Of course we love all our customers and we have come to know many of them beyond just selling them needles. One such person is Rebecca Bacchus from Ohio. We met at one of the Stitches shows. I could tell she knew something about manufacturing from the questions she had, and I was right. Her family business is also in the metal working business.
Some of you may know that I see each order and often email people to thank them or just ask a question if their order is out of the norm, or sometimes if their email or street address gets my attention. For example, an order from Tasmania got my attention, as did one from Blue Bird Lane in California a day we were having a blizzard, or one from a military base in Germany.
One day recently we had an order for a certain size, length needle from Rebecca which was not surprising, but then in a matter of minutes several more came in from Ohio for the very same needle. I contacted her (without giving any specific information since we are CRAZY to protect our customers’ privacy) just asking if she knew anything about a group of orders from her area. She answered right back and told me that the orders were all from knitter/friends about to go to a knitting get-together. She sent the following story and pictures:
There are 14 ladies in our group and we get together at Lakeside 3 times a year. We are all knitters with the exception of 3 members (two are cross stitchers and one stamps cards). It’s a wonderful opportunity to work on projects and we sometimes like to do a project together (such as the Memory Square Blanket). At the last retreat we made double knit hats.
I established a chemo cap group 2 years ago and to-date we have donated over 4,000 hats to local hospitals, clinics and organizations. We are called the Midwest Head Huggers (formerly Vintage Head Huggers). The hats cannot have seams so I am thrilled to be using your double point needles but the ladies are most anxious for your circular needles. We can knit hats on 2-circs, but will you have them available in a 16” length? Attached is a recent article in one of our local papers.
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BACK ROW: Sally Ferguson, Tracey Maris, Pat Smith, Rebecca Backus, Nancy Russell, Peg Watts.
FRONT ROW: Jackie Drouillard, Paula Smith, LuAnn Kanitz.
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