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This was a great TNNA market! I came home feeling newly energized and enthusiastic about knitting & crochet: new yarns, new designers, fashion trends. It was actually the most exciting Market I have attended, even though there were fewer exhibitors and fewer attendees than previous markets. Maybe it was just that all the excitement was distilled down and distributed among fewer people.
I arrived Thursday afternoon and went to a class on intentional patterning of hand-dyed yarns. I need to actually try it out on some of our yarn before trying to communicate it to all of you.
Friday I spent most of the day in class with Cat Bordhi, (you’ve heard of her, right?) learning more about writing up patterns for kits. Cat is one of those people who just “charges into the fray” and somehow things come out right. So much energy!
Monday morning I spent with Lily Chin, in a class on interpreting fashion trends. What a fun and knowledgeable lady — she is soooo talented, and she talks a mile a minute.
I hope to use these classes to increase the interest in our newsletters as well as our products and patterns that we offer to you.
Next post, pictures!
W’e’ve really gotten connected with the magazines–Cast On, Interweave Knits, Verena…. These are the biggest bargain in knitting today. Just take a look at the new Cast On for February-April 2009.
Cast On Feb2009
This is the magazine of The Knitting Guild of America–TKGA– and honestly, they aren’t very good at promoting themselves, but they’re learning! This magazine is a great value, whether you buy it singly or subscribe. And TKGA has so much to offer!
Cast On has been redesigned/refocused to emphasize all the great educational benefits of this organization. There are more technical articles than before, and they span all types of knitters from absolute novice to expert.
And you know, there was a time BEFORE Ravelry, where Social Knitworking took place in your local TKGA Guild. These groups are still there in your town, or if they aren’t, why not start one?
Handknitting.com Blog 