This morning, I picked up my friend Holly and we drove from our homes in North Orange County, California to Santa Clara for Stitches West. We made really good time and the weather seemed to cooperate with us until we were about 2 hours away from our destination, when a few rainstorms slowed us down. However, all and all, the drive was beautiful and we saw 2 rainbows, which I managed to capture while I drove. Our total drive time was about 6 hours.
We went straight to the convention center for the preview market, only open to registered students. During the preview market, I was a guest at the Unwind booth (#1245), where they carry and showcase my patterns, including the full line of patterns from the Liberation collection. Unwind had all the samples worked up in Sweet Georgia yarn. I will do another guest appearance at the Unwind booth on Saturday from 10-12.
In preparation for Stitches, I printed and sleeved several patterns for Unwind and Anzula (booth #840). Anzula is also selling several patterns from Liberation, but they are also selling kits of the hats. I’ll be a guest at Anzula’s booth tomorrow from 10-12, Saturday from 4-6 and Sunday from 10-11. I also made promo things, including these buttons:
Tomorrow promises to be even more stimulating and exciting. One of the events that I’m really looking forward to attending and participating in is the Pajama Party. There will be awesome door prizes! I had already planned to donate a special limited edition printing of the Liberation ebook and enough yarns for 2 hats, but then the gears in my head started turning and I thought how wonderful it would be if my friends at Unwind and Anzula joined me and we collectively contribute to make a even bigger prize. Also donating is another California based artist, Slipped Stitch Studios. (Anzula is based in Fresno, while Unwind, Slipped Stitch Studios and I are all based in Southern California.) This fabulous door prize is a great example of what you can accomplish when you and your friends put your heads together:
Stitches West 2011 posts:
2. Yarnaholics Everywhere at Stitches West
3. Stitches West PJ Party – The End
Now I’m really bummed that I’m not there. Any chance I could snag a Posse button (with black sheep of course) at a later date?
Yes of course! Remind me to bring you one next I go to Sunday knitting.
Wow that lime green is AWESOME! Love it. Your buttons rock too. Send me one 😛 Jealous of all the fun you are having at Stitches!
🙂 Maybe next time you can go
Like many who couldn’t make it to SW this year, I’d love a black sheep posse button, I’d also like to find out how ‘our’ photo worked out… when you know.
Most certainly! I will reserve some for you! I have not heard about the photo thing since we sent it off.
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