Stitches West... bring it on!

I'm excited. Can you tell??

I'm excited that I'll be around people like me, who speak my language, and who appreciate the care and effort that goes into creating, designing, teaching, and learning about all things stitches. For me, this once a year event that started out as a shopping trip has morphed into a social and learning weekend with just a tad of shopping thrown in. Just a tad.

If you're planning on visiting the Market, visit your LYS for a coupon for $2 off the admission--handing it in is a vote for your shop. If you can't get to a LYS in time or they don't have any left, you can print one out here.

Here are a few things that might not have been on your radar... until now.

• A Finn-ish sock will be on display in the Purlescence booth, probably near the Cascade Heritage yarn.
  
  
  
  Purlescence Yarns
  Booth #830
  
  Its mate will most likely be in Susanna Hansson's Lapland Hand Garments class on Friday.



• The hand-dyed, handspun Beat the Blahs hank will be for sale in the KnitWhits booth with the rest of the Humanity Handspun yarn. Look for it and give it a squeeze, it's very squooshy.
  
  
  Beat the Blahs: hand dyed fiber -> 3-ply handspun
  
  KnitWhits and
  Humanity Handspun
  Booth #96



• Friday afternoon I'll be helping the Fiber Fiend aka Margit in her booth. Stop by and say hello, she has nice hand-dyed yarn and fiber as well as a new crop of patterns for this year.
  
  Fiber Fiend
  Booth #940



• On Saturday, stop by A Verb for Keeping Warm booth to see WonderMike during the Fiber Beat Meet-up.
  
  A Verb for Keeping Warm
  Booth #1040
  Fiber Beat Meet-up from 3-4PM



• Saturday night is the Bobbin's Nest party.
  
  Bobbin's Nest Studio
  1171 Homestead Rd, Ste 130
  Santa Clara

It's Stitches West 2010--let the games begin!