Friday, March 23, 2007

Why Wendy is my hero

Yesterday, I sent out a plea for someone to print out my picture and take me to the Yarn Harlot's Represent event... and Wendy* did! So I was there, sort of! Go to Wendy's blog for more pictures of the HUGE auditorium full of knitters and a few of me, getting passed around to a whole bunch of them. Hi, guys! Hi, Kate! I am speechless.

Wendy, you made my day. I'm now going to cruise Bloglines to see what everyone else has to say about last night. What an amazing event.

*Wendy's the woman behind Dame Candle Company. She makes yummy things. In fact, I think I'm going to light my Grapefruit candle right now in her honor.

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Representing around the blogosphere:

Kay, the NY half of Mason Dixon Knitting, was there. Amazing photos and a beautiful poem. Factoid: in the 2nd picture from the top, a silver-haired knitter is wearing a purply-blue cardigan. I knit the same one in the 1980s...it's a Pingouin pattern. Coolio.

Katy's pictures of the event, including the FIT tour

Lizbon's account, with pics and quotes!

Kathy's pictures

Lysa's post with a pic and stories

Penny tells about the community knitting project associated with the Represent event

Kate writes a really lovely, comprehensive report of the whole evening. Some dark but telling photos. :-)

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posted by amy [Knitty] @ 9:37 AM 8 comments

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LOL! How cute is Wendy! And how cool she not only took you, but took you visiting!

Thanks for the links. Now I know what I'll be avoiding work with for the next little while.
# posted by Anonymous Rachel H : 10:44 AM, March 23, 2007
 
The "imagine" image with all the handknit socks should be in the next Knitty calendar. Maybe March will become an annual Represent time.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 12:31 PM, March 23, 2007
 
When I saw the purple cardigan in Kay's picture I couldn't believe my eyes...But if you say it's the Penquin pattern I must! I knit it too over twenty years ago, and I still have it, and I have kept the magazine, too - it's on my desert island list.
# posted by Anonymous Anja from Helsinki : 1:35 PM, March 23, 2007
 
ha ha! that sweater is everywhere! i knit it twice -- once for me, once for my sister.
:-)
# posted by Blogger amy [Knitty] : 2:05 PM, March 23, 2007
 
Now I know where the traffic spike is coming from. Thank you! It was soo wonderful. The community is awesome. I still feel happy and warm inside. Kate A just posted a really nice write up. :)
# posted by Anonymous penny : 3:57 PM, March 23, 2007
 
Yay! So glad I gave you a smile. :) Next time has to be for reals though! Have a great weekend!!

-Wendy
# posted by Blogger Wendy Dorrel : 7:59 PM, March 23, 2007
 
Thank you Knitty for posting all these bloggers so I could find out how it went.
It was so exciting to read about, it had to be a great experience. And now I still have an episode of Cast On to listen to! I hope your weekend will be as good as mine!
# posted by Anonymous Gail : 9:46 PM, March 23, 2007
 
Amy!!!!!

This has nothing to do with your post, but had to tell you -- Storm and the Balls are doing a show at the Phoenix on April 9th!

fyi...
# posted by Blogger Sophia : 11:25 PM, March 24, 2007
 
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