everything "clicking", to see how rich your life has become.
And fondling the yarn? Cooing over all those lovely lovely skeins? True heaven. It makes me want to paint yarn too. I can't get over the softness and the colours!
And meeting all of those other knitters? What fun! To wit: it was wonderful. I am looking forward to witnessing the next wonder that you'll come up with. If the rest is anything to judge by, it's bound to be a winner.
Posted by: JChevais | November 19, 2009 at 15:04
Jennifer - It was so nice to see you last night! I hope that you can come again soon. Isn't the group great! So many nice people. I want to it to be knitting night every night! :)
Posted by: Aimee | November 19, 2009 at 15:14
I wish I could have been there with you gals... I miss you SOOO much! :-( And I really need to learn to knit so I can share in this passion too...
Posted by: Alice | November 19, 2009 at 21:46
I can't wait to visit some day. Sooner than later, I hope!
Posted by: Ninotchka | November 20, 2009 at 04:47
simply fabulous :) the cafe is looking super cute!
Posted by: phillippa | November 20, 2009 at 11:31
It's so cool that you have created this community and a place for women (I presume mostly?!) to come together in this way. You *are* amazing!! As if the teahouse wasn't enough on its own. What a haven you have brought into being!
Posted by: Kim B. | November 24, 2009 at 10:56