Stitches West is a knitting convention in San Jose, California.
They have lots of vendors and tons of classes so for me it's a great chance to pick up some cool new yarn and take a class or two.
This year I took the argyle sock class with Anne Berk. She was an awesome teacher and everybody in class learned a ton. Class was especially fun because three of my best friends took it with me and we had a serious blast.
The above photo is of swatches that we all made in class. Mine is the aqua colored one near the lower center.
I'm looking forward to making some fun socks with what I learned. I may even make some mitts for the kids. That would be even faster to finish.
Spring is coming though, so time to knit faster is here.
I got some yarn from this vendor Plucky Knitter. They have their own yarn base that no other vendor uses, it is made strictly for them. It gives you amazing stitch definition and I think that may be due to it having more twist in the yarn. Either way, their yarn is hard to come across so the booth was wall to wall people. I did work my way in though so plucky socks are on the horizon.
I also got some Bugga! yarn and started in on a shawl called Catkin. It may take me a zillion years to finish it. Maybe more than a zillion. I'm still very focused on my DIY Alabama Chanin skirt, so the knitting is happening but...at a certain pace I guess.
Oh and I tripped over some stitch markers by Neese's Pieces that were made out of hand blown glass. Very unusual and pretty.
Next year I hope I can take another class with my buddies. I cannot remember when I've ever had so much fun. See So Sue's blog post about it here, and check out my friend Sharon's blog Knits are for Kids too!
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