Upcoming Wellington knitting events!

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I thought all the fun had died down after Wonders of Wool and Creative Fibre.  Well, look at what we have coming up next month in Wellington!

This is not a ‘finished products’  market, but for the crafter.  If you are interested in having a table at the fair to destash a little, the cost is extremely reasonable.  There will also be yarn sellers there!!  Check out the website on the address in the poster to find out more.

Also, there is going to be another Lights Up Knitting Night!

Viewing The Great Gatsby in 2D, it’s on Monday 10th June at 7.30pm (tying in with Worldwide Knit in Public Day).  The Embassy Theatre will be themed Gatsby for the whole week, and from 5pm that night, Jelly Rolls will be playing live 1920s style music. Themed cocktail specials as well.

Tickets are now on sale via phone (04 384 7657) or in person at The Embassy Theatre. Tickets include a glass of wine or mocktail and are $20.

Yay for creativity in Wellington!!!

A grand week

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Wonders of Wool was great!!

This is some of my haul:

The rest of what you don’t see is a super amount of naturally coloured 100% wool  from Anna Gratton’s Little Wool Co.  For gorgeous sweaters that will keep me and my family warm.  You’ll see more of it when I start to knit it shortly.

Let us examine some of this yarny happiness in more detail shall we?

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you may remember the sad day when I told you that James of Fibre Alive had decided to stop dyeing yarn.  So yes, your eyes do not deceive you – I was so happy to see James at the market!!

After a break and a rest, James has decided to make a return to his love of dyeing, albeit in a smaller scale.  He has also added another base to his yarn selections!  And as of today, he has reopened his online store!!  Woohoo!!!  Happy jigs happening at this end.  I’m so happy I can once again enjoy his wonderful talent.

Of course, I had to replenish my stock of Happy-go-knitty yarn.  Especially self-striping loveliness!

I also was delighted to finally meet Sally of Verandah Yarns in person, and to acquire some of her gorgeous colourways.  So pretty, I’m thinking I should do a shawl with the yarn and not socks.  She manages to achieve a striking depth to her colours.  Quite masterful.

And finally, more lovelies from Anna Gratton.  I think I could have bought ALL her stock… but one must spread the budget around, and share nicely with other knitters…

The colour transitions in this hank of Little Wool Co. merino/mohair make my heart go bumpty-bump extra fast.

Alice made me buy this one (hehe, blame the co-shopper!)  Actually, I’ve had Lime lust for a while, especially after I saw her Wholehearted shawl in the same colourway.  

I didn’t think that a week could get much better when it was topped and tailed with a woolfest at each end.

What I didn’t count on was the wonderful people I would catch up with and meet, who turned the events not just into an occasion to add to my stash but something very special indeed.  We often talk about how knitting brings people together.  This week was very much an illustration of that point for me.

I’m going to be smiling for a while.  

Anticipation

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The highlight of the Wellington knitter’s year (well, mine anyway) will be here soon:

Creative Fibre (the New Zealand organisation for all fibre crafts) is having its annual conference in Wellington this year (25 – 28 April) at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua!  Although I sadly can’t attend the events and classes, I will be able to go to the trade hall!  So many wonderful yarn suppliers will be there (click the link to see them all)!  The trade hall is open to the public and free to enter.

The very next week (4 May) is the annual Wonders of Wool market at the Wellington Underground Market in Frank Kitts Park.  I am not sure exactly who is going to be there yet, but it’s going to be big!  In addition to many others, I know that Verandah Yarns will be present.  As well as the talented Helene of Happy-go-knitty, bringing her fabulous new graduated-dye yarn.   It’s making my mouth water…  That pink/green combination and blue/green/pink combination is looking especially tempting.

Also at Wellington Underground (and Creative Fibre) will be the lovely Tash of Holland Road Yarn Company and Knitsch Yarns.  Nom, nom, I’m looking forward to seeing (and acquiring) more of this:

Attending both events is definitely going to involve a fairly significant layout of cash.  

I think I had better start saving.

Lights Up – knitting movie night!

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Have you ever wondered whether Wellington would get its own “Knitting at the Movies” night?  The kind you read about enviously where a movie session is organised just for knitters – they kindly leave the lights on dim so you can see your knitting and enjoy the movie?

Well… guess what!?  Out of the blue last week, I received an email from Jessie, the very clever duty manager at the Embassy Theatre, (herself an avid knitter) letting me know that she has pulled it off for us!

The Embassy Theatre’s inaugural “Lights Up” session will be held at 6.30pm on Monday, 22 April, showing “Perks of Being a Wallflower”.  Tickets go on sale 11 April via deluxe.co.nz; phone 04 3847657 or in person at the Embassy Theatre (10 Kent Terrace).  The cost is $20 for the film including a glass of wine (or beer or non alcoholic option). Come in early and/or stay a bit later for a drink at the Black Sparrow Bar.

To further entice us (as if being able to knit, watch a movie and meet up with other knitters isn’t enough), there will be amazing spot prizes on the night – sponsored by some of our very generous local yarn stores!

This sounds like a good night for knitting and meeting up with knitters!  Now, if I can manage to convince someone that baby sitting his younger brother is a good idea…

Thanks Jessie, for coming up with this great initiative!