ooo's & aah's

Last night I went to the fashion hosted by my favorite knitting store Knit in Roslyn NY. The fashion show was put on by Trisha Malcolm of Vogue Knitting Magazine. It was for the Spring 2009 issue. She showed us all the designs that will be in that issue. I went will my 2 friends and we had a great time. It started at 6:30pm but we were able to come earlier since I am a good customer and they (the owners) love my work and I told her I needed to pick out yarn for the border of the Blues Clue blanket. Once again, they flipped out after they saw the blanket. I also had the Farm Blanket with me. I pretty much had made my decision on the color and will be using the golden yellow that is on the side of the house. Ellen the owner worked with me and also did agree. She wanted me to leave the 2 blankets on the table so Trisha Malcolm could see them when she came in. The response from everyone and including Trisha was over whelming. It was not only the knitting but the fact that I designed them. Needless to say I was quite proud. I also was wearing the grey cable sweater on my project page in Ravelry. Also many compliments. I spoke to Trisha after the show and though she absolutely loves the blankets, she didn't feel they were right for Vogue Knitting Mag. But she loved the sweater and she would like me to submit my sweaters designs. She did give me her card. Well we will have to see. She did suggest that if I wanted to sell my blanket patterns I must put a high price tag on them. It's good to know if I ever get to that point. Right now I hardly have time to knit what I want to, let alone design things to sell. All in all it was a wonderful evening. I don't get out that offen to spend time and not be rushed in a good knitting store. They have so much wonderful yarn I wish I had more time to knit. But then I would have a very hard time to pick out which yarn and then my stash would grow and just sit there. It was nice to be with other knitters & friends. I felt less crippled. I felt whole.
Well it's back to doing the embroidery work on the blanket. I will take a picture when that part is done. All for now. And I still have to finish Richard's hat, which is almost done.
Terry