I didn't take many pictures, but Lee (aka Leethal) has graciously loaned me a few to fill in the blanks.

Our booth! Everyone commented on how comfortable it was, haha. And miss Tiny Owl (who is, by the way, just as sweet and adorable in real life as you'd suppose, and twice as funny) made it smell like lavender and pachouli, effectively putting everyone who entered into a sort of blissed-out haze. We spent a lot of time lounging around there.

(via Lee)

(via Lee)
Stephanie/Tiny Owl, me, Stacey/FreshStitches, and Lee. Yes, Stacey has birds on her head. What better way to model amigurumi?


Stephanie demonstrating her mega-cute Fairy Castle needle holders to some LYS folks, and Antonio from Malabrigo (I finally got to meet my bosses! Yay!)

Jess from Ravelry tried on a few hats, and looked damned cute in all of 'em.

And of course we had to go to Jeni's for ice cream, where we saw something nobody should see. It involved pants. And that is all I'll say about it.

(via Lee)

Jess from Ravelry tried on a few hats, and looked damned cute in all of 'em.

And of course we had to go to Jeni's for ice cream, where we saw something nobody should see. It involved pants. And that is all I'll say about it.

(via Lee)
At night, everyone goes to the Hyatt to knit... I am exactly as tired as I look (but less on-drugs than you might think.) That's Sarah, The Sexy Knitter, cracking up behind me.
I'm sure I'll have more pictures to share later, I know Katy took a ton. All in all, it was an exhausting but awesome weekend. Last year I didn't know many people and stayed kind of far away, and felt totally out of my element- this year I felt like I had a much better idea of what the heck I was doing, and had lovely roommates and boothmates and pals to hang out with (and met a few more! Yay!) It is crazy and amazing when people actually recognize you and like what you're doing... and even crazier when it's people you're totally in awe of! I'm always so surprised when people I consider knitting rock stars know who I am, haha. The funniest part, of course, is that we all know each other by our Ravelry and twitter names and not our faces, so there's a lot of "Wait, who are you....OH MY GOD I TOTALLY KNOW YOU FROM THE INTERNET!" It's like internet dating for knitters. Or....something.
I'm sure I'll have more pictures to share later, I know Katy took a ton. All in all, it was an exhausting but awesome weekend. Last year I didn't know many people and stayed kind of far away, and felt totally out of my element- this year I felt like I had a much better idea of what the heck I was doing, and had lovely roommates and boothmates and pals to hang out with (and met a few more! Yay!) It is crazy and amazing when people actually recognize you and like what you're doing... and even crazier when it's people you're totally in awe of! I'm always so surprised when people I consider knitting rock stars know who I am, haha. The funniest part, of course, is that we all know each other by our Ravelry and twitter names and not our faces, so there's a lot of "Wait, who are you....OH MY GOD I TOTALLY KNOW YOU FROM THE INTERNET!" It's like internet dating for knitters. Or....something.
that's awesome! jealous I wasn't there...
ReplyDeleteCongrats on what sounds like a great trip! Love the look of your booth.
ReplyDeleteOh man, next time I am so there. And way to go bein' famous!
ReplyDeleteYes this show had a serious lack of Vivian! You woulda loved it. Plus next year you'll be all set up with your professionally knit-photo website, right? RIGHT?!?!
DeleteYup. Workin' on that. Theoretically.
DeleteSuch fun!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a ton of fun!
ReplyDeleteCan you tell me what hat it is that Jess is so cutely wearing?
Thanks!
Huh, there was a comment that seems to have disappeared asking about which hat Jess is wearing- it's Sweetness, if you're still out there, mysterious commenter!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetness-3
How fun! I totally see how this would be like summer camp geekery!
ReplyDeleteIt was great to meet you Alex! It looks like you had a fun time. Thanks for doing the interview.
ReplyDelete-Deborah
wow how lovley
ReplyDeletedo you by chance have a rav link for the lovely shawl hanging behind spillyjane ?
ReplyDeleteJane's sitting by the "one-triangle" version of Stripe Your Fancy: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stripe-your-fancy
Delete(It's got three variations- you can see that one here- http://www.ravelry.com/projects/alextinsley/stripe-your-fancy-2)
:-)