Episode 12 || The Fuzzy Goat

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Annie interviews fellow entrepreneur Cadence Kidwell, owner of the new knitting shop The Fuzzy Goat, located in downtown Thomasville, Georgia. They talk about adjusting to entrepreneurship, living in a small town, and knitting vs. reading. - The Fuzzy Goat is on the main street coming into downtown Thomasville. Pay her a visit, and take a class! - Cadence's yarn shop was partially inspired by Fibre Space, a funky store in Alexandria, Virginia. - Downtown Thomasville offers great resources for new business owners in our area; Cadence also took classes through the Small Business Development Center in Tallahassee (which Annie has now bookmarked for her own use). - Knitting classes and community events are a huge part of both The Fuzzy Goat and The Bookshelf. For a complete list of Fuzzy Goat classes, check out their shop website; Bookshelf events are online through their website as well. - New Voyager Trading Company will be familiar to knitters and weavers; Fuzzy Goat partners with them for weaving classes and more. - Guy knitters, be on the lookout! The Fuzzy Goat and Sturdy Brothers have some plans for partnerships in the future.

Transcript

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0:17.0	Welcome to episode 12 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life in the South. I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf in downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and I'm joined today by my friend and fellow entrepreneur Cadence
0:25.2	Kidwell, owner of the Fuzzy Goat, a new yarn shop right down the street from the bookshelf.
0:30.7	This episode will be chatting about being new in Thomasville, running a small business,
0:35.6	following your dreams, and of course the overlap between reading and knitting.
0:40.0	Hope you'll stick with us. Let's get started.
0:43.0	Podcast.
0:44.0	I can't imagine anything better to do this morning.
0:47.0	So fun. Okay, let's get started. Jump right in.
0:50.0	How did you come up with the idea for the fuzzy goat?
0:53.9	So I knew the knitting experience that I wanted to have
0:57.8	by going to shops.
0:58.9	Every time I would travel, any knitter knows
1:02.2	that you got to go find the knit shop in town so you can go just like you got to go find the bookstore
1:06.4	The independent bookstore and you want to see what that's like yeah and so every time I would go places I have to check out the Net Store and not often was there
1:16.8	one that just made you feel like you didn't want to leave and you know there'd be yards you
1:21.1	want to take home but there wouldn't be this really
1:23.6	cozy experience but the few times I did have that it really stuck with me.
1:28.4	So are knitting stores like independent bookstores where everyone is different and has its own
1:33.2	special vibe. Yeah. So what are some of your favorite knit shops that maybe
1:37.6	inspired the fuzzy goat? So hands down it would be Fiber Space and
1:42.0	Alexandria, Virginia.
1:43.4	What a great name.
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