New Store in Portland!

There has been a bit of a blogging hiatus. I started out the summer strong, but finished the year pretty weak. Blah blah blah…holidays, blah blah blah…real life, blah blah blah…lazy. There, now we’re all caught up.
Since last post with a FO, I had a small flurry of accomplishment. I didn’t do any holiday knitting. […]

KnitMap on Your iPhone!

Thanks to Matt, web developer extraordinaire, you can now easily access KnitMap on the go from your iPhone.
Want to find a store near you? Need directions to that out-of-the-way shop? Want to look up a store’s hours? Its all right there! Just enter www.knitmap.com/iphone into the web browser, and you have a streamlined site perfect […]

Did you see the Willamette Week?

This week’s Willamette Week has an article titled “Crafty Bitches,” and while its an interesting read all in iteself, they mention KnitMap!
If you haven’t picked up your copy yet, you can read the whole article online here.

Love that Word of Mouth!

KnitMap had a nice little link on The Oregonian’s knitting blog yesterday. Click here to check it out!
Thanks for the buzz Shannon!

Last KnitMap Raffle

Its been so much fun to give away yarn and goodies! I would love to keep going indefinately, but the day job isn’t really a very good cash-cow if you know what I mean. Anyone know of any good sugar daddies looking to bankroll yarn-related shinanigans? Regardless, I’m going to make raffles a regular, albeit […]

Getting Ready for Raffle #2

This week’s KnitMap raffle prizes include:

a small notions-sized bag from YarnTraveler (that’s me!);
the beautifully colored Harmony wood DPN’s from KnitPicks*;
a sample of Soak wool and fiber wash; and
a tube of wonderful Wild Carrot Herbals lipbalm.

You still have time to sign up and leave a comment or two, if you haven’t […]

Possum is Awesome!*

*Title totally stolen from Emily, but it was too cute not to use.
After a very, very long week at the day job, I finally managed to get myself to Twisted. The purpose of my visit was two-fold; I needed raffle prizes for this week’s KnitMap raffle, and after the intense couple of weeks I’ve […]

KnitMap is here!

After much hard work (mostly on Matt’s part), and much whining (mostly on my part) KnitMap is ready for its debut beta launch. If you are so excited and just can wait, click here to find yarn stores right now!
What is KnitMap?
KnitMap is a Yarn Store finder. It’s a site that catalogues and maps the […]