Featured Zibbeter - TheNeedleHouse
Eva Harder from New Ulm, Minnesota knits with love at her home, beautiful, quality, useful items for your home. The Needle House has been knitting and crocheting and selling at craft shows for 30 years. She is new at selling on the Internet.
Eva’s quality made dish cloths are a big hit so she sells them in large bundles as well as in sets of three. And guess what else?! Today is Eva’s birthday! Happy Birthday Eva!
Please enjoy the interview, leave Eva a comment, and then use the Share Tools so others can read it, too. Please spread the Zibbet Love!
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Tell us a bit about yourself?
We just recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary. We have 2 great sons and a wonderful grandson. I have been knitting since I was 19 years old when my first boss’s wife taught me how. The rest is history. I made sweaters for the boys when they were young but found I like to make afghans much, much better. My Mom crocheted and we are both left handed but seems my right hand works better for that so she couldn’t teach me. I got a learn-how book and taught myself. About 20 years ago, I bought a knitting machine which was a challenge. I started by making stocking caps and scarves on that but couldn’t get the yarn I wanted anymore so went to making dishcloths. I do a couple of craft shows a year and wholesale also. -
Apart from being ‘creative’ what do you do?
In the summer I like to work in my flowers and as a family we like to go camping. In the winter I like to do jigsaw and crossword puzzles just for a break from my yarn hobbies. -
What inspires you to do the kind of work you do?
I really don’t know where I get my inspiration. I try to make things that are useful in every home, like my dishcloths, potholders and new this year my scrubbies. I love making afghans, that can be used in your home or as a wonderful gift. It has been said that I have a natural talent, but I don’t know that I agree with that.
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Do you look up to anyone? Who? Why?
I look up to my parents, both are deceased now, for they taught me good work ethics and to be honest.
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What other passions do you have in your life?
My one passion that was never fulfilled was to have my own yarn store and sell yarn crafted items, but I think that ship has passed me by. I don’t think I will do that in this lifetime anymore. Just dream. -
What do you like most about Zibbet?
I like the people on Zibbet. They are all so friendly and helpful. They have taught me a lot about promoting which I never had done before.
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What ‘new’ things would you like to see added to Zibbet?
I think Zibbet is doing a great job getting their name out there and hope more people will become as familiar with Zibbet as they are with Etsy.
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How do you promote your work?
I don’t think that I have anything different than the usual. I use Facebook, Twitter, Google+, I enclose bookmarks with my orders and business cards which I also hand out at craft shows to try to increase traffic to my shop. -
How would you recommend other Zibbeters make the most of Zibbet.com?
I guess it has been said before, good photos, which I am still in the learning process. I would like to say I knit well, but my photos need help.
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In the future I’d like to be…
Happy, Healthy and making a comfortable living with my knitting and crocheting.
Hi Eva,
Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary. How wonderful to have such a long history to share with one man. He is a lucky guy! Your work is so lovely. Your afghans are stunning. What flying fingers. I think that crocheting with your mother is a lovely memory–tucking that in my mental box of beautiful things about you.
I can just see you in your dreamed-of yarn store. Was there a favorite name you had in mind? Your craft shows are sort of like brick and morter stores with people coming and going.
Wonderful interview, thank you for sharing with us! Super congrats on 50 years of wedding bliss!
I agree with MoxyFoxDesigns, I too can see your “dreamed-of” yarn store! Craft shows are your temp b&m store!
and I say, “Dream On, dream on….” and I also say, “never say NEVER” Sounds like you have had a very full and happy life, (so far!), and God sometimes (like ALWAYS!) amazes us with wonderful surprises when we least expect it!
C
Thank you gals for your comments and for being so kind.
Was fun to read about you and I love your dishcloths!
Hi Eva, Nice to get to know you. Congrats on your recent 5oth anniversary and Happy Birthday. Wow, 30 years selling at craft shows. Bet you have had some good times over the years. As for as the yarn store goes, you never know
Congratulations on your 50th wedding anniversary.Thank you for sharing!
Congrats on your 50th.
Loved reading your interview.
Eva, Happy birthday and congrats on your 50th anniversary. It was nice to get to know you better. Best wishes for much success on Zibbet! Vicki
Thanks again for the well wishes on my birthday, anniversary and zibbet shop.
Congratulations from another “yarnie”. My husband and I recently celebrated our 25th. So wonderful to hear of lasting relationships. Blessings on your marriage and shop!
Oh and Happy Birthday too!!!!
Happy Anniversary!♥
Happy Birthday!♥
Happy Selling!♥
Congratulations to you both on your 50th anniversary.
I just love that photo of all the natural colored cloths. My kind of color palette!
Thank you everyone for reading my feature or maybe even looking at my shop. It has been a great week for views and even sold the brown dishcloth bundle that is shown in this article. I hope you all have a great summer and happy sales to all.
Very nice to read about you and your crafts. What a nice birthday for you to be the Featured Zibbetter.
Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary
Eva, first, congratulations on your Anniversary…50 years is just beautiful!! And, ♪☼♪Happy Birthday, to you♪☼♪!! I enjoyed your interview and confess that I have never heard of a knitting machine??? Thank you for sharing your talent with Zibbet.