Guess where I've been? Well, the image above is a bit of a give away isn't it?!
This morning I headed off nice and early to the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square with Ivete from Rose Smoke and Chiagu. We hadn't signed up for any classes, we just had Marketplace tickets - a half-price bargain at $7.50 each.
Ivete had to drop off some of her new yarn kits at the Knitty City stand so that's where we started and look what I spotted straight away ... that's someone checking out Ivete's Chamomile Infinity Scarf pattern with me on the cover (remember my unexpected modelling assignment for Ivete a few months ago?). I know they stock the pattern at the Knitty City store on Upper West Side but I haven't been up there yet to check it out so it felt a bit weird seeing myself there on their stand at the show!
Ivete had to drop off some of her new yarn kits at the Knitty City stand so that's where we started and look what I spotted straight away ... that's someone checking out Ivete's Chamomile Infinity Scarf pattern with me on the cover (remember my unexpected modelling assignment for Ivete a few months ago?). I know they stock the pattern at the Knitty City store on Upper West Side but I haven't been up there yet to check it out so it felt a bit weird seeing myself there on their stand at the show!
There's a close-up below just in case you can't see me properly. It's not my favourite photo from the shoot - I think it shows off my chins a bit too well but Ivete says it's all about the scarf and that image is the best one to promote it. So that's pretty fair and Ivete did give me the most fantastic handknitted vest/tanktop that she's designed/made as a thank-you so I'm not complaining ;)
Next stop the Simplicity Boye stand and who did we see but our friend Victoria, who also happens to be our NYC Mod Quilt Guild President. Here she is demonstrating the Simplicity Deluxe Felting Machine. You've probably come across Victoria before through her blogs Victoria Findlay Wolfe Quilts and 15 Minutes Play, but if you haven't then do take a look. She's just had her book published 15 Minutes of Play which is also well worth checking out.
There were so many stands all selling yarn, needles, hooks, buttons, beads and patterns and hourly catwalk shows but my favourite pieces were in the Knit Art Gallery:
Crocheted portraits by Jo Hamilton of Jo Hamilton Art
Nature Drag Sculputres With Armatures by Kelly Fleek - these were amazing like something straight out of a Tim Burton movie, I'm sure Helena Bonham Carter would wear one in a flash. Or how about using them in a Tim Walker photo shoot for Vogue UK?
and finally, I was so good today and didn't buy toooo much - just some Spice Berry wool in Wintermint and also Cardamom from Blacksheep And Ewe to make this gorgeous Cowl Shawl (shown here in Cardamom).
And you didn't think I was going to let a post go by without mentioning quilting did you? Well we did end the day down at my LQS, debating whether or not to each start a Dear Jane Quilt and cuddling one of our friend Karen's baby twins - she only had one with her today or we'd have been cuddling both!!!
Have you ever made, or thought about making, a Dear Jane Quilt? Two hundred and twenty-five 4.5" x 4.5" blocks - Ivete suggested we make 2 blocks a month, no pressure there then, so by my reckoning it'll only take 10 years - I must be crazy to even entertain the idea, what do you think?
And you didn't think I was going to let a post go by without mentioning quilting did you? Well we did end the day down at my LQS, debating whether or not to each start a Dear Jane Quilt and cuddling one of our friend Karen's baby twins - she only had one with her today or we'd have been cuddling both!!!
Have you ever made, or thought about making, a Dear Jane Quilt? Two hundred and twenty-five 4.5" x 4.5" blocks - Ivete suggested we make 2 blocks a month, no pressure there then, so by my reckoning it'll only take 10 years - I must be crazy to even entertain the idea, what do you think?
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