February 28, 2006
Swap Meet...
Saturday was our first MD, VA, DC Yarn Swap...
Fidget Ann and I bounced this idea around on email and Saturday it became a reality.
Food, Wine and LOTS OF YARN.
Everybody brought stash and soon we had Mount St. Stash....with overflow!
The Cast of Characters...
Amy, Ann, Chelsea, Erin, Holly, Isel, Jenna, Kel, Lara, Liz, Lauren, Paula, Rosanna, Sarah and Shelley
Happy Faces brought to you by lots of yarn and good knitting.
Mount Saint Stash!
The overflow...that's me in the blue...going gaga and fondling the fabulous fibery goodness.
It's true, knitters can't hide their love for some good fiber!
Sarah's was heading into the homestretch with her Olympic Knitting!
We went crazy for her gorgeous Tubey!
Chelsea and her pattern in the Happy Hooker book from Debbie Stoller!
What a great time.
A special thanks to Ann for hosting us in her lovely home and to all the lovely ladies I got to hang with...
Knitting Blogs seem so personal, but nothing beats spending an evening in person with fabulous gals who get why knitting is such a passion.
Stay Tuned:
I've got a very special shout out to Catalina yarns and a full spread color photo review of their awesome new Urban pattern books...I've got 6 books to give away with some alpaca yarn they so generously sent to me.
Yay yay yay! That was so much fun. I was sooo nervous, you know, because, ahem, I have social issues...but it was AWESOME!
It was great to finally meet you and everybody else.
I hope this was only one of many. Thanks for putting it together. You guys are geniuses!
p.s. my pictures suck. :(
Posted by: isel at February 28, 2006 11:15 AMI was a little nervous, too even though I'd met some of the folks before but it turned out to be just great. Yum, and I got some faboo things int eh trade (your Noro?). Thanks for being a genius and coming up with this idea
Posted by: Jenna at February 28, 2006 11:35 AMThat is one massive stash swap. I've never seen so much yarn on a table.
Posted by: Lauren at February 28, 2006 11:45 AMIt was a fun time!! It was great to finally meet everyone ;) Thanks for the ride! hehe
We came home with some great goodies!
That is a ton of yarn! I heart knit blog get-togethers. Nothing beats a bunch of kick ass knitters in a room together.
Posted by: Kate at February 28, 2006 01:24 PMThat sounds like a groovy idea! Wouldn't it be cool to have a stash swap stall/tent(!!) at MD Sheep & Wool?!
Posted by: sUsAn at February 28, 2006 01:52 PMThat looks like so much fun!!!!
Posted by: Erin at February 28, 2006 02:17 PMHooray for meet-ups and stash mountains! It was so nice to hang out with everyone!! And I got some fun stuff in the swap too, like some skeins of Alpaca ;)
I'm offering up Chez Snargle for the second get-togetha! I'm thinking early April...
Posted by: Sarah at February 28, 2006 09:51 PMHey! Don't mind me...I'm just jealous because I wasn't there to join in on the fun and stash swap goodness. Hee hee!
Posted by: Becky at March 1, 2006 10:34 AMHad the best time meeting you and can't wait to see all of you again for Part II! Thanks for organizing such a great get together. Whoo hoo to the Yarn Gods for bringing together such fun women!
Posted by: Shelley at March 1, 2006 11:18 AMYarn and wine? Sounds like a party to me :). How FUN!
Posted by: moni at March 1, 2006 09:47 PMHi H! Looks like fun at the yarn swap. Sorry I missed it! I just love your new shrug. It looks awesome on you and the color is fabulous. Miss you ; ) xo D
Posted by: Donna at March 2, 2006 08:50 AMIt was so much fun meeting you Heather! And to think you're 5 minutes away! We SO have to get together for a knit night... :)
Posted by: Lizzy B at March 2, 2006 11:31 AM