I have made a day trip to the Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival for the last few years, but never participated in the classes or a lot of the fun. This year my DH insisted I treat myself, invite some friends and stay the whole weekend. For me, it was a mini vacation and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
The hotel was wonderful...
I loved the views from our room....
The window looking out was a whole wall of glass, DH definitely wouldn't have liked that - he doesn't like heights unless it is out of a tree stand!
Being able to see some of the class sessions from an eagle eye view...
Breakfast by room service was a real treat too...
And the meals in the hotel were scrumptious too...
Of course there was something for everyone whether shopping...
knitting...
knitting for charity...
spinning...
There was a ravelry meet up which meant catching up with online friends (drat forgot to take my camera!)and meeting new people, a wonderful fashion show complete with wine and hors d'oeuvres, a pj/knitting party where drawings were held and prizes given out! There were a lot of free patterns given out at any of the gatherings just for showing up. My ticket was drawn and I was given the book by Iris Schreier (of ArtYarns) who was one of the headliners at the festival. She was really nice and autographed my copy for me.
Since last fall I have been hosting a knit night at my house every Thursday evening. A couple of weeks before the festival I had bought two knitting magazines to share with my group. It wasn't until I was at the Festival that I realized one of our headliners was
Steven Be of
Yarn Garage who was featured in the
Vogue Knitting magazine I had picked up!
He was a very amusing, entertaining and inspiring speaker and while I admit I am a more "sedate" knitter, he did encourage me to "glitter up my knitting", as you can see by the article he autographed for me!
My knitting mentor Jane (Jane and her daughter Jill of
B-ewe-tiful Designs,) had one of her patterns selected for Knitters Magazine.
and I have her autograph now too!
I brought home some yarn, and a couple of presents for people who couldn't go but I feel very spoiled!
Want to go next year?
"Want to go next year?" aaaa.... yeah!!!! Looks like you had so much fun!!!! I can't even imagine being pampered that much. Sure glad you could go. You deserve a great fun vacation!
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Nice post! Looks like you stayed at a superb place and had a very enjoyable time. Almost makes me want to learn to knit... Ahhh... well maybe... LOL.
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