Kniterary (K)Nights at 229 Brock Street North

Well - almost three months after taking possession of the shop, I finally have a working light in the back room. It ain't pretty - but it works. This is an old house and many of the lights worked on a pull chain only - no light switches. So when the electrician arrived this morning, he started talking about cutting a line through the ceiling to run the wire. I just about threw my body on top of the wool. Plaster dust in a wool shop - not on your life! Fortunately, it wasn't to hard to convince him to run the wire across the ceiling and down the wall to a switch. The wire itself is encased in a fairly unattractive silver "pipe" - but the bottom line is, it does the trick. There is now a four foot long, double fluorescent light in the room. It's hard to tell at the moment, with the sun beating through the windows, just how much light it will provide. I think it will be OK.

So...that means the Thursday night drop-in can finally begin. My next project will be to work on a schedule for classes. For now, I'll be happy to have a group of knitters all under one roof - sharing their stories and showing off their projects. The shop will be open Thursday until 9:00 p.m. and the drop-in will run from about 8:00 until 10:00 p.m. I'm asking for a contribution of a toonie, to fund the coffee/tea and treats.

If I haven't mentioned it, the light in the main part of the store is fairly inadequate too, but so far, during the day , it hasn't mattered too much. Until last Saturday. As those of you living in Whitby know, we had torrential downpours here that day. Surprisingly, there was quite a bit of traffic in the store. And in my sometimes "Murphy's Law" life, one of the three light bulbs in the aforementioned inadequate light fixture had burned out. Bless my dear customers for making no fuss and doing their best to decipher patterns and ball bands in the near-dark. I've been walking around with a light bulb in my purse ever since, in search of a replacement.

Unfortunately, the electrician that was in today was sent by the property management company and could not take responsibility for the light in the main room (it is a light and it does work). So I'm back to the drawing board trying to find an electrician to solve that problem. I haven't had much luck with the man I originally contacted. I think this calls for the request of a favour from my brother (an electrician) who, at present, is up to his armpits with septic tank problems at his house. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

In the good news department, I'm thrilled with the yarns from Fleece Artist and Hand Maiden. If it weren't for the eight (I'm not kidding, either) projects I now have on the go, I'd be so tempted. (Actually - I am tempted.) I did place an order today for more patterns from Cabin Fever - some of which I think will suit these yarns perfectly. Thank goodness their service is so quick!

Just about time to start packing up - I hope to see some of you here on Thursday.