OMG. That was awesome. Lets go through step by step.
This morning started off with me trying to decide what to wear. The stress. I finally settled on my Arbour sweater.
I arrived about 15 minutes early for my class, and found a few other students already gathering in my classroom. My class today was an all-day class “Sock Heels” taught by Heather Ordover. It was amazing. It was taught by an awesome woman and the class was full of such fun women!
Class view 1
Class view 2
So if you look very closely at the photo above (view 2) you can see a very famous person in my class…….give up yet? It is Jess! From Ravelry! And, she was so nice and commented on my sweater!!!! (Totally made the right choice dressing!). Did I mention there were some fun women in the class…
Chicken, Wooly Mammoth (From Kenosha), Finger Bob (Jess') and some Bourbon that they are all sharing while we knit
So the actual learning part of the class was awesome too. I learned 6 new sock heels plus a new technique for toe-up heels with flaps. I do not have all of them finished, but I got a good deal finished in the class!
Sock Heels finished in class
After class was done I got in line for the Marketplace to open. Yay!! I was not the only one.
Me and my few(hundred) friends waiting for the marketplace
I can see yarn!!
The ladies of the hour are spotted!
So I think they were all starting to get worried about an angry mob starting, so some entertainment was started for us.
99 bottles of beer on the wall
Stephanie, "No, No, No. Not bottles of beer, SKEINS of YARN!"
Check out the video here:
Then we got in!
The marketplace was overwhelming, including this gigantic, motorized, spinning swift!
So at some point I ended up home with some dinner from Pastaworks. As my head started to clear I realized I had spent 2 hours in the marketplace and just went into a coma at some point. I did manage to come away with some goodies.
Amazing t-shirt from City Knitting
Sweet stainless steel Bryspun sock blockers in Medium
Adorable dangle-from-your-wrist-while-on-the-go project bag from: knit, purl, sew what?
2 skeins Dream in Color Starry sock weight with silver in Dusky Aurora. OMG SILVER!!!!! Real Silver!
Malabrigo superwash merino in persia.
One of my favorite dyers, Creatively Dyed Yarn's Tradewinds-Soursop and Steele-Jill
And lastly, my steal of the night, 2 lbs 50% Yak, 50% Alpaca roving from Bijou Spun
It was an amazing day. I am feeling very lucky to have got in and gotten classes. Hopefully for those of you who were not able to make it, this can help show the atmosphere and fun of the Summit.
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