BLOWN AWAY!

No, not a storm! But taken by storm! We had planned to have the second Annual Show and Sale at our home in early December (invitations prepared to go out via email today!) BUT.......my sales volume at Port City Pottery for this month has been very gratifying to say the least, and I am knitting away just to keep the stock fresh. Right now it appears impossible to consider having a home show - I just don't have enough new product to warrant it, and Tony doesn't have enough period.

We want our loyal following to know that we both are happy to work with you to create custom fiber or clay pieces to fit your needs. And we welcome you - of course - to PORT CITY POTTERY for a huge selection of fiber, clay, fused glass, mixed media, jewelry, weaving, and basketry. FOUR new artists have joined us too!

See SOLDS on flickr to get an idea and some recent private sales:

GONE CRAZY in CHARLESTON!

We went to Charleston, SC for a few days to show it off to family visiting from France. It was a glorious few days of eating, touring, eating, shopping, and more eating! This is DD day! (drastic dieting!)

But the best part was the discovery of the best yarn store ever! I mean it! I was impressed on first glance around what turned out to be only the first of many rooms. The storefronts in Charleston are very narrow, but the buildings extend forever towards the rear! Several more rooms awaited us AND THERE WAS A HUGE SALE GOING ON! It seemed like half the store and half the yarn were 50% off! They are making way for their new Fall lines. I stooped, stretched, and scooped up ALL the (14) yarns and (8) buttons in the photo for a very reasonable sum. I could have spent all day and all my money there - just in the sale sections!

So if you ever get to Charleston, I urge you to visit KNIT on Wentworth St. The folks there are knowledgeable, helpful, and fun! In the meantime, visit Knitk! for an online preview.

STASHING THE STASH!!!

Yesterday I finally decided it was time to reorganize the stash. If you're reading this and have no clue what stash is, you are definitely NOT a fiber fanatic!

Several months ago, I bought a clear, lucite cubby from a retail store that was going out of business. I imagined using it to display my own finished items and my husband's pottery pieces. In fact, I used it for our December in-home trunk show and thought it worked very attractively and effectively. I offered it to the PCPFC gallery, but they declined. So.....I decided to use it in my laundry/stash room to TRY to reorganize my stash!

First of all, the hanging of the cubby.....it required LARGE holes in the wall - not my husband's favorite thing to do to our non-plaster walls. My plan? To color-coordinate the "balls" of yarn wound on those small cardboard tubes. My rationale? They take up space because they are not crushable and squishable. As was suggested in a Knitters Review forum, stash is a collection of art! That was my own belief as well! (http://knittersreview.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=76640)

Well....I must not have the knack for color because the result is an ugly, chaotic, messy-looking wall of horror. It did free up some space in my cupboards, as I shifted spaces, but what I had hoped for was beauty in the laundry room, and I definitely failed at that.