Numb Hands, Warm Heart!

I received an e-mail from my sister over coffee this morning -- it was a forward from her friend who saw my gloves featured on today's Etsy Finds ("80 Gifts Under $25"). I felt really proud to be included in this list. I'm so grateful to be recognized for providing a handmade product that can be cute and affordable, but can allow me to make some semblance of a living wage. Although selling on Etsy competes with my full-time day job and doesn't get nearly enough of my time as I wish it could, I still get those Etsy-butterflies every time an order confirmation or conversation pops up in my inbox. I got many-a-butterfly today. I worked 11 A.M. - 9 P.M. and it seemed that every time I checked my phone to get the time, I had a new order confirmation. It was terrifying and amazing. And being surrounded by yarn, but unable to start on these orders was completely maddening. :)

With every blessing comes a curse I suppose. As most of my items are made to order, I have a LOT of work ahead of me. I'm still not 100% confident I can get these people their gifts in time, but I'm planning to do everything in my power to make it work. Numb hands are the non-negotiable.

(And on another note, I finally figured out what "Bronto" was on my Google Analytics page. I love learning.)

The Experts Agree

Since I let my phone charge by my bed, one of the first things I do when I wake up is check my e-mail. I hope that doesn't sound too pathetic. If it does, at least it's not as pathetic as admitting that 85% of the time, the only new messages I get in the morning are from Netflix or Groupon's Deal of the Day. On the odd chance that I get an order/conversation notification from Etsy (or Facebook, let's be honest), I get pretty excited. The other morning I saw that I had received a conversation from Samantha of desTroy letting me know that my Morning Fog Mitts had been featured in her blog, The Experts Agree. As a fellow San Franciscan, she obviously values the importance of portable layering pieces all year round, but gals all over the place are finally finding themselves in prime mitt-wearing-weather.

Despite today's gorgeous, no-gloves-needed, autumn weather, I'll be spending the rest of my day off cranking out gloves for a bulk holiday order, doing laundry, and of course, a lengthy catch-up call with Mom.

7x7

I've been tied up lately with work and settling in to the new apartment, but I'm looking forward to my third holiday season with K.M. Knits. Thinking that 1) I'm going on my third holiday season with Etsy and 2) how I'm lucky enough to be going on my third holiday season with Etsy is really a wonderful thing. Earlier this week, I was thrilled to learn I was being featured in San Francisco's 7x7 in their Glamwatch section. This article included local artists that were offering unique, but still inexpensive pieces.


Although my one-year anniversary of moving to San Francisco came and went over a month ago, there was something amazing and humbling about being recognized as a local artist. To think that some spur-of-the-moment gloves I came up with using some random scrap yarn while watching The Office reruns and drinking Flavia instant coffee in my friend's dorm room would ever go on to in any remote way be connected to San Francisco's 7x7 magazine is mind-boggling. I feel honored, lucky, and very thankful.