my first city of craft weekend, & thrilled that good night, day was apart of this local event! as usual, a lot of sleepless days (&weeks) of knitting went into all of this. just to make things that much more hectic the day before w/ many suitcases (a real pain in the ass w/ all the buses, streetcars & subways ahead of us ), & w/ enid too, we fit in a photoshoot w/ eriver for new knits (&enid was treated to a movie w/ our friend & host for the weekend w/ jlee). obviously, it was all worth it. the first day of craft, & i had teh best company w/ jason & of course jeffrey too, as well as our friend samantha of pinpals also a vendor from montreal & jenny was at the worn booth too. the night ended w/ much need korean bbq & beers. & the second day, started off w/ completely selling out of the merino headbands right away , they were a hit, wish i'd knit more (& you can again order the creme & the very popular black simcoe headband online in the good night day shop now) & also the new merino knit toque w/ vintage skunk fur pompoms sold out too (to enid's disappointment, as i promised her one if they didn't), that i collaborated on w/ audrey of ovate (those will be in the shop soon). finished the night, w/ a quick stop into 69vintage just across the street (i just have to ask how i did i ever get by this long w/out ever visiting this shop before, an instant favorite) & then vietnamese w/ family that came to support, so amazing, thanks to everyone that came out, really. check out this city of craft blog post w/ photos by celine kim (& yes that is my black merino headband worn by sandi of deadweight, yah!)
Monday 12 December 2011
my city of craft weekend
my first city of craft weekend, & thrilled that good night, day was apart of this local event! as usual, a lot of sleepless days (&weeks) of knitting went into all of this. just to make things that much more hectic the day before w/ many suitcases (a real pain in the ass w/ all the buses, streetcars & subways ahead of us ), & w/ enid too, we fit in a photoshoot w/ eriver for new knits (&enid was treated to a movie w/ our friend & host for the weekend w/ jlee). obviously, it was all worth it. the first day of craft, & i had teh best company w/ jason & of course jeffrey too, as well as our friend samantha of pinpals also a vendor from montreal & jenny was at the worn booth too. the night ended w/ much need korean bbq & beers. & the second day, started off w/ completely selling out of the merino headbands right away , they were a hit, wish i'd knit more (& you can again order the creme & the very popular black simcoe headband online in the good night day shop now) & also the new merino knit toque w/ vintage skunk fur pompoms sold out too (to enid's disappointment, as i promised her one if they didn't), that i collaborated on w/ audrey of ovate (those will be in the shop soon). finished the night, w/ a quick stop into 69vintage just across the street (i just have to ask how i did i ever get by this long w/out ever visiting this shop before, an instant favorite) & then vietnamese w/ family that came to support, so amazing, thanks to everyone that came out, really. check out this city of craft blog post w/ photos by celine kim (& yes that is my black merino headband worn by sandi of deadweight, yah!)
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I was really excited to see your beautiful knits at the Portland Bazaar! Even more amazing in person.
ReplyDeletei'm so happy i picked up the last nude merino headband! (and it was actually for sandi that i came back and purchased the black one, too!) thank you for the beautiful knitted goods!
ReplyDeleteYour stall looks great! I hope you sold lots.
ReplyDeletei am so glad that you had a good weekend and that your work was so well-received. the photos are inspiring--i really really can't wait for the goodies i ordered to arrive!
ReplyDeleteyou're a pro! xoxoxo
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