Knit Out 2006 is history and what a fun day it was!! As Patsy Fisk (the main organizer) put it, on a scale from 1 to 10 it was an eleven! Patsy worked tirelessly to make the event a success. Brookdale staff went out of their way to be gracious and accommodating. The rotunda has a huge dome which brought in a lot of natural light. There was a lot of foot traffic and many curious passers by.Â
Most of my pictures did not turn out, but here are a couple more:
This is a picture of the Yarn Garage Booth. They were the only shop that brought their wares, and I do think other shops made a mistake by not having a presence at the event. They had so much fun stuff to look at and buy. Very creative people.
There were fashion shows on the hour and thank goodness Lori Ihnen took the reins and handled that part of the program. Here is Lori modelling Sally’s Debbie Bliss “Lara” cardigan:
It looked great on Lori — she added the knitted flower. The coral color of the shell she was wearing made the Lara cardigan pop. Very nice! You may know Lori’s name because she is a published author and knitting designer.Â
I don’t have her book (yet) but I know it is wonderful. I’ve seen the trunk show.
Emily M. of our Thursdays at Four knitting group won the fastest knitter contest — way to go, Emily!! She won a free Knitters Guild membership. Her “picker” opponent was a very young and talented girl named Maddy. She may have been all of ten years old, but she beat out the other pickers! She was thrashed by Emily in the stockinette round, however. Good job, Maddy — maybe work on your purling for next year.
Other Thursdays at Four attendees included Birthday Girl Linda, Deb, Lynne, Mary, Idonis, Barb, and Deirdre — I hope I did not leave anyone out :(. We were also joined by my St. Paul knitting peeps: Julie, Mary and Marilyn. Plus many other familiar faces, old friends and new. It was a wonderful day of networking and basking in the warmth of the knitting community. Wow!Â
See you next year!!
Looks like a good time was had by all!
Comment by kmkat — October 8, 2006 @ 7:30 pm
So how fast did the winner knit? Inquiring (and slow) minds want to know.
Comment by surly — October 8, 2006 @ 7:42 pm
Both winners (picker and thrower) knitted in garter at 40 sts per minute.  The overall winner knitted at 33 sts per minute in stockinette stitch :). Our picker knitter had half as many sts completed in stockinette :(.
Comment by surly — October 8, 2006 @ 8:34 pm
What a great day for you all! I would love to go to something like that!
Comment by katomliz — October 9, 2006 @ 5:08 pm