last day of the fiber event and a nighttime dance performance

cute knitted cats at the vogue knitting live event . .

hand salve from long island yarn and farm . . (one of korrina's favorites) . . 

meeting up with knitting friends for lunch . . 

a view of times square from the restaurant's windows . . 

one of the large conference room floors . . 

and the obligatory elevator photo . . 

very cute fabric cat accessory bags . . maybe for christmas this year?

treats for korrina and chanda - soap, salve and stickers, and a soap for me also.

what movie is this? it's victoria and rebel! morgan (she's still in paris with them) sent this movie as an example to cricket (cricket is always trying to eat our food) . . ha ha.

at the theatre now for the alumni show . . 

ellen had videos rolling of her students when they were young which was really fun for family and friends to see . . and reminisce. shown here are krista and lou . . 

and here are chanda and maia . .

lina and amelia.

greg admiring the artwork . . 

in the theatre with a slide of a painting by ellen's uncle . . 

deychen came and it was so nice to sit with her for the show . . 

and of course it was just a wonderful and beautiful and very moving performance (chanda with nick, natalie, and deychen).

afterwards, i had another event to attend . .

a birthday party for janet hosted by her sons.

it was a very lovely night and they quite outdid themselves with the delicious food.

day two at the knitting event

i stopped at junior's before my knitting event today, for coffee and a cranberry muffin (which i ended up saving for greg).

knitting designer veera välimäki gave a talk about designing sweaters. it was extensive and informative and she touched on everything from inspiration to grading and publishing, with everything in between. she suggested beginning with sketches and asked: what will the structure be? top down, pieces sewn together? think about the body inside the design and ask questions about style and ease, proportions and dimensions, and yarn type as the fiber must fit with the design elements.

talking about drape and measurements for the yoke, underarm and bust . . 

it was nice to get a photo together.

afterwards, i walked around the marketplace and enjoyed seeing what fiber artist london kaye had created this year for the event . . 

a scrabble board for people to play.

i put together the word "cures."

there was also a fabric subway car complete with pizza rat, a metro card and spilled coffee.

knitted cats . .

(very cute!)

the artist . . 

who has a book out, which someone was buying (cats are very popular!)

beautiful indigo dyed yarn . . 

the aisles are much more spacious this year, so everyone isn't on top of each other. there are also less vendors, giving people more room to roam.

ergonomic needles . . 

so many beautiful displays . .

another cute creature . . 

i thought these quilted pictures were beautiful.

i love all the different water towers . . (san, does london have many different water towers also? i don't remember noticing them when i was there . . i was too busy riding the bus and looking down at the shop windows!)

i walked home and met greg for dinner at our local japanese restaurant (i had shrimp and vegetable tempura and a salad) and chanda came home a little while ago from dress rehearsal. she was just rummaging through my bags looking for a g size crochet hook as she's beginning a project from the latest pom pom magazine.

i couldn't resist picking up a black cat notions bag for her, complete with black cat note book. 

needle toppers for korrina and i.

walking the dog and a knitting event

is it spring? in january?

milly and i passed queen elizabeth waving hello from an apartment window . . 

resting in soho after checking for kitty litter at the local pet store.

walking to times square and the marriott marquis hotel for the vogue knitting event. (it was a very grey and foggy afternoon.)

the traffic cops are so intrepid.

the vogue knitting live event hosts a plethora of yarn and fiber accessory vendors, along with classes and lectures. my lecture this evening was with tricia malcolm, once editor of vogue magazine who now works for rowan yarn. she talked about the latest pantone colors and how they were applied in the latest knitting and crochet designs.

 

so this year's color is "peach fuzz" and several other colors were chosen to compliment it.

there are also several base colors that are used with the complimentary colors.

of course every color seems to be happening here . . 

a darker version of the bulky sweater . . i'm not sure how this ties in with the pantone colors, but she did manage to do so.  i was impressed with how she saw a grand scheme and how the present styles played off of past styles and how they pointed to future styles.

here's the color scheme along with the latest trend: pants and vest/cardigan outfits. these items are crocheted, which is currently very popular.

another popular item: the prada bag, retailing for $2000 (which we all found very amusing).

large bulky intarsia sweaters . . 

more outfits . . 

some of these were crochet, i think. the one on the right is a classic cardigan style that looks very comfy and pajama like here.

this is a beautiful crochet dress.

passing the event sign on my way out.

outside it was night with all the lights shining, making it look like daytime.

the sign is wishing everyone a happy chinese new year.

last, but not least, greg and i drove to soho when moving the car to pick up a large bag of kitty litter (back at home we had leftover meatloaf and lentil soup for dinner.)