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american living in london for 15 out of the last 18 years. love everything about england except the weather (duh-although its a good excuse to stay in pjs all day) and the exchange rate and ken l. I really love suffolk……
on the back nine now and with an empty nest in view started debonnaire- a needlecraft business with a mission to provide the best knitting and needlepoint products along with the highest degree possible of client attention. Best is defined by me as highest quality artistic materials at a fair price.Best is also defined by me as stuff i personally want in case i end up with it all! somewhere along the way I started designing.
i’m currently running this business from home- the one good use i’ve put my mba to is determining that current london rents make a shop unfeasible at this stage. my mba’s deficiency in marketing is apparent as i still struggle with promotion!
when i’m not working on the thousands of ideas i have for debonnaire, i like golf,skiing, cooking and the beach. Have figured out how to knit and stitch at the beach and while cooking, but not while golfing or skiing…..
my 14 year old says i’m too stressed so she doesn’t want to spend time with me-yeah, right… my 2 other girls(19 and 20) do like me. i like my dog moose all the time and i have an actually quite nice, supportive husband (like him about 60% of the time)
Life Motto- just do it!
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Love your pics! The site is wonderful. I love it and humorous too.. always good since life always isn’t!
Who would have guessed you would have come this far after that lovely pink sweater (with 3 arms -just kidding) you knitted for me in high school. I admit I was stupid and missed the appreciation due you and all your hard work! But I must say what you have done is impressive (your designs, products etc) even if I am your sister! Best of Luck and see you next month – in sunny Florida! maybe you can teach me to knit someday……
forgot, love my family all the time! ps.its the big “pond”- refer to john cleese’s letter to america…..
i’ve pm’ed you but to summarise. I have silkwood angora(70%/30%) wool lace weight in3 colours-pink,greengage, maple.it’s lovely-am knitting a lace hat in it now!
You’ve always been a terrific writer, Erica, and that hasn’t changed. You are so you! The designs you are creating strike my fancy, but I can only knit scarves. You should submit something to CRAFT magazine. I know the editor in chief, if that would help.
Love,
Sasha
if you can knit a scarf you can knit a sweater! much more gratifying…
all backdoors and influence will be used! xxo
Hi Erica I love your site and I love the fact that lots of people knit. I am 73 and cant even knit a scarf! Hope you are well lots of love Kitty Cunningham
Kitty, thank you so much
HOWEVER, there is a serious gap in your education if you have never knit- one of my favorite stores in nyc is right near you- Knitty City- GO IMMEDIATELY! you will love all the wonderful yarns!!! xxo erica
Love your site. Too bad I don’t knit.
Hi Erica
I have just developed a new yarn in Wales that is a cross between a Saxon Merino and Shetland. The cross provide you with a extremley soft fibre (18-20 microns), or as soft as pure merino. The sheep live in the uplands of Wales and are clipped in the month of June, the wool is then sent to a local processor where it is scoured and spun into both 4ply and DK weights. Some of the yarn is then dyed into a range of colours by local dyers.
At present, most of the yarn is sold at events and shows, I am looking for a small number of whole sale buyers to sell the yarn through, some patterns are already availble. To date the yarn has been very well recieved and knits as standard.
If you would be interested in recieving a sample or know someone who is, please do contact me.
Lee
Hi Erica
I’m looking to set up a small knitting evening with my friends in Fulham and I was wondering if you would be interested in being our teacher : )?
Please could you email me, we live just off the New Kings Road.
Many thanks
Vika
have pm’ed you Vika! thanks, erica
mishka, thanks for the bad link info- i’m trying to track it down as on my advertisers page it looks ok!! erica