This past weekend I have been in Columbus at the TNNA tradeshow promoting my new book and patterns. Cooperative Press had a booth which displayed almost all the new shawls from the book, along with some amazing samples from other designers.
All the shawls along the top of the booth are mine. Shannon Okey (a.k.a. knitgrrl) is setting up the iPad to take orders.
All these shawls are also mine, and from the book. Pardon the mess on the floor – this picture is from the set-up the day before the show opened.
One of the really amazing thing about going to TNNA was that I had the opportunity to meet so many people that I had only encountered on-line and in books before.
The inimitable Jaala Spiro is the editor of Knitcircus, and we really hit it off. She’s amazing and funny, and we had a great time walking around the show floor.
I met Michelle Miller – the fickle knitter – who was exhibiting in her own booth.
There was Woolly Wormhead (working on a hat, of course)
Ann Kingstone (whose new book will be distributed by Cooperative Press in North America)
the amazing Ragga of Knitting Iceland
and of course Heather Dixon of Army of Knitters. Here she’s posing with the polar bear belonging to Alisha Goes Around.
Alisha had some really gorgeous yarn – the pictures truly don’t do it justice, but never fear…. thanks to Alisha’s generosity, I brought some home which will be converted to some designs later on.
I was also delighted to finally get to meet Roxanne Yeun of Zen Yarn Garden. Roxanne and I have worked on a couple of projects before, including Princess Cottongrass, and Margarita Leaves – the yellow shawl from Shaping Shawls. This is Roxanne helping the wild hoards of customers at Sample It! on the Friday night leading up to the show. I don’t seem to have any pictures from her booth, although I visited several times during the weekend.
I also had the chance to meet Barbara G Walker. The Barbara Walker. She was at TNNA on the Saturday promoting her new DVD, and I got a signed copy.
Amy Detjen brought both me and Jaala over and introduced us, and we had a delightful chat.
All in all, it was a wonderful show. I have so much more to share, so I don’t think it will all fit in this one post. I’ll just have to save some for another day. But one thing is certain – I will definitely be going back to TNNA. Can’t wait to see some of my new friends again. Hopefully some of you will be at Rhinebeck in the fall.
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