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Yarny News

By Tara, on June 5th, 2008%

My yarn is being sold at the new Portuguese, online yarn store Knit! Although I can’t read much of the website, I’m excited! There’s a new yarn store in town (sort of). A Likely Yarn opened in Abingdon, VA this Tuesday and I will be working there every other Sunday, starting June 15th. Come by if you’re in the area! Jay and I are building the website, so I’ll be posting about that once it exists! While I should have been working on other projects, I developed this flyer/price list for BCB…what do you think? I’m pretty excited about Squidoo, which I’m still figuring out. I started wtih this lens on local yarn, but it’s still just a baby! Let me know how you think it could be improved and what you’d like to learn on the subject! . . . → Read More: Yarny News

Local Lunch

By Tara, on June 2nd, 2008%

Spring Salad Greens from Abingdon Organics Strawberries from Bishop’s Farm Fresh Herbed Goat Cheese from Oak Moon Creamery Dried Sweet Cherries from the guy at the JC Farmer’s market (no signage, no business card)

Not pictured: Toasted Rosemary Focaccia from Scratch Sumatra from Cooper Coffee Co.

PS. After searching for each of these vendor’s websites, I am struck that only 1 has a website or even a small little information page! People, websites are imperative! What do you think is keeping these small businesses from embracing the technology? Lack of knowledge? Perceived cost? This is something I would really love to help other small businesses with and I wonder what the barrier to entry really is!