Vogue Knitting Live (Pic Heavy)

This weekend I went to Vogue Knitting Live which took place at the Hilton here in NYC. They offered a lot of things for the attendees to do such as classes, fashion shows, and the marketplace. I paid to attend the marketplace only, which fun but a little tiring. There were sooooooo many people and two floors of vendors. Some the vendors were local yarn shops from around the nation, but there were also manufacturers presenting their goods. Being that it was so crowded I couldn't get full enjoyment of everything. People were in my way so I couldn't really take in all the yarny goodness but I was able to make a pretty decent dent in my credit card. Below are pics of the event and some of my purchaseses.

First and foremost I got to meet Ysolda Teague. She was one of the knitting designers signing her books at the Knitty City booth. She was very sweet. She signed my book and allowed me to take a pic of her. I also bought some yarn.

I stopped at the Socks that Rock and let me tell you the sales people there rocked. Going to a lot of LYS I've had the unfortunate luck to walk into a few where the salespeople are kind of nasty and standoffish. I also ran into that here at the convention, but these ladies were nice and helpful and I will defiinitely be buying more of their stuff because it beautiful when you see it in person.

I stopped at the Soak booth and bought some detergent and some foot lotion. The lotion, which I used tonight, smells so divine and is so moisturizing. The scents are spearmint and cucumber. I'm partial to the cucumber. The salespeople were real nice and helpful here too.

I stopped at Annie and Company, which is located here in NYC, and purchased some yarn and Euclan kit. I've been trying to get to that store for quite some time now and after meeting one of the salespeople there I think I'm going to make it a point to get there. She was sweet and helpful.

I also picked up some Holiday Yarn from another vendor. They only had one left of this colorway. I think I'm going to see if I can find more online.


Here are pics of the event

Aren't these beautiful. This is how they decorated the skywalk.

The crowd

A display at one the booths

Some of the garments

I still have to show the scarf I'm weaving but I will save that for another post.

Until Later!