Strikke Knits

This is what I make here in the USA in a small town in Minnesota. I have lost a customer this year due to price increases they decided that they were not going to sell my product because I had to increase my price to cover the cost of textiles, the profit margin for them is not enough and they thoug

This is what I make here in the USA in a small town in Minnesota. Two of these customers have decided that they were not going to sell my product because I had to increase my price to cover the cost of making my mittens due to textile increases, the profit margin for them is not enough and their cus

We've all had them "Best Worst Day" that's the day when the most dreaded thing happens and it turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you.The equivalent of getting fired from a job that you hate to now have the freedom to find another job that you really like.Or the crappy apartment you

TADA! Thank you all for supporting the little kids and sending me bunches of feet. We ended up with 15 pair of mittens!. Lots of fun pictures came accross and some very nice pedacures were well used.They are on my Facebook page if you want to take a look. So now...do I have to get you to put on your

This is me.I'm in about 2nd or 3rd grade here and that is exactly how I have felt for years chasing leaves in my brain.In 15 days I will 50 and I finally "get myself". I'm a leaf chaser, a shinny object in the corner distraction follower. Not many girls in the 60's were thought of as "distracted" I

Wow it has been quite the season...year for that matter! I am finally comming up for a little air as the Christmas Season has been pretty much delivered and is now being sold. We made over this Summer and Fall the amount of mittens that we made in the whole of last year (now I know why I'm tired!). 

I believe that no matter how sucky it gets at times, that it will be worth every minute of it.Entreprenueurs are people who are just crazy enough to think that they are made of steel.WHY?Because we believe that every day we can reinvent the wheel to make it better for someone else to gain mobility o

This month has started out tuff, only because I've made it that way and I needed to "get my head right" when you are in the infant stages of business it is oh so important to look for the little things that you need to move you forward. Here is my little thing:We built our house 20 years ago this mo

I made a of the things I need to do this summer.It all started with this project.I bought this fabric because it reminded me of the Bahamas...it sat on the counter for WEEKS and every time I walked by it I was reminded that I had not taken the time to create my little oasis and...I had not taken any