Patrick and I are very excited to finally find a use for a little church up the road that he bought about 15 years ago. We toyed with the idea of using it for weddings, but it's pretty small and parking would be an issue. We even considered turning it into a little B&B for people hiking on the adjacent Appalachian Trail, but there is no septic system, and it would be hard to put one in because of the slope of the land and the little graveyard behind it.
Now, of course, it seems the church was always meant to be a yarn shop. We are having a new wood stove put in tomorrow and have loads of painting to do but otherwise we will be preserving the integrity of the building. It was built in 1840 after all.
My favorite part of the church is the little graveyard. The stones are very old and fascinating to read. Some of them tell the exact person's age at death, as in 42 years, 3 months and 24 days. There are also a fair number of children, which is incredibly sad, even though they would be long since dead by now.
We need to come up with a name for the yarn shop and I need your help. And, because I love a contest, there will be a prize for whoever comes up with the winning name. The winner will get two skeins of our beautiful kid mohair/cormo blend worsted weight yarn.Other info that might help you come up with a name- The shop will be adjacent to our farm but not right on it. The town is called Hopewell Junction. We will be selling only hand spun, farmstead, hand dyed or otherwise special yarns that you can't get elsewhere. No big name yarn company will be available. Just super cool, hard-to-get, yearn-worthy yarns. (Thanks to Kelly Rand at Crafting a Greener World for that awesome phrase which I plagiarized.)
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