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Catching up on a fun weekend!

After the fun of Sample It on Friday, the market of TNNA opened on Saturday morning. This is where yarn companies, dyers, designers, and other vendors show off their wares to LYS owners from all over the country. The fashion show began shortly after the market opened. I missed most of the show, but here are a couple cute Downton Abbey inspired items.

A little ruffled jacket, ruffly on the front, too!

And this cute jumpsuit, called The Lady Sybil, by Sarah Wilson. I ran into Sarah over at the North Market during lunch, and she said that it was knit to show off Anzula Luxury Fibers, but she won’t be writing a pattern for it. Cute!

I met lots of old friends, and made some new connections, too. My homies for the weekend:

Lorajean (Knitted Wit) on the right, and Kira Dulaney of KiraK Designs, in the Knitted Wit booth.

Brooke Sinnnes of Sincere Sheep.

Jessica Owen Day (Cairnish Knits) with her stitch markers in the Knitted Wit Booth.

Other fun places to see:

Stephanie (tinyowlknits) and Alex (DullRoar) in their boudoir inspired booth. They had a magic 8 ball covered in yarn. The answer was “You may rely on it.” I won’t tell you the question!

Ysolda’s cute tea shop booth.

Jeni Hewlett from Fyberspates (distributed by Lantern Moon) taking a picure of this gorgeous circle shawl knit with 2 skeins of Fyberspates Scrumptious Lace. I don’t know the name of the design, but I think it’s in a new Scrumptious collection coming out soon.

And my favorite picture of the day. I met Thea Colman of Baby Cocktails, the designer of the sweater I’m knitting. We chatted a bit, and then I asked her if she’d take a picture with me and my work-in-progress by the sample of her Vodka Lemonade. She very graciously agreed!

Dinner that night at Happy Greek with my homies, including Chrissy Gardiner, who really is my homie! (She lives in my neighborhood.) Her new book, Indie Socks, is a gorgeous collection of socks knit with yarns from indie dyers. Knitted Wit’s Ladies that Lunch colorway is included in this collection, and the pattern really makes the most of this contrasty variegated yarn.

Tonight’s Jeni’s flavors were Brown Butter Almond Brittle and Dark Chocolate, for those of you keeping track. I also tasted whiskey pecan, which was delightful!

More tomorrow…(more blogging, more ice cream…)

Day one at TNNA Columbus is setup day! I helped Lorajean (Knitted Wit) set up her booth. Finishing touches tomorrow morning before the market opens, so I’ll show you that later. We took a break and tried on our unfinished sweaters. Mine is a Raspberry Vodka Lemonade, and hers is Goodale. Top down is working for us!

There’s a one hour sale called Sample It, where vendors sell/show off their wares for yarn shop owners. Brooke (Sincere Sheep) featured my Pointer Mitts & Hat pattern in a kit with her yarn. They sold out!

Note how Brooke is modeling the hat and ONE matching mitt…

I was at Lorajean’s booth talking up Thrumbelina slipper kits. We sold most of those, too.

I’m so pleased to be here, and tomorrow the real fun begins. Can’t wait to walk the floor and see what’s new with everyone!

Tonight, our second trip to Jeni’s Ice Cream. Our first foray last night was a combo of lemon and blueberry, and riesling pear sorbet. Tonight’s was pistachio and honey, and brown butter almond brittle. What should I have tomorrow? Check out the flavors!

I went through the pictures on my camera, and realized that I didn’t quite finish Friday. You can see the Lantern Moon part of it over at the Lantern Moon blog. And here’s the rest of *my* Friday story.

After set-up, there’s a frenzy known as Sample It. Vendors can sell special samples at this one hour event. And it goes fast! There was lots of fun stuff to look at. I didn’t buy any yarn. It was close a couple times, but I kept thinking of all the yarn that was waiting for me at home. And you know I don’t stash…much.

Our friends at Pico Accuardi Dyeworks and Knitted Wit were there with Baby O.

And so was Carrie of Irishgirlieknits! She designed the cowl she’s wearing, and you can see it in the poster in the upper left corner, too. She was in the Kollage booth; they were using her pattern to promote their new Recycled Blue Jeans yarn.

Later on Friday evening, there’s a fashion show. Joel introduced the fashion show, wearing the cutest accessory ever. By the end of the evening, Baby O had his own fan club.

Here are a few of the thing that caught my eye in the fashion show.

This is the Birgitta shell, designed by Marly Bird in Lhasa Wilderness by Bijou Basin, a 75/25 Yak/Bamboo blend. Very soft. Bijou Basin Ranch raises yaks to sell premium yak fiber products. I fell in love with their Mahika Beanie kit by Anne Lukito at Sample It, too. And they’re really nice people.

Look at this dress! This is Brompton, designed by Kim Dolce in Universal Sensational. I love the lines and colors of this piece. Doesn’t it look fun to wear?

I think the cardi on the left is Manana by Kim Barnette in Classic Elite Sprout. I think. Simple, with a nice border.

These pieces are from Great Adirondack Yarn Co. They have much more color than I usually wear, but I love how the color highlights the geometric action on these three pieces.

Lantern Moon’s Bali Weekender bag was in the show, too. I really want one of these; it’s even prettier in real life.

And this was my favorite piece in the show. It’s the Warren 2-Way Jacket designed by Irina Poludnenko in Tahki Ripple. This yarn knits up into a really interesting fabric; it’s kind of crisp and kind of stretchy at the same time. It’s thick/thin, and very textural. It must be new, because I don’t see it on the Tahki website yet. The jacket can be worn this way, long, or flipped upside down and the fabric that gave it length becomes a big shawl collar, and the previous collar becomes a short jacket. I saw it at the Tahki Stacy Charles booth, and even tried it on.

I love the little fishtail at the center back.

I’m not sure I like it as much short, but it would really depend on what to wear with it.

And that was Friday. More to come…