Hello!
Every Memorial Day weekend Vermont artists and crafters open their studios (or congregate in a central location) to show our wares and teach the public about what we do. For years I’ve joined other artists at the Fuller House in Huntington Village, showing and selling whatever I‘ve been making. This year I draped rugs over the porch railings, hung skirts, dresses, and scarves on racks, and put hats into a basket…then settled in with my amazing knitting friend Sara on the porch and greeted folks. During Saturday and Sunday I made nearly $600. Half the skirts and a third of the scarves went. And 2 hats. It was very encouraging.
I’d launched chrisbillisdesigns.com the previous week and spent some time after the sale working through some problems. Then I got back into knitting rugs. Finished a purple cotton, made a blue cotton, and have just started a pink/red/peachy one. I figured out it takes 8 hours to stitch together a 30 inch rug with 2 strips. The amount of time to sort, cut, and knit? Working 6 hours a day I can make a rug in a week.
