Dear Friends of The Blue Purl,
What inspires you?
It’s easy when the sky is gray and you’re forced to stay home because of a pandemic to focus on what brings you down. But let’s help each other, right now, in this moment, and let’s think, together, what lifts us up?
We’d like to start with a little story:
In 2017, an endurance athlete by the name of Colin O’Brady broke the world record for the Explorers Grand Slam, a grueling test of endurance in which he reached the North Pole and the South Pole, and climbed to the summits of the tallest mountain on all seven continents. He did it in 139 days, and here is his wife, Jenna, explaining why:
“This is all about the idea that really difficult challenges and dreams can be at the edges of the globe and on mountaintops around the world, but also right there in front of you …. whoever you are or wherever you’re from, audacious goals can be accomplished with grit, purpose and a growth mindset.”
Ok, so here we are, at the edge of our own mountain, trying to fight our way up. We (Patty & Wendy) were both professional women who jumped off the career path to be there for their families—and then dove back in with The Blue Purl. It all seemed to be going so well, and then the unexpected hit.
Coronavirus.
But we don’t see defeat here, we see a challenge. Our first step has been keeping in contact with you offering Thursday, Friday and (a couple)Saturday hours for curbside pickup.
Now we are pushing harder, with
our
online shop
. Day by day we are adding more items for you to choose from. Take a look, we think you will be surprised, and hopefully delighted.
So that is our challenge, to figure out how to keep our dream alive by finding ways to serve you.
But what is your challenge? What can we do to help you identify and summit your own mountain?
Perhaps it is one simple project, or something that seems impossible, either because it is hard, or because you just don’t feel it right now.
Let’s us help. Check out our shop and here in our newsletter where we have patterns and projects that we think will engage, challenge, and entertain you.
Let’s inspire each other. Let’s lift each other up. Let’s try, to think positive, together. And let’s be there for each other.
Stay safe. Stay healthy.
connect + create
Patty & Wendy
