Registration Goody Bag

Week 22 = Interweave Miscellaneous
Day 2 = May 29, 2014
 
     Anyone who has attended a knitting conference knows that it is not cheap... there is a lot to account for:

• Knitting Classes
• Knitting Events
• Transportation to and from the conference
• Hotel stay for the nights of the conference
• Refrigerator in the hotel room (optional, but according to my Mom, well worth the added expense)
• Food to eat 3 meals a day during the conference
• Silent Auction (for this specific conference)
• Parking (there was a fee at the hotel where the conference was)
• The Market (as many Knitter's would say this is a requirement too)

     When we look at this list, ALL of these things cost money and that cost can add up. So I applied for the one scholarship being offered by Interweave Knitting Lab that would cover the Knitting Classes and Knitting Events. When Interweave choose ME, Victoria Savery Williams, as the Recipient of the Knitting Lab 2014 Scholarship, I jumped at it. Check out my certificate, I love it!!!!!!!

 

     Now, for those people that sign up for the full conference package, the conference planners (powers that be) usually have what is universally loved and known as THE GOODY BAG... let me pause a moment while you finish giggling like a little school girl.
 
     Without further ado, I present to you the Interweave Knitting Lab 2014 Goody Bag.

*Please note that any drooling, shaking, squealing, screaming,
heart fluttering, sweating, stomach fluttering and envy is
completely normal while viewing the following photos.
But continue to view this blog at your own risk...*

 

     The BAG that contained the GOODIES. It was the perfect bag for the conference. I would put the materials for the day's classes plus a few other things in the bag, which has a zippered top, and a water bottle in the outside mesh pocket that is barely visible to the right of the logo. I love that it even has the location and date of the conference underneath the logo.

 

      This fabulous conference brochure was done by one of my new friends, Lisa Shroyer. The pictures are beautiful, the class schedule is clearly and cleanly listed over 3 pages. The advertisements are lively and colorful. The list of non-class events is complete and only takes up 1/2 a page. There are sections for the Facility Map, Knitters' Market Vendors, Instructor Tables, and Local Knitting Stores... like the Market was not enough already. 
 

     As if taking 7 classes was not enough to learn and do already, they throw in the Summer 2014 issue of Interweave KNITS. The editor of this magazine is my above mentioned new friend, Lisa Shroyer who has been with the company for 9 years. I absolutely love Ocracoke Cardigan on page 29. It is gorgeous!

 

      Yet another magazine to divert our attention. The spring/summer 2014 issue of Knit wear. I do not remember if I have picked up an issue of this magazine before, but I adore Chevron Mesh Scarf on page 100.
 

     With every thing that we have to remember in our daily lives, I want my knitting to be fun. This Knitter's Reference Card, by Patternworks, cuts the memory requirement in half. You want to know what the Care Symbols on the yarn label mean? Or, you want to know the size for a 9 year-olds sleeve inseam? Well, let me get out my handy dandy knitter's reference card. 

      Hats, hats...does anyone want a pattern for a hat. This wonderfully condensed 4 page distribution from Kraemer has directions for 11 hats, yes I said 11. The directions are broken down into three sections: the band, the middle, and the crown shaping. 

     Now for the various yarns in our GOODY BAG...
 

     So you want to knit a hat... Feel free to use this wonderful yarn from Kraemer. This yarn, Perfection, is 30% Domestic Merino and 70% Acrylic in color Flora #Y1546. It is a worsted weight yarn with approximately 200 yards weighing 3.5 oz.

 

     These two beauties are from Patternworks. This yarn, Sunapee, is 55% Cotton and 45% Silk in color #18. It is a DK weight yarn with 153 yards per skein weighing 1.75 oz. each.

     You might remember this yarn... this is the same Appalachian Baby Design yarn that I used for my Indigo Dying Workshop several months ago. This yarn, Organic Cotton, is U.S. Organic Cotton. It is a worsted weight yarn with 194 yards weighing 3 oz.

 

    Now Purl SOHO was trying to trick us by thinking that we got another bag. But wait... do I see something in the bag... YES!!!!!

 

     It is a deliciously lovely skein of, Super Soft Merino which is 100% Merino Wool. It is a bulky weight yarn with 87 yards weighing 3.5 oz.

 

Knitting question of the day

Which of these goody bag items would you want to get your hands on first?

 

Knitting with Goodies,

 

Victoria