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There's no way Jimmy Beans would exist without the help of this entire group!
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The retail store manager, Jeanne came to us in dire need of a diversion from her tedious paralegal work.
One smart cookie, she's always having a blast in the Reno store - rearranging yarns and books,
creating compelling displays, and just chatting with the customers. You'd be hard pressed
to find a nicer and more generous person. We're so grateful to have her!!
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A former welder (yes, you read that right!), Sandy has both the technical and creative
aptitude to help with all of your knitting projects. It seems like every week she's coming up
with a new & inspiring idea - i just love having her around & i think you will too!!
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When Amber transitioned her Reno artist boutique from a storefront to online, we were
lucky enough to have her join our team. She's been pulling orders and helping online customers,
as well as providing comedic relief during the day.
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During the craziness of this past winter, we found that we desperately needed the help of an expert knitter with superb computer skills.
Enter Victoria!! A brilliant mind - an ever better knitter (she is originally from England) - and a recent
emigrant to Nevada - we really lucked out when she joined our team. In addition to helping pull and ship packages,
she is almost solely responsible for physically reorganizing our shipping space (and adding kits to the website).
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One of our UNR students, Karla has to be the most organized person that we've ever seen.
When not answering the phone or pulling orders, you can find Karla organizing the yarn and patterns.
What would we do without her? She's in her 2nd year of college, so we'll hopefully get to keep her around for another year or two.
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You might remember Amanda from a few years ago: the daughter of of knitting teacher Allison Judge, Amanda
got married and moved to Detroit last year, but recently came back to Reno to finish her bachelor's degree. She's currently
helping us process returns, pull orders, and provide advice to our in-store knitters.
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Shevawn is fresh out of school and on her way to learning how to knit!
When she's not working at JBW and racking her brain on the complexities of knitting/crocheting,
she's spending time in her garden, on her guitar and banjo, and painting.
Whenever she has a really big chunk of free time, you'll find her somewhere out in the wilderness, smelling the flowers and making friends with the coyotes. :)
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The son of a favorite customer at our old Truckee shop,
Greg is a former business owner himself!
He's an avid traveler, skier, and fisherman enjoying the glorious ascent to becoming a student again.
He claims to love gummy bears, finding things he's lost, matching his socks by thickness and starting
each day off by singing a little tune or playing his guitar.
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A California native, Amerique is an Graduate Art Student at UNR and
is really starting to enjoy the Nevada lifestyle. She's been working with Terry and honing her
knitting skills, and always has a big huge smile on her face.
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Terry says:
Jack of all trades, master at none... well except maybe getting close to
mastering knitting. I've done a little of a lot of things but fibers keep drawing me back.
At one time or another I've done everything from raising wool sheep, angora goats and rabbits,
judged fibers and crafts, spun, dyed and knit my own yarns.
I like learning all the old ways of making household items from foods to soaps to clothes.
I have a deep appreciation for all things handmade with care and a passion for learning.
When I'm not helping customers in the store or knitting I love to be out in the woods,
reading mysteries and sci-fi, traveling, reading about the latest science discoveries and
enjoying good food.
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Well, i guess you might want to see what we look like, too... We took
this picture after a friend's wedding in Hawaii, June 2005. It was our first vacation
since opening the original Truckee Store over 3 years prior. If it weren't for
the amazing girls you see pictured above, we'd have never been able to take that vacation.
To them all, we say 'thank you.'
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Oh Boy! Our Reno mailman Brian has sure gone the extra mile for us.
He's always smiling when he brings us huge stacks of tubs - and never complains
that we always have so much mail! Our lives would be very different without this guy... !
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If you think Brian has a tough job, you should see what Jerome
has to deal with because of us! I recently 'warned' him that we were expecting about 50
HUGE boxes of yarn to come in and suggested that he might want to call in sick that day.
He just smiled, laughed, and then told me that he'd get even sooner or later!!
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If you've got a border collie, then you've probably seen this face a million
times in your own living room. Buddy's only job is to catch the tennis ball
at least 1,000 times each day. Some days he only gets to about 900, but we still love him!
(it's a good thing he's only 1/2 border collie, or we'd really be in trouble.)
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Our german shepherd/greyhound mix Wiley has the esteemed job of
'product tester.' He likes to make sure that our yarns are super soft & that they'll keep
him plenty warm, while providing enough style to impress the ladies. Oh Wiley.
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