This little sign is a bit scuffed.  It has weathered some wind, rain and snow.  It is sitting outside right now in intense sun that would wilt anyone.  It was an impulse purchase shortly after we opened the shop.  We needed to generate some more traffic and one of the suggestions was to place a sidewalk sign out.  This little sign has brought in more people than any one ad has.  Yarn shoppers are a bit attention deficit disordered.  They can be diverted by a simply word. "Yarn".  They are pretty motivated to come check "it" out.  Just give them a ready excuse.  "Yarn".  They swerve over to the side pretty quick.

Like flowers in spring after a short snowstorm, these wooden pins appeared on Monday.  They are handcrafted by Dennis Bertucci over in Boulder, Utah.  There are more colorful in person, so you must come see them.  They make wonderful hair picks for those of us with long hair and they look stunning closing a sweater or a shawl.  I am sure that they won't last long on the table.

Reggie, the shop sheep and the hat models have formed a committee to plan and execute the First Annual Crazy Hat Contest.  The have announced the official entry date to be June 23rd, 2012 with voting to be completed and announced  on June 30.  The voting will be via shop visitors and facebook friends.  Only one vote per person will be counted. 

Rules: All hats made by knitting, crocheting and or felting are eligble.

Catagories: Prizes will be awarded in the catagoies of most colorful, most embellished, most glamorous and most bizarre. 

Prizes:  First place winners will recieve a prize redeemable at THE PAINTED SHEEP (of course).

Reggie and the hat models have already observed many visitors checking out the crazy art yarns and hat patterns so get going now.