Can it really be seven years since the first VK Live? I guess it can, but somehow each year manages to wow me and fill me with excitement. As usual it was a wonderful weekend in the Big Apple. I felt like an old pro as we lugged our vending stuff into the hotel, coped with the weirdo elevators, and…
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Retreat Recap
Oh. My. Lord. We had so much fun at the first-ever Sip Sip Knit Retreat. So much fun, I was afraid we’d get arrested. (Especially when we pretty much got thrown out of the hotel lobby at 10 pm for being too raucous. Although the bartender did ask the security guard to take a group photo of us because she…
TNNA recap + so much more
TNNA Update A few weekends ago, I attended the industry trade show TNNA, which stands for The National Needlearts Association. The summer show is scheduled before the big push for fall hits local yarn shops, and is a chance for shopowners to see the newest products from yarn companies, publishers, distributors of books and notions, and so on. Believe it…
So much is going on!
These are the things that happened last weekend: 1. I got to leave a city full of rain and arrive in a city full of balmy sunshine and palm trees. (Well, the palm trees aren’t balmy, but you know what I mean.) 2. I got to see my people at VK Live: Pasadena… and have margaritas on the patio…. 3.…
Part two….
I arrived home after a red-eye flight both exhausted and energized by Pasadena! I only had a few days to enjoy at home with Boris before hopping on another plane — this time to Nashville! I’d never been to Nashville before and I simply could not believe how warm and friendly everyone was. We even had a waiter sit down…
Now accepting members: Round 2 of our Yarn Club!
Earlier this year, my dear friend Brooke Nico and I brought you a very special beta version of our yarn club. We had such a good time doing it – and more importantly, our members did, too – that we’re doing it again. The Sip Sip Knit Yarn Club (Brooke came up with that name after our first round –…