Something special

As the shoppers came in from the cold today and our morning class was leaving, it was exciting to watch as a mother and her two young daughters came in. They were there to pick out yarn for their Dad's gaitor (cowl) and the youngest daughter, around 9 years old, was picking out yarn to make a scarf for herself. She had just started to knit and was ready to advance to her own skein of yarn. We suggested Berroco Comfort worsted weight for the price as well as the flexibility of being able to wash and dry in the machine. She was so excited when she left. She was going home with a variegated ball to sit and knit with her mother this evening.

Another customer walked in near closing and immediately said hi to me. I knew I recognized her but couldn't place her. She told me that she had been the student nurse assigned to me this summer while having surgery. She had asked about a logo on my bag - the logo of the store and I had told her about the store and co-op. We had talked about her going back for her degree, though she had been a nurse for quite a while. She came in today to see what we were all about. She was particularly interested in some of the quilted items for purchase. She loved the tree skirt. She was thinking of it being a gift for her daughter who lives in Hawaii. Her daughter will be home for Christmas this year and she was thinking the snow scene on the tree skirt would give her little bit of New England to take back with her.

It is so much fun to hear about people's life stories. Everyone is so interesting!