This week we’re featuring Posy Moe.  Check out her shop to find tons of great handknit products!  She has way too many products I like to show them all to you, but I’ve picked out a few of my favorites to entice you to check out the rest.  Great work!!  She has Valentine’s Day items and sales so you have plenty of reasons to visit her shop!

When did you first start making handmade products?

I’ve been knitting and crocheting since I was 7, and sewing since about 11 or 12. I started making handmades as a career move in Summer 2009. I was knitting small coin purses and tams for a local art shop. Then in July, I opened an Etsy shop. But I didn’t really start to focus on stocking and promoting it until November.

What makes your products unique?
You know, I remember the days of grand old department stores — Bergdorf’s, Macy’s, Marshall Field’s here in Chicago– when you walked in and just felt this sense of excitement and amazement because everywhere you looked there was something wonderful to look at. That’s the feeling I’m trying to create with my shop. A feeling of, “Oh look, they have THIS here!” I’m looking to fit in somewhere between luxury and flea market. Things that are unique and artistic, but not expensive. My knits are functional, but also artistic. I don’t know how unique a knitted hat is, but I think it makes my shop unique. This totally goes against all the advice out there to pick a niche, or signature product and focus on it. I’ve never been one for focusing on any one thing for long. LOL.

What item are you most proud of?
I’m most proud of the Les Oiseaux Needle-felted Tote Bag. It was a labor of love from hand knitting the body of the bag, picking out the leather handles and painstakingly reproducing these wonderful watercolors by J.J. Audubon. I think it turned out looking all at once modern and a little old fashioned.

What’s your goal for the new year?
My goal for the new year is 500 sales. Seems like a long shot to me at the moment when I’m at 4 sales, but I’m determined to make being an Etsy seller a full time career and 500 sales this year would be a good start towards that.

Why should someone buy your products?
Someone should buy my products if they consider themselves to be maybe a little artsy, odd at times, and delighted by unexpected details.

Here’s your chance to pimp your online persona (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.).
I am totally pimping on Facebook: http://facebook.com/posymoe and Twitter: http://twitter.com/posymoe and I have a blog that is about knitting and crafting with fibers, but other things pop up there all the time. I am, after all, a lover of the sometimes odd. Pocketfulla Posy Blog:http://pocketfullaposy.squarespace.com

Anything else we should know?
Here’s a couple. I’m the newest columnist for TryHandmade.com. I’m writing a feature called In My Town, and it debuts Friday January 29th under my real name, Angela Walters.  Check it out here!

Also, my oldest daughter is quite the artist and crafter, so expect to start seeing some of her handmade cloth dolls being listed in the future!u about myself!