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Knit City

Tena and I headed out to Knit City on Sunday, Oct 26.  (If it sounds somewhat familiar it is because I wrote here about it last year.)  This was only the second annual event which is meant to showcase local yarn and fiber shops as well as related woolly wears.  Here's a few photos to give you a flavour of the scene.
One of the four aisles



Knitting classes on the stage
Exotic yarns, this one is 50% silk and 50% camel

It seems we knew so many people this year that it took us much, much longer to make our way through the vendors, like over 2.5 hours.  First there were Alex and Emily from Tin Can Knits.
Yes, here's three Antler Sweaters, Tena, Alexa and Emily 


Then we moved to Aruna Neela's booth; she's the Debbie Bliss Baby Blanket Competition Winner.  We stood and talked for some time about that lovely vest she was wearing, winning the competition and my blog.  She even gave me a shout-out on her Facebook page.



Of course I had to see Melissa from SoulFibre again this year.  Melissa is the creative person who makes all types of fibre masks.  I have to say the horse is a favorite of mine. (Click on the link above to see more of her creations.)




And our friends from Black Sheep Yarns had their own booth as well.  Here's a photo proudly showing Judy and Helen, the yarn artist extraordinaire and owner of Black Sheep Yarns, respectively.




Judy and Helen

It is very satisfying to know there are so many wonderfully talented local vendors in town.  It will be hard to argue a need to go to the greater Seattle area to be involved with serious and well known yarn artists.  It is possible to sleep in your own bed and travel just a few miles to do so.

Having said that I think the organizers will need to find a bigger venue for next year.  Booths were simply too small and crowds overwhelmed the small parking lot.  It seems there are too many committed yarn artists/users in the Lower Mainland and from my point of view, that's a very good thing.





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