WWKIP Day part 2

WWKIP day at Scarborough Town Centre was a great success. It was lots of fun. We had a table that we set up a display on. We took two mannequins and two of our Cloud Cotton sample sweaters. We had lots of sample balls of various yarns. We took some of our free pad patterns so that people could help themselves. And we took lots of Jungle/Shimmer scarf kits. I ended up giving a kit to everyone there. I'd say there were between 30 and 40 knitters there. Some of them stayed the whole day. Here's a picture of the group. I asked Jody, the organizer, to take a picture of the DKC members. We are, left to right, Flo (an amazing bead knitter), yours truly, Wendy (DKC Treasurer) Joan (Frolic chair) and Wanietta (Canada's fastest knitter and 3rd fastest knitter in the world).

A couple of people came up to me and said " I know you. You used to work at Shelly's" As soon as they said that I recognized them also. It was nice to catch up.

In the afternoon a girl came with her spinning wheel. You can see her sitting behind Flo and Wendy. That really attracted a lot of attention. People walking past in the mall would stop and watch for a long time. It really was fascinating.

Yesterday we had our final ballet performance of the season. It was a mixed programme and it was excellent. I hadn't seen The Second Detail before and it was great. Jennifer Fournier (who is retiring at the end of the season) did a solos piece - Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan. The third was Etudes which was more classical and the highlight was The Fiddle and the Drum. It was performed by the Alberta Ballet and was amazing. It is performed to Joni Mitchell's music. The creative director worked with her to create the ballet. She's got such a great voice. Walking from the restaurant to the ballet we had to walk past CityTV. Queen St was blocked off while they set up for the Much Music Video awards last night. It was pretty cool to watch the rehearsals.
Well I'd best go. I'm off to show the Wool Mill Autumn.

Happy Knitting!
Susan

WWKIP Day

WWKIP stands for World Wide Knit in Public. June 14 is WWKIP Day all around the world. Creative Yarns, which is a new store in the area, have worked with their city councillor to have space inside the Scarborough Town Centre to set up an area where people can come and knit in public. They asked us to sponsor part of it so we are. We're going to have a table there where we can have some of our yarns for people to try. I've got a stack of straight needles that I never use so we can take them. It should be fun! Wendy from the Wool Mill was just here so I showed her the flyer. She took it to put in her window. She thought she'd drop in to Creative Yarns on her way back to say hello. She was in picking up a couple of bags of Cascade 220 to make two sweaters for an upcoming movie. She does this all the time. She made a sweater for John Travolta in Hairspray.

I have finally finished Annie's socks. As you can see they are fraternal socks not identical ones. They are still a bit damp from blocking them last night. I don't know why but I always block my socks. I think they look better.

My father has been broadly hinting that he needs new socks and they he's had to go out and buy socks so I guess I'll start a pair for him next. He wants brown and plain. We have the new Jawoll Silk in stock now so maybe I'll grab a ball of that for him. It is self striping but very subtle.

We finished inventory this afternoon. It took longer than usual as we have about 25% more product than last year. Annie was back and I was paired with her. As nasty as inventory can be it is a great opportunity to get the warehouse in really good shape.

Chris had symphony tickets for tomorrow night that he wasn't able to use so he gave them to me. It's a casual concert that is quite short, no intermissions so I'd imagine that we'll be home before 10. I haven't been to the symphony for a long time.

The weather has finally turned hot. It is 32C here today but it feels like 41C. It's not supposed to be too bad for the weekend. I've having a pedicure in the morning now that sandal season has finally arrived.

That's it for now. Have a good weekend.

Happy Knitting!

Susan