Episode 9 - Vogue Knitting Live NYC2020!

Vogue Knitting Live with Linda and special guest, Pat!Classes & LecturesFAIR ISLE HAT classSusan B. Anderson blogThere has not been an update to Susan’s since April, 2019 – still lots of good information there!Susan’s yarn company – Barrett Wool Co. IGNORE THE PATTERN lecturePatty LyonsClara ParkesSome of the Vendors we EncounteredJill from JillyandKiddles –  A ”Launch Pad” Vendor – independent dyer from Rhode Island.Shannon Welsh – Queen City Knitter – The woman who was mending jeans with decorative stitches and the “Bee” Kind t-shirt. Sells accessories on Etsy.Michelle McCann – Knit Fit – Another launch pad vendor, selling kits with pattern and yarn for a hat, including bamboo circular needle, stitch counter, tapestry needle, row counter, stitch holder and scissors.Karen Grover from Seven Sisters Arts. Lovely BFL yarns.The Geeks – Lexie Bryan and Marsha Auguste – both have Etsy ShopsLexie’s shop isn’t showing up on Etsy (it was there a few days ago)Lexicorpetsy.comMarsh AugusteKnit Locally – Peggy Odick Gaithersburg, MDYankee Crush yarn (70% BFL 20% Silk 10% Cashmere) = beautiful yarn for colorworkMorehouse Farm MerinoErrin Pirro and sister HilaryThis is where Linda found the 100% wool she needs for the Oranje sweaterThis is a family owned business. We had fun talking to these young women about sheep shearing.Sweater SistersThey mainly sell kits, but also some yarn and dyes.We spoke to Selena who told us about her two day process to dye some non-superwash yarn. She was selling a Fair Isle Hat kit with that beautiful yarn (look for a photo on our InstaGram).Carolyn McKenna (Swift Yarns) – indie dyer from Queens – she’s been dying yarn in her basement for five years! Lovely yarn and some really cute kits on her website.HOOOKED Yarns – they have recycled and plant based yarns.The ones we noticed at VKL were Eucalyps (Eucalyptus) and Somen (cotton & recycled linen)Patterns we seemed to see everywhereShifty by Andrea MowrySoldotna by Caitlin Hunter – We found a YouTube “Soldatnalong” – maybe that is why so many people were wearing it at VKLLove Note by Tin Can KnitsRAVES & FAVESMonica Grecco from Divine YarnGifted us a skein of BIG Boucle – in Marquis (color)54% mohair, 23% silk, 18% wool, 5% nylonWooden hexagonal needles in Cherry, Maple and Walnut fromIndian Lake ArtisansTownhouse Yarns – lovely shop in Dublin (that Linda coincidentally visited in September, 2019)Where Pat discovered she could buy some Mohair to go with yarn she already had from Chasing Rabbits to make the Love Note patternMISBEHAVESRowan – Colours by Dee HarwickeSpincycle Dyed in the Wool </