Shipping?

Burning the midnight oil, endeavoring to get a handle on our new websites shipping/postal logic. It's so hard. We really want to keep it simple but simple isn't always reflective of real cost's. So scratching my head big-time. It would be so much better if my socks were as light as a feather. Argh! They're not, my Mongrel Socks are quite simply substantial, and to wing them around the world takes some sorting. Now I'm busy delaying the job....... best get back in to it, and get it done!

It's only the begining!

I can't believe its a new year already. It seems all of sudden we're back in to it again. After a couple of go-slow weeks in our sock making-just doing the minimum, this week we've been swamped. So as I write, late on this Friday afternoon, I feel like I'm just catching up with myself. In these uncertain economic/financial times I feel very lucky that our sock business seems to be weathering the storm. We've got a big year coming up, spending a bit of time and money, getting our web site re-done. It is a slow process, but worth it, I hope. I'm guessing it will be another 6 months before it's all done and online line. If we can come up with an easy to use, attractive looking web site I'll be happy. That's the royal "we" as I'm so IT retarded, I am reliant on experts to do the sock web site building and seo.
This year we'll continue to not only make our beautiful pure wool Mongrel Socks, Tuff Mongrels, Possum/merino socks and all the other products we produce, but we will trial some other unusual blended yarns, like bamboo/cotton, camel/wool, organic spacedyed cottons etc. I'm excitedly looking forward to see what these are like.
We're just about to head in to our yearly production of Arm/Leg Warmers. We manufacture them only for a month each year, as the machinery is such a cow to change over, we like to get them all done at once. Our stocks are way down at the moment-lucky it is summer and the demand for those has dropped off a bit. It's always a bit of fun in the work day coming up with new colour mixes, that perhaps we haven't tried before, or haven't done in a while.
Anyway, all looks good for the future for us, especially my very near future as a put my feet up and knock the top off a wee drop of fine Tasmanian Meadowbank FGR Reisling (my personal favorite). Cheers!

We're back!!!!

Well, Christmas has come and gone for yet another year. We took a break and spent a lovely Chrissie up in sunny Northern NSW-Mullumbimby, with all the family. Much eating, drinking and making merry, later, we're now back home and in to it. We left Mongrel Socks in the very capable hands of Michelle and Owen who took over, the troopers they are, and saw business was kept running smoothly. Thanks guys! We haven't forgotten you, Kye, who lent a much appreciated hand with some of the grunt work and getting up before dawn for us. Big, big thanks. Just before we left we were manic! All those last minute orders needing to go out, seeing all was ready for our stand in's. We nearly needed the break just to get over getting ready for it. Here we are in 2008, looking forward and looking back. We have have just finished our first online year. Done much learning, made plenty of mistakes, have kicked some goals and still working on others. This year we intend re-working the sock web site, developing some new product lines, and turning out lots and lots of socks.