SOMETIMES I find it hard to believe all that has happened in the last year and a half. When the following review appeared in Cast On Magazine last autumn, I had no more than an email address in place for my new business. Despite that fact, about a dozen  knitters trusted Penny Sitler’s recommendation and purchased Caddies from photos I sent, or from fabric they chose online.

Now, less than a year later, I have a website/blog, an Etsy shop, a calendar of upcoming shows and demonstrations, and customers from as far away as Queensland, Australia.  This summer a scheduling conflict prevented me from offering the KOALA Caddies at the Knit and Crochet Show in Buffalo. However, I intend to support this wonderful event in the future and I want to send a special wish of thanks and appreciation to Penny, The Knitting Guild Association, and to those dozen pioneers who bought KOALA Caddies, and then wrote to tell me how much they loved them.

Cast On Magazine Nov 2008,  Product Review - by Penny Sitler, Executive Director, The Knitting Guild Association

“Have you ever been sitting in a waiting room working on a knitting project, only to have your yarn roll off your lap and across a not-so-clean floor?  How about when you’re knitting away at home and the phone rings?  You madly scramble to collect your project, set it down without the needles slipping out, and rush to the phone, only to have it stop ringing before you can get there.

Avid stitcher Mary Shooshan has developed the most brilliant project container I’ve seen – the KOALACaddie™ - because of those same scenarios.  Part craft apron, part project bag, the KOALA Caddie wears like an apron, and has a pouch to hold your project.  Snap it shut, and your supplies stay put.  Untie it and everything is protected till you’re ready to get back to work.  Each is uniquely handcrafted of lovely fabric, with a matching satin lining.”

All is well ~ Mary

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