Jill Wright and I always travel to the show together because she's the best travel buddy I know! We arrived Friday, late afternoon, and after a ridiculously long wait for baggage, we hustled over to our hotel, dressed in our fancy clothes and masks (Jill rocked it, by the way), and bustled on to the Yarn Thing's Masquerade Designer Dinner, a fabulous event hosted by the infamous Marly Bird.
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| Jill showing off her stunning, handmade crochet mask. |
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| Speaker Marly Bird |
The remainder of the day involved meetings with various companies, discussing designs and projects for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2013 season. Needless to say, my planner is jam-packed with work and I am officially desperate for school to re-start so the kids can be out of the way. Wink.
Saturday evening, I grabbed a cab with the amazing Sandi Rosner, Marly Bird, and Jill to head out for the Craftsy shin-dig over at Mouton. They treated us to cocktails and fancy snacks. Next, it was across the street to a cute little cafe (and I can't think of the name!) for dinner, joined by THE Shannon Okey, as well as Jill, Marly, Laura Lough, and Mikey & Daniel. That crowd SERIOUSLY had me laughing so hard that my throat was raw the next morning.
Sunday = MORE meetings, more work for the calendar, more walking the floor, more petting the amazing yarns for the year. Seriously, my friends, you are going to love the yarnie goodness coming out. Some of my favorite highlights were: Kollage Yarns' American-made square needles, the new Sock Report Magazine (what a stunning collection!), Sweet Georgia's Superwash DK and Cashsilk Lace, Shibui's Cima, Debbie Bliss' Paloma, Juniper Moon Farm Sabine, and ... gosh... there's just too much deliciousness to list!
Jill and I decided we were beat, so we ordered pizza in and spent the night with her teaching me how to crochet. It was lovely, but don't look for any crochet designs from me any time in the near future. Haha!
On Monday, I finished up with a few more appts, gratefully accepted swatching yarn from the amazing companies that I will be collaborating with this year, and then joined Marly, Marly's Mom (whom I affectionately call MM), and Jill for lunch. For dessert, I FINALLY got to enjoy some Jeni's Ice Cream (salted caramel in a cone) - DUDE!!! Where has it been all my life!? I was depressed not to be able to take some home to the hubs.
Then a cab, then a plane, and then home. Whew.
DRAWING IS CLOSED! Thanks!
So. You read all of that, I am sure. And now you want your prize. Right? The giveaway is for a TNNA Swag-Bag of your own containing goodies such as HiKoo yarn, Patons yarn, an audio book from Random House Publishing, Knitter's Pride circular needles, Susy Bates, Circular Needles, a Namaste Skinny Mini, Craftsy Stickers. And all packed in to a Namaste re-useable grocery-style bag. WOOT!
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Sounds like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteI *THINK* I shared the link on my FB page, although not entirely sure I did it right. :-)
ReplyDeleteFavorite yarn-related product? That's hard! Does Ravelry count? Is that a product? I love being able to look at what other people did, what they changed, what yarn they used, and all of that before I attempt a pattern. It's saved me many times!
ReplyDeleteGoing to share this on Facebook, too. :)
My favorite yarn product has got to be the yarn itself! It holds so many possibilities!
ReplyDeleteMy latest yarn-related love is the Verna Beadle Needle from Lacis. It is a long wire with rubber stoppers to hold the beads on and a notch at one end for pulling the yarn through the beads. The best part is that it holds a ton of beads at a time so I'm not spending time constantly reloading it.
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ReplyDeleteAs a crocheter, one of my favorite yarn related products is the collection of stitch dictionaries I've amassed over the past 10 years. There is nothing like holding a yummy skein of yarn while flipping through stitch patterns, waiting to see what speaks to me to become an original creation.
ReplyDelete(And just so I'm not discounted as a crocheter entering this contest, I have several friends who are knitters so I'd be very happy sharing the Swag Bag Love!)
It is definitely a grab bag for all yarnie folks - you can gift the needles. Wink. :)
DeleteI love my stitch dictionaries, too!
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ReplyDeleteWow - I don't think you could have crammed anything else into that trip unless you gave up sleeping!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite yarn related product - that is not yarn - is going to by all my Knit Happy accessories - especially the Sheepy Mugs. I have them at work, and they remind me why I work so hard - for yarn money :)
LOL Barely any sleep either, since Jill and I giggled like school girls until 1am.
DeleteOh wow, I love that FB brought me here to a great give-away and read a great blog! Thank you!
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ReplyDeleteFavorite yarn related item, my addi lace interchangeables.
Looooooove my addi lace clicks!
DeleteSorry I couldn't get up there to meet with you. Sounds like a good time
ReplyDeleteMy favorite yarn product would be Addi
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ReplyDeleteFavorite yarn product would be the little rubber tip covers that keep the yarn from falling off the needles! I just feel better knowing they are keeping all my hard work safe.
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ReplyDeletePretty stitch markers! They are like jewelry I actually use!
ReplyDeletecurrently my wip tool..ive been spinning a lot especially with tdf happening so its coming in handy :) .. raineoc@yahoo.com - helloforest on ravelry
ReplyDeletei mean wpi tool..ive obviously got a ton of wips on my mine ;)
DeleteIt all sounds like so much fun! The mask is terrific. ;o)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite yarn related products are all my cute stitch markers.
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ReplyDeleteOh my favorite yarn related product is yarn itself. I am totally yarn-addicted. Yarn balls look as a cakes for me :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had so much fun! I really hope to be able to attend in February :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite yarn-related product....that's a tough one. I really do love my Addi Turbos, bamboo needles have their place but with the majority of my knitting metal is where it's at. I like the little clicky clicky sounds and I can move much quicker without as much friction.
My favorite yarn related product would have to be my spinning wheel!
ReplyDeleteI love it because it has given me such a deeper understanding of all yarns (both handspun and commercial) from the work it takes to go from raw fleece to finished yarn, plies, twist ratios, fiber putup and how it will behave once knit, and also WPI! :)
But don't worry, I still love my commercial yarns JUST as much as my handspun!
My favorite yarn-related product at the moment is the new HiyaHiya bamboo circular I'm knitting a lace shawl on. The feel and clicking noise of metal needles bothers me, but bamboo needles often aren't pointy enough for lace knitting. This one is nice and pointy, plus a nice smooth join and a nice cable.
ReplyDeleteI love my addi circulars for my favorite product. And pretty much any yarn. Doesn't really matter!
ReplyDeleteAnd, shared on Facebook...=)
ReplyDeleteIt's too hard to decide on one product. I love my yarn, and Ravelry, and my Addi lace set. I really love my double slotted yarn bowl from Rising Sun Earthworks. It's nice to keep the yarn out of the way from the dog and kids.
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