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Vogue Knitting Live 2013


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Last Friday, I decided to take a long weekend and travel down to see my sister in NYC and attend Vogue Knitting Live.  We’ve never been before, so it was something new for both of us.  This year we only bought tickets for the marketplace, just to check everything out, so maybe next year we’ll take a class or two.


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The Loopy Mango booth had a live demonstration of knitting with their oversized needles and yarn.  It’s almost mandatory to knit standing up with these suckers! I’m sure that’s going to be a cozy blanket.

They sell the yarn and needles on their website as well.


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Lion Brand Yarn demoed a new yarn called “Spaghetti,” which is made from fabric remnants in garment factories.  It’s manufactured in limited quantities – only two balls per color are ever made! So basically, when you see a color you like, grab both balls.  I think I remember the rep saying each ball had something like 50 yards worth of yarn and is supposed to be knit up on US 11s or 15s.


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Mmmmm Rowan yarn tasting.  This is actually a really cool idea, to try out knitting a yarn before purchasing a skein.


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There was also an exhibit with “knitting art” from different artists all over the country.  Can you imagine knitting with a pair of foils?


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This was my favorite – knitted food!  A whole table was set up with different kinds of knitted food, from sushi to hotdogs.  Isn’t the lobster adorable?  My sister also grabbed a picture of an Italian dinner and wine bottle.


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We hit the Garment District afterwards for some serious fabric shopping (more on that to come).  Sadly, Mood was closed by the time I got there, le sigh.  Next time, Mood, next time.


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I didn’t buy any yarn at the show since I’m not in any kind of “need” right now, but I did pick up this kitschy coin tin from the Knitty City booth.  Need…wool…


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I love their take on the Lululemon shopping bag.  I like this version better!  It’s the perfect size for a small project.

I didn’t take a picture of it, but I also picked up a bag from Yarn Pop.  I’m using it with my new sweater project and it’s great for containing my yarn.


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A view of the city from the New Jersey side of the river, where my sister lives.  I’ll be back soon!

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This Weekend: Vogue Knitting Live NYC


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It’s that time of year again: Vogue Knitting Live is in New York City this weekend and I’m finally going.  Since VKLive started in 2011, I’ve wanted to go so badly but it never seemed to coincide with time I could take off from work.  Fortunately, I can go this year, and my sister and I are going to geek it up at the marketplace and hopefully get to check out the fashion show.  Maybe next year we’ll take a class but for this year, we just want to check it out and see what it’s all about.

Of course, this means I have to plan what I’m going to wear to the show!  I just cast off on my Owls sweater the other night and found some buttons for eyes.


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As I knit my owl cables, I placed markers on two of the owls that I wanted to have eyes so it’d be easy to sew them in the correct place.  I felt that having eyes on all of the owls would make it, well, a little too sweet and twee; I like the hint of owl that the cables evoke around the yoke of the sweater.  And I’m putting eyes on two because, you know, I didn’t want one of them to be lonely!

I’m bringing my camera to the show (not sure about my DSLR, maybe just my Point-and-Shoot) and taking lots of pics this weekend.  Plus, we’re hitting up the Garment District to stock up on some more fabric!  It’s going to be a fun-filled crafty weekend with the big sis.

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