We are off to Stitches Midwest in Schaumburg—outside of Chicago. This is our “hometown” show since it is only an hour drive. It will always have a special place in our hearts since it was the first big show we attended. People here laugh about how I thought maybe we would sell 25 or 50 pairs. If you were there you know we clogged the aisles on both sides of our corner booth. It was fabulous first outing for Signature.
I will only be able to be there on Thursday night because we have a wedding in Boston of the son of dear friends. I want to be in two places at the same time and it is killing me to miss the other days at Stitches. Daniella and Laura will be there as well as a special friend who will be at the demonstration table in the booth-the delightful Wannietta Prescod and you may know her from her fame as one of the world’s fastest knitters. She helped us a bit at an earlier Stitches and she is just wonderful—knowledgeable and funny at the same time. So if you are at Stitches stop by and visit us in booth #518
While we are gone another wonderful Canadian friend who is a world class designer/teacher/technical writer, Kate Atherley has agreed to do a “teaching” blog for us. If you know Knitty.com you know her work. After her generous volunteering at the Sock Summit we consider her our “Canadian cousin”. I thought that the topic of casting on for socks from the top down and the bottom up would be helpful to me for sure and, I hope, for you. She will be blogging Cast ons and Cast off for Socks tomorrow.
