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Hi Knitters,
Well, we got back pretty late last night from Milwaukee. My sweet husband and The Collector came along. They went out for a quick bite while I was speaking and TC came back to draw names for the raffle prizes I brought along for the end of the meeting. It was fun.
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The knitters enjoyed the table of projects. I brought along projects from
Itty-Bitty Toys,
Itty-Bitty Nursery and
Itty-Bitty Hats. Since we were driving to the event and my husband was there to help lug stuff for me I took advantage. It is fun to see projects from all three books together. That's a lot of knitting! These photos were before the meeting began.
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The toys are ready to go! Waiting for the knitters to arrive can be difficult.
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The toys and baby items were played with and loved. I love how the adults adore the toys. They love to play just like the kids. Two die-hard sweater knitters told me after the meeting that they are quitting sweaters and starting toy knitting! I loved that. They may never go back to the sweaters again. We'll have to see....
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There was a charity knitting drive going on with lots of donated baby items. The guild sold
Itty-Bitty books with the proceeds going to the guild and I think they sold out which is good.
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The meeting was well-attended. The knitters were enthusiastic as they always are.
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The Collector took these photos for me at the end. I love to see what she sees.
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The baby always gets lots of attention (the woman on the left). People love her belly-button and her ruffled underpants. They always look under the dress and I think that's funny.
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I saw some of the free
Spud & Chloƫ patterns knit up for the charity knitting. The ladies at the end are holding the
Heart on a String Hat and I saw a
Watermelon hat, too. That's wonderful to see as I love the charity knitting.
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The woman on the right loved the
reversibles. She was very sweet.
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Toy inspectors were everywhere. I hope I passed the test.
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The woman on the end is another Susan B. with a Forbes on the end. She makes sock blanks and they are really neat and intriguing. She is selling as a vendor at the
Madison Knitters Guild Knit-In (the Mason-Dixon ladies will be the guest speakers) this weekend. I wish I could attend but I will be in NYC.
Click here to check out Susan B.'s site. Please look for her at the Knit-In and tell her I said hi. Her sock blanks are incredibly interesting and beautiful. The main thing is that they knit up beautifully as I saw some samples.
Click here for Susan's blog. She was really fun to meet. Good luck in Madison. That is one crazy huge crowd so I know you will be an enormous hit, Susan B.
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Pat, the woman on the right with the name tag was so fun to meet. She actually won 2 prizes, one from the guild and one from me! It was her lucky night. She was fun and had lots of good stories. I could tell she loves her knitting.
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The hats were a huge hit!
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The books were going, going, gone.
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I loved this photo TC took. Now my friends are waiting to be packed up to head home.
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This sweet young woman, Monica, is a Madison to Milwaukee transplant. She had two books for me to sign. One for her and one for her knitting buddy who got married and moved to Austin. I can't believe the nerve of some knitting buddies out there:) We are holding Monica's giraffe in progress. We were laughing at how the body looks like a squash. It was nice to meet you Monica and thanks for coming.
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Please Sir, can I have some more? (Lame I know but it's all I can think of when I see this photo:)
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TC took this shot of my husband. He is an awesome supporter. Couldn't do any of this without him. Big love.
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I don't know who took this photo but that TC is a cute little thing. Loved having her around.
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My forever buddy.
Thanks for a fun night in Milwaukee. I appreciate it!
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I have a couple of side notes here.
The photo above is so incredibly sweet I asked
KimPossible on
ravelry (
click here to see more photos and information) if I could share it with you. She said sure! I just love that sleeping little cupcake. The pattern is from
Itty-Bitty Nursery and is one of my all-time favorite projects. You can't go wrong with a cupcake on your head, right? I wish I could sleep like that.
This is a cool project for sewers. A fantastic pillow tutorial on Design Sponge by
Brett Bara!
Click here!
My final tour dates are coming up tomorrow, March 11th and March 13th!! I will not be touring again for a long time so this is it! Here is the run-down:
March 11th, 5-8pm
4:30 PM ARRIVAL Loop
5:00 PM 1914 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Contact: Craig Rosenfeld
Store: 215-893-9939
Email: craig@loopyarn.com
We are doing a fun optional knit-a-long! Bring your US size 6 dpns if you want to participate. If not, just bring yourself!!!!
Saturday, March 13th, 1-3pm:
12:45 PM ARRIVAL Knitty City
1:00 PM 208 West 79th St.
New York, NY 10024
Contact: Pearl
Store: 212-787-5896
e-mail: pearl@knittycity.com
The Knitty City event is a very casual meet and greet and book signing! Drop-in style! No formal presentation but I will have the entire IBT trunk show for all to enjoy. Can't wait. I have some special Ravelry friends coming so it should be fun.
There you have it!! Hope to see you there, sweet knitters.
best, susie